Romarna Campbell, an Olivier award-winning composer, dynamic drummer, and innovative music educator, proudly hails from Birmingham and is now based in London.

Line Up: Romarna Campbell – drums, Mutale Chashi - Electric Bass & Cenk Essen - Piano

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning saxophonist Tony Kofi explores the music of the great tenor saxophone players, with a focus on their output on Blue Note Records.

Line Up: Tony Kofi - Tenor Saxophone, Matthew Ratcliffe - Piano, Martyn Spencer - Double Bass & Andrew Wood - Drums

This high energy sextet, with African and Jazz influences, was formed in late 2016, to perform the music of two titans of Jazz – Bheki Mseleku and McCoy Tyner.

Line Up: John Donaldson - piano, Greg Heath – sax, Jason Yarde – sax, Sid Gauld – trumpet, Simon Thorpe – bass & Winston Clifford – drums

Ralph DeCambre will be re-uniting with some of the musicians he has played with in the Blue Notes and beyond over the years.
Line Up: Kirk Ricketts – vocals Ralf DeCambre – guitar, Mathieu Keys – piano, Alvin Davis - sax, Theo Seaton – trumpet, Reed Bass – bass & Eddie Powell - drums

Byron returns to the 1000 Trades with this richly conceived two sets of compelling, visceral music that it is difficult to believe has only five musicians.

Line Up: Byron Wallen – trumpet, Jonny Mansfield – vibraphone, Daniel Kempshell – guitar, Menelik Claffey - bass & Zoe Pascal - drums

Arran Shanghavi is a pianist from Berkhamsted. He graduated from the University of Birmingham, having read Philosophy and Politics.

Line Up: Arran Shanghavi – Piano, Mark Bonner - Trumpet, Harry Brown - Alto Sax, Josh Vadiveloo – Bass & Jonathan Hilliam - Drums