What jazz acts would you like to see in Dublin?

robbie1876

It seems to me that Dublin isn't very high on the international jazz circuit, it's only very occasionally an exceptional jazz act comes by Dublin if they are playing in Europe. I know tons of people that regularly travel to the UK to catch a jazz act. Fair enough, smaller audience etc, but if there are troops of people dedicated enough to travel to the UK for a gig, surely there are many others who would go if they came to Dublin.

Acts I'd like to see play Dublin:

Chick Corea
Dave Holland
Dave Weckl
Maceo Parker
Herbie Hancock
Oscar Peterson Quartet

Surely any of these acts could fill Vicar Street, possibly for more that one night, right?

Alkali

Good list, Chick Corea and Dave Holland are playing at this years Jazz Cork Festival.

http://www.corkjazzfestival.com/

Mine would be.

Tribal Tech
Frank Gambale
David Binney
Cab
John Scofield

robbie1876

Excellent, I didnt see either on the bill the last time I checked, can't wait! Thanks for pointing it out.

Tribal Tech and John Scofield, good calls. Not familiar with the others, must check them out.

Doctor J

Send a mail to the good folks at http://www.improvisedmusic.ie/

They bring a decent number of groups over, such as the likes of EST to Vicar Street last month.

robbie1876

Yeah I seen Elvin Jones when he was hosted by Improvised Music in Vicar Street a few years ago. I never seen a man smile so much during a gig, he was beaming from start to finish!

Is the Dublin Jazz Festival still going? Very little mention of it on the improvised music site...

Buddhapadge

That Cork festival looks great - Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Ron Carter, all on the same bill... It's nearly worth enduring a few days in Cork for!

Executive Steve

jan garbarek
eberhard weber
terje rypdal
wayne shorter - saw him and herbie hancock before and wayne was having a bit of a bad night of it, was at the national concert hall... anyone else there that night? was still a pretty awesome gig!

Ancient1

[cm]tyranny wrote:

jan garbarek
eberhard weber
terje rypdal

Amen!

Nice to hear that i'm not the only one into Terje Rypdal

Alkali

robbie1876 wrote:

Excellent, I didnt see either on the bill the last time I checked, can't wait! Thanks for pointing it out.

Tribal Tech and John Scofield, good calls. Not familiar with the others, must check them out.

Cool np, I was surfing the net and i remembered about the Corkjazz, Chick Corea just turned up in the list, so good.

David Binney is excellent, I would recommend listening to some of his stuff, Frank gambale is great to, more rock/jazz stuf, and Cab are a cool fusion/jazz band.

Skycat

I don't live in Dublin,but just for the heck of it.

5 acts would be:

Ken Vandermark (as The Vandermark 5 if they're still around)
The Gold Sparkle Band
John Zorn (any)
Courtney Pine
Chicago Underground Trio

stevejazzx

has paco ever played here

john mclaughlin
chick chorea (hes doning cork this year man i cant wait)
keith jarret
goiong to bobby mcferrin tomorrow
pat metheny

Desmo

[cm]tyranny wrote:

jan garbarek
eberhard weber
terje rypdal
wayne shorter - saw him and herbie hancock before and wayne was having a bit of a bad night of it, was at the national concert hall... anyone else there that night? was still a pretty awesome gig!

I saw Eberhard Weber and Jan Garbarek in Dun Laoghaire in the 1980s. It was a quartet gig in one of the hotels. Easily one of the best 2 or 3 gigs ever for me.

Des