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A chilled out jazz gig and jam hosted by Reece Downton and Thomas Marsh at The Ruin in Digbeth.

Free entry, Sunday lunch and music from 2pm-5pm every second Sunday of each month

01/12/2024

✨️ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO until Christmas arrives at The Ruin!

🎄 We can't believe it's almost time for our much anticipated, World Famous (don't check that) JATR CHRISTMAS PARTY! This year we're incredibly lucky to be joined by the supremely talented SARA OSCHLAG 🎙 with Arnie Somogyi 🎻.

❄️ Not only will there be fabulous roast dinners, there will also be the annual Christmas Raffle (cash only), as well as the best Christmas jumper competition - and maybe a few more surprises along the way 🎅.

🎁 We look forward to seeing you all there - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

JATR Christmas Party Band

🎙Sara Oschlag
🎻Arnie Somogyi
🎹 Tom Ward
🥁 Reece Downton

🗓️ Sunday, December 8th

⏰ 2pm - 5pm

🎟️ Free entry and Jam

👀 See you there

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04/11/2024

💥 09/11/24 - LUCAS KELLY

✨️THIS SATURDAY at Jazz at The Ruin, we are very excited to welcome back LUCAS KELLY🎹. He blew us all away last october with Dr Pountney (pictured) ans he's now bringing his organ trio down from Leeds to blow us all away again!

🎹 Lucas Kelly
🎸 Harry Souter
🥁 Harry Stobart

🗓️ Saturday, November 9th

⏰ 9pm - late

🎟️ Free entry and Jam

👀 See you there

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21/10/2024

📸 Winston Clifford at The Ruin!

💥 What an incredible gig last week! Huge thank you to Winston for putting on such an amazing show, and an even hugerer thank you to everyone who came along! (Especially those of you at the jam) It was a lot of fun :)

🗓 See you all at the next one on November 9th

🥁 Winston Clifford
🎸 Tom Henery
🎻 Thomas Marsh

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04/10/2024

📯 13/10/24 - WINSTON CLIFFORD

✨️Next up at Jazz at The Ruin:
We are very excited to be being joined by the incomparable WINSTON CLIFFORD 🥁. Lots of you will already know who this incredible man is but if you don't, you're in for a treat! NEXT SUNDAY (at time of posting)

🥁 Winston Clifford
🎸 Tom Henery
🎻 Thomas Marsh

🗓️ Sunday, October 13th

⏰ 2pm - 5pm

🎟️ Free entry and Jam

👀 See you there

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20/09/2024

📸 Some absolutely gorgeous from from the incredible Trevor Bailey from our most recent session!

🎵 Josh Bailey was amazing, and it was his FIRST GIG under his own name - anyone who missed it missed a big one! Keep an eye out for some videos coming soon...

🎹 - Josh Bailey
🎷 - Ben Partridge
🎻 - Thomas Marsh Music
🥁 - Reece Downton Music

📷 - Trevor Bailey

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12/09/2024

📢 14/09/24 - JOSH BAILEY!!!

👉 We could not be more excited to be being joined by Josh Bailey ‼️THIS SATURDAY‼️. This young man is an incredible talent and we cannot wait to get the chance to show you all what he can do. This is not one to miss!

🎹 Josh Bailey
🎷 Ben Partridge
🎻 Thomas Marsh
🥁 Reece Downton

🗓️ Saturday, September 14th

⏰ 9pm - Late

🎟️ Free entry and Jam

👀 See you there

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07/09/2024

🍂 Autumn at The Ruin 🍂

🎵 We're thrilled to finally announce our autumn series of gigs! Over the next few months we'll be joined by some incredibly exciting musicians - we cannot wait!

🗓️ Sat, September 14th - Josh Bailey
with Ben Partridge and the JATR House Band

🗓️ Sun, October 13th - Winston Clifford
with the JATR House Band

🗓️ Sat, November 9th - Lucas Kelly Organ Trio

🗓️ Sun, December 8th - JATR CHRISTMAS PARTY
with Sara Oschlag and Arnie Somogyi

🎟️ All these gigs are free and always will be! Just make sure you buy as much beer and fantastic food as you possibly can 🍻

🎨 All artwork for these gigs (including this) has been done by our artist, the incredibly talented Kathryn Schultz ()

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15/08/2024

☀️ The Charlie Humphrey-Lewis Quartet

💥 The last gig or our summer series and we FINALLY made it outside! A huge thank you to Charlie and his incredible band, all of you who came along, and the amazing Trevor Bailey for these gorgeous shots!

