Bray Jazz 07

Setun

Anyone going? Don't think the line up is as exciting as previous years but still should be great!

Friday May 4th 2007
Dave Douglas Keystone (USA) Mermaid Arts, 8pm
White Rocket (Irl/USA) Mermaid Arts, 8pm (opening)
Angelo Debarre 4tet (France) Town Hall, 7pm
Nigel Mooney Septet (Irl) World Stage, 11pm
›› and more (view full list of artists on Friday)

Saturday May 5th 2007
New Jungle Orchestra (Denmark) Mermaid Arts, 8pm
Mike Nielsen Mermaid Arts, 8pm (opening)
Rise Saxophone Quartet (Irl) Town Hall, 7pm
Havana Son (Irl/Cuba) World Stage, 11pm
Organics Invitational - with Robin Fincker & Paul Williamson(Irl/France/Australia) Jazz Club @ The Esplanade, 9pm
North Strand Klezmer Band Late Nite Club, 12pm
›› and more (view full list of artists on Saturday)

Sunday May 6th 2007
Louis Sclavis Quintet (France) Mermaid Arts, 8pm
Der Rote Bereich (Germany) Mermaid Arts, 8pm (opening)
Debashish Bhattacharya (India) Town Hall, 7pm
Ben Allison Quartet (USA) Jazz Club @ The Esplanade, 9pm
Sirius B (UK) World Stage, 11pm
ZoiD (Irl) Late Nite Club, 12pm

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Setun

By the way I might be hosting a jam session on the friday or saturday evening (about 4-6pm probably) outside Bray Library. We've already had two before (one at bray jazz last year) and they were great fun and some great music was played . So if you're interested in playing a few tunes at Jazz At The Library either PM me or post up in this thread. Jazz/ Blues/ Funk/ Soul/ World musicians welcome!!!

Rigsby

Daddio wrote:

Anyone going? Don't think the line up is as exciting as previous years



www.brayjazz.com

I agree, but Louis Sclavis is definitely worth going to IMO.

Setun

Rigsby wrote:

I agree, but Louis Sclavis is definitely worth going to IMO.

Cool, don't really know much about the headliners so if anyone has any recommendations I'd like to hear them.

Rigsby

Daddio wrote:

Cool, don't really know much about the headliners so if anyone has any recommendations I'd like to hear them.

Louis Sclavis is a clarinetist who seems to cover a varity of genres from semi-classical to free jazz. The cd I have features him doing the latter with Brazilian saxist Ivo Perelman. This type of music would not be to everyone's taste but I think it is excellent. Hard to know what he'll play on the day. A mixture of all the music he is involved with would be ideal.

Scratchface

Steve McFarlen, (Guitar), Playing in the Strand Hotel on Friday the 4th. Well worth a look.

pclancy

I dont know much about any of the acts but seems like a great weekend! The bus from town seems handy as well has anyone used that before?

Setun

pclancy wrote:

I dont know much about any of the acts but seems like a great weekend! The bus from town seems handy as well has anyone used that before?

Do you mean the regular Dublin Bus, or is there a special Bray Jazz bus? The latter would be very impressive :cool:

Get the dart it's a lot quicker and easier.


Are there no jazz/blues musicians on this forum anymore? I remember the days when people would murder for a good jam session. PM me if interested.

Scratchface

Daddio,

Is the jam session live or acoustic ? I could bring the axe down and plug in. Only thing its an ES175, don't know if it would survive the dart trip home that night and I'd have to drag it around everywhere.

Should have learned jazz harmonica !

Rigsby

Daddio wrote:

Get the dart it's a lot quicker and easier.

Agreed. But whatever you do dont miss the last dart back into town. I missed it last year and had to pay approx 25 or 30 euro for a taxi because Dublin was outside it's area of work.

Setun

Scratchface wrote:

Daddio,

Is the jam session live or acoustic ? I could bring the axe down and plug in. Only thing its an ES175, don't know if it would survive the dart trip home that night and I'd have to drag it around everywhere.

Should have learned jazz harmonica !

Live indeed, it is possible to store instruments in a lock up if you want to collect it the following day (saturday 5th).

Yep, the taxi can be quite nightmarish. I don't know if there's a nightlink service back into dublin but I'll try to find out.