Corn Exchange 10th Oct
Ben Partridge is an award-winning Saxophonist and Composer from Cheltenham, UK and now based in Birmingham. A graduate with first-class honours from the Jazz course at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, studying with highly regarded tutors Mike Williams, John O'Gallagher, Ed Puddick and Mike Gibbs. Highlights included being asked to arrange a Mike Gibbs' piece for a concert celebrating his 85th birthday alongside some of the leading composing lights to have come out of Birmingham, and the premiere of his all-new Big Band project 'The Enigma Suite' in February 2023. He is currently writing for a new band, "Sixways," which debuted at Birmingham's Spotted Dog in November 2023. His sound has been influenced by jazz legends such as Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Wheeler, Maria Schneider and Melissa Aldana, as well as more modern acts like Big Thief and Radiohead.