🫡 We also want to say a massive thank you to our beautiful stand-in host Henry Wakley for looking after you all for us!!

The Charlie Humphrey-Lewis Quartet
🎺 Charlie Humphrey-Lewis
🎹 Josh Bailey
🎻 Josh Vadiveloo
🥁 James Borland

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1. The Quartet
2. Charlie on 🎺
3. Josh Bailey on 🎹
4. Josh Vadiveloo on 🎻
5. James on 🥁
6. Dave Bustos and Charlie with the quartet
7. Our host on 🥁 at the jam
8. Lydia Rae on 🎤 at the jam
9. Juliane Deil on 🎹 at the jam
10. Luke Chakrabarti on 🎷 at the jam

📷 All photos taken by .bailey.photography

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01/08/2024

11/08/24 - The Charlie Humphrey-Lewis Quartet!

🔥 We cannot wait for Charlie Humphrey-Lewis to bring his quartet to The Ruin NEXT SUNDAY! Come down!

🎺 Charlie Humphrey-Lewis
🎹 Josh Bailey
🎻 Josh Vadiveloo
🥁 James Borland

💥Charlie Humphrey-Lewis is a Midlands born musician, improviser and composer currently based in Birmingham. Since graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2022 Charlie has worked actively within the Birmingham music scene as a sidemen in several different ensembles and projects, as well as leading and co-leading his own quartet and quintet. He has been fortunate enough to have performed both nationally and internationally at The Spotted Dog, Cheltenham Jazz festival, Siena Jazz Festival and at the ‘Ensembles Festival’ in Paris.

🗓️ Sunday, August 11th

⏰ 2pm - 5pm

🎟️ Free entry!!!

👀 See you there

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08/07/2024

13/07/24 - TOM HENERY (woo🎉)

💥 We cannot wait to be joined by the PHENOMENAL Tom Henery this Saturday!!! He'll be bringing a mix of originals, arrangements, and (according to him) some really really hard tunes to make the house band suffer. We can't wait...

🎂 It is also going to be a little celebration for our very own Reece Downton's BIRTHDAY (everyone say happy birthday Reece) - if that's not a reason to come out we don't know what is.

🎸 Tom Henery
🎻 Thomas Marsh
🥁 Reece Downton

🔥 Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, Tom Henery is a guitarist now based in Birmingham. Since graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2023 Tom has established himself performing and recording in a range of projects spanning jazz, folk and fusion alongside the likes of Neil Yates and Lucy Mellenfield. His playing is heavily informed by the greats of Wes Montgomery and John Scofield, while also incorporating his influences from the folk tradition to create a unique sound.

🗓️ Saturday, July 13th

⏰ 9pm - Late

🎟️ Free entry!!!

👀 See you there

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24/06/2024

🔥 ADAM ROBERTS: LOW VOLTAGE - ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY!!!!!!

💥 How incredible was that???? What an amazing first outing for this brand new music! We cannot wait for the full official release soon... Stay tuned

🔥Adam Roberts
🎷Nathaniel Evans
🎷David Bustos
🎸Ollie Canham
🥁 Dominic Johnson

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17/06/2024

22/06/24 - ADAM ROBERTS: LOW VOLTAGE - ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY!!!!!!

💥 THIS SATURDAY (!!!) Adam Roberts will be holding the release party for his album Low Voltage. Adam is a phenomenal bassist and we are honoured to be able to host this event. Be there THIS SATURDAY to be among the first to hear this incredible new music!

🔥Adam Roberts
🎷Nathaniel Evans
🎷David Bustos
🎸Ollie Canham
🥁 Dominic Johnson

📀 (There might even be CDs for sale)

🗓️ Saturday, June 22nd

⏰ 9pm - Late

🎟️ Free entry!!!

👀 See you there

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09/06/2024

💥 THE GIULIA MARRO QUARTET

🤯 Absolutely amazing stuff today from Giulia and her Quartet! Videos coming soon...

