Tony Levin Drum Prize
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
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Eastside Jazz Festival 2027: Tony Levin Drum Prize
Jean Toussaint saxophone
Arnie Somogyi bass
Our annual Tony Levin Drum Prize this time creates a concert highlight for our new Eastside Jazz Festival. Drum legend Tony Levin who sadly passed away in 2011 set up the prize in 2009 as a way of ensuring RBC tutors played with the students in a major public gig. Two significant figures on the international jazz scene, Jean Toussaint and Arnie Somogyi play with drum student finalists in the spirit of the famous Sonny Rollins trio to establish who is the most shining drummer in the night.
Not only is this a great opportunity to hear Jean and Arnie at close quarters but also feel the energy that the sense of occasion brings to our young drummers. It's a joyous swinging concert of high level interaction and spontaneity and promises to be a real “happening” as Tony would have said.
Running time approx. 90 minutes