🎼 Giulia Marro
🎸 Joe Hiles
🎻 Ben Love
🥁 Kai Chareunsy

👉 Join us in 2 WEEKS TIME on Saturday, June 22nd for the launch of Adam Roberts' debut album - Low Voltage!

👀 See you all there

28/05/2024

📢 9/6/24 - THE GIULIA MARRO QUARTET!

👉 We're very excited to be joined on Sunday, June 9th by the fantastic Giulia Marro and her Quartet!

🎼 Giulia Marro
🎸 Joe Hiles
🎻 Ben Love
🥁 Kai Chareunsy

🎵 Giulia Marro is a jazz clarinetist and vocalist from Northern Ireland and is now based in Birmingham as she studies at the conservatoire. Over the past three years, Giulia has led her own bands around the West Midlands and Belfast performing music of the swing era.

🎶 Giulia’s sound is characterised by her warm tone and fast vibrato typical of the 1920’s - 40’s and her inspirations include Barney Bigard, Carmen McRae, Edmond Hall and many more. Giulia Marro is a jazz clarinetist and vocalist from Northern Ireland and is now based in Birmingham as she studies at the conservatoire. For this gig, Giulia will bring her quartet which features some of the best rhythm section players in Birmingham, Joe Hiles, Ben Love and Kai Chareunsy.

🗓️ Sunday, June 9th

⏰ 2pm - 5pm

🎟️ Free entry and Jam

👀 See you there

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24/05/2024

☀️ SUMMER AT THE RUIN ☀️

🎵 We're incredibly excited to (finally) announce our summer season of gigs!! Over the next few months we'll be joined by some of Birmingham's finest - and hopefully some of its finest weather!

🗓️ Sun, June 9th - The Giulia Marro Quartet

🗓️ Sat, June 22nd - Adam Roberts: Low Voltage ⚠️ALBUM LAUNCH⚠️

🗓️ Sat, July 13th - Tom Henery
with the JATR House Band

🗓️ Sun, August 11th -
The Charlie Humphrey-Lewis Quartet

🎟️ All these gigs are free and always will be! Just make sure you buy as much beer as you possibly can 🍻

🎨 All artwork for these gigs (including this) has been done by our artist, the incredibly talented Kathryn Schultz ()

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22/05/2024

🖌️ Ben Carter & The Ruin House Band at The Ruin, Digbeth

🎨 Another fantastic piece from Tim Griffiths ()

🎵 Thank you again to everyone who came along to our most recent session. Stay tuned for a big announcement very soon!

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💥 ADAM ROBERTS: LOW VOLTAGE!!! 🎶 THIS SATURDAY!!! Adam Roberts will be bringing his quintet featuring Nathaniel Evans, David Bustos, Ollie Canham and Dominic Johnson - BRAND NEW playing Adam’s original music from his soon to be released debut album “Low Voltage”. 🔥Adam Roberts 🎷Nathaniel Evans 🎷David Bustos 🎸Ollie Canham 🥁 Dominic Johnson 👉 Adam is a bass guitarist from Hertfordshire and has been living in Birmingham for the past 4 years whilst studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. During his time there he has performed with the RBC jazz orchestra and an array of small band groups at venues across Birmingham and London. He now looks to present his original music to audiences across the UK. In February 2024 Adam and his quintet recorded his debut album “Low Voltage” with engineer Ross Walter and in 2022 he and guitarist Ollie Canham co-won the Phil Miller Guitar Prize. 📀 (There might even be CDs for sale) 🗓️ Saturday, June 22nd ⏰ 9pm - Late 🎟️ Free entry!!! 👀 See you there 🎨 Logo by @_kathrynschultz_art 🎥 Orange Peel by Adam Roberts, featuring Oscar Lawrence, Nick Manz, Dom Johnson, and Adam Roberts - at Eastside Jazz Club 🎞️ Edited by Thomas Marsh #jazz #jazzuk #jazzinbirmingham #bass #bassguitar #jazzbass #sax #saxophone #jazzsax #jazzsaxophone #guitar #jazzguitar #drums #jazzdrums #live #livemusic #gig #digbeth #birmingham #independent #summer #2024 #jazzgig #albumlaunch

🎶 Soundcheck 🎶 🗓️ TODAY'S THE DAY The Giulia Marro Quartet 🎼 Giulia Marro 🎸 Joe Hiles 🎻 Ben Love 🥁 Kai Chareunsy ⏰ 2pm - 5pm 🎟️ Free entry and Jam 👀 See you there 🎨 Logo by @_kathrynschultz_art 🎞️ Edited by @thomasmarshmusic #jazz #jazzuk #clarinet #vocals #singer #jazzsinger #guitar #bass #doublebass #drums

💥 THIS SUNDAY! 🎶 The amazing Giulia Marro and her Quartet will be joining us THIS SUNDAY at The Ruin! Here's another clip from the Eastside Jazz club to get you all in the mood for this weekend! The Giulia Marro Quartet 🎼 Giulia Marro 🎸 Joe Hiles 🎻 Ben Love 🥁 Kai Chareunsy Sunday, June 9th ⏰ 2pm - 5pm 🎟️ Free entry and Jam 👀 See you there 🎨 Logo by @_kathrynschultz_art 🎞️ Edited by @thomasmarshmusic 🎥 Video of Giulia Marro and Ben Love playing 'Just Squeeze Me, by Duke Ellington/Lee Gaines at Eastside Jazz Club (@rbcjazz_eastsidejazzclub). #jazz #jazzuk #clarinet #vocals #singer #jazzsinger #guitar #bass #doublebass #drums

⏰ ONE WEEK TO GO! 🎶 There's only one week to go until the amazing Giulia Marro and her Quartet will be joining us at The Ruin! We cannot wait for this one... The Giulia Marro Quartet 🎼 Giulia Marro 🎸 Joe Hiles 🎻 Ben Love 🥁 Kai Chareunsy Sunday, June 9th ⏰ 2pm - 5pm 🎟️ Free entry and Jam 👀 See you there 🎨 Logo by @_kathrynschultz_art 🎞️ Edited by @thomasmarshmusic 🎥 Video of The Giulia Marro Quintet at Eastside Jazz Club (@rbcjazz_eastsidejazzclub). With Giulia Marro, James Borland (@jamesborlandtpt), Joe Hiles, Tom Ward (@_tomward), and Ben Love. #jazz #jazzuk #clarinet #vocals #singer #jazzsinger #guitar #bass #doublebass #drums

🔥 Warm Up! 💥 Not long to go now till the Aidan Amann Trio take to the stage. Get here! THE AIDAN AMANN TRIO 🥁 Aidan Amann 🎸 Leo Morland 🎻 Josh Vadiveloo 🗓️ Sunday, April 14th ⏰ 2pm - 5pm 🎟️ Free entry 👀 See you there 🎞️ Edited by Thomas Marsh 🎨 Logo by Reece Downton After studying with internationally renowned musicians including Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Aidan Amann is now an established drummer on the midlands and national jazz scenes. Aidan plays regularly with some of the best up and coming talent in the country, and has featured alongside accomplished figures such as Ray Butcher and Vic Evans, performing at prominent venues including Peggy’s Skylight and Pizza Express Soho. He achieved a spot in the semi final of the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2022. He draws influence from folk music and Scandinavian jazz to shape a unique sound. Joining Aidan are long time friends and musical partners Leo Morland on guitar and Josh Vadiveloo on bass, and the group will present their take on a mix of jazz standards and original tunes. #jazz #jazzuk #jazzinbirmingham #guitar #jazzguitar #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #live #livemusic #gig #digbeth #birmingham #independent #joshvadiveloo

💥 TOMORROW!!! Be there... THE AIDAN AMANN TRIO 🥁 Aidan Amann 🎸 Leo Morland 🎻 Josh Vadiveloo 🗓️ Sunday, April 14th ⏰ 2pm - 5pm 🎟️ Free entry 👀 See you there 🎞️ Edited by Thomas Marsh 🎨 Logo by Reece Downton After studying with internationally renowned musicians including Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Aidan Amann is now an established drummer on the midlands and national jazz scenes. Aidan plays regularly with some of the best up and coming talent in the country, and has featured alongside accomplished figures such as Ray Butcher and Vic Evans, performing at prominent venues including Peggy’s Skylight and Pizza Express Soho. He achieved a spot in the semi final of the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2022. He draws influence from folk music and Scandinavian jazz to shape a unique sound. Joining Aidan are long time friends and musical partners Leo Morland on guitar and Josh Vadiveloo on bass, and the group will present their take on a mix of jazz standards and original tunes. #jazz #jazzuk #jazzinbirmingham #guitar #jazzguitar #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #live #livemusic #gig #digbeth #birmingham #independent #joshvadiveloo

💥 ONE WEEK TO GO! 👉 Not long to go now till we're joined by Aidan Amann and his INCREDIBLE trio! 🥁 Aidan Amann 🎸 Leo Morland 🎻 Josh Vadiveloo 🗓️ Sunday, April 14th ⏰ 2pm - 5pm 🎟️ Free entry 👀 See you there 🎞️ Edited by Thomas Marsh 🎨 Logo by Reece Downton After studying with internationally renowned musicians including Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Aidan Amann is now an established drummer on the midlands and national jazz scenes. Aidan plays regularly with some of the best up and coming talent in the country, and has featured alongside accomplished figures such as Ray Butcher and Vic Evans, performing at prominent venues including Peggy’s Skylight and Pizza Express Soho. He achieved a spot in the semi final of the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2022. He draws influence from folk music and Scandinavian jazz to shape a unique sound. Joining Aidan are long time friends and musical partners Leo Morland on guitar and Josh Vadiveloo on bass, and the group will present their take on a mix of jazz standards and original tunes. #jazz #jazzuk #jazzinbirmingham #guitar #jazzguitar #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #live #livemusic #gig #digbeth #birmingham #independent #joshvadiveloo

💥 OUT NOW (on YouTube - Link in Bio 🔗) 🎶 Check out this brilliant version of It Had To Be You from our most recent session! This was such an incredible gig, keep your eye out for more to come soon! 🎷 Alex Clarke 🎹 Neil McCracken 🎻 Thomas Marsh 🥁 Reece Downton 🎞️ Edited by Thomas Marsh 🎨 Logo by Kathryn Schultz #jazz #jazzuk #sax #saxophone #jazzsax #jazzsaxophone #piano #jazzpiano #keys #pianist #jazzpianist #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #jazzinbirmingham #jazzinuk #jazzattheruin #music #livemusic #birminghamevents #birmingham #digbeth

💥 COMING SOON!!! (on YouTube - Link in bio 🔗) 📽️ Alex Clarke: Live From Digbeth 🎷 Alex Clarke 🎹 Neil McCracken 🎻 Thomas Marsh 🥁 Reece Downton 🎞️ Edited by: Thomas Marsh 🖌️ Logo: Kathryn Schultz #jazz #jazzuk #sax #saxophone #jazzsax #jazzsaxophone #piano #jazzpiano #keys #pianist #jazzpianist #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #jazzinbirmingham #jazzinuk #jazzattheruin #music #livemusic #birminghamevents #birmingham #digbeth

💥 NOT LONG NOW 🎶 Not long to go until we welcome the FANTASTIC Alex Clarke to The Ruin! 🗓️ SATURDAY, March 9th ⏰ 9pm 🎟️ Free entry 👀 See you there.... 🎨 Logo by Kathryn Schultz 🎞️ Edited by Thomas Marsh #jazz #jazzuk #sax #saxophone #jazzsax #jazzsaxophone #piano #jazzpiano #keys #pianist #jazzpianist #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #jazzinbirmingham #jazzinuk #jazzattheruin #music #livemusic #birminghamevents #birmingham #digbeth

📢 ONE WEEK TO GO!!! 🎷 Only one week to go till the fabulous Alex Clarke joins us for what can only be an incredible evening! We cannot wait! 🎶 She'll be joined by the incredible Jazz at The Ruin house band featuring... 🎹 Juliane Deil 🎻 Thomas Marsh 🥁 Reece Downton 🗓️ SATURDAY, March 9th ⏰ 9pm till LATE 🎟️ Free entry 👀 See you there. #jazz #jazzuk #sax #saxophone #jazzsax #jazzsaxophone #piano #jazzpiano #keys #pianist #jazzpianist #bass #doublebass #jazzbass #drums #jazzdrums #jazzinbirmingham #jazzinuk #jazzattheruin #music #livemusic #birminghamevents #birmingham #digbeth