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Upcoming Jazz & Blues Gigs

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭godfrey


    Hi folks,
    we're starting a monthly jazz & blues supper club in Flanagans by the lake, beginning the last Thursday of April with Honor Heffernan & Band.

    Top food, top music, and it's an early night so you can be guilt free if you're working the next day

    More details on Flanagans Facebook page.

    g


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭Blondie919


    http://www.goingtomyhometown.com/

    I've never been to this festival but I'm really hoping I get to it this year. Even if it's just for one day it will be worth it. I've seen Sinnerboy a few times and they're damn good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭godfrey


    Update:
    April 26th sees the first of our Supper Club nights at Flanagans, Killaloe, featuring the sublime Honor Heffernan and a full (well fed!) band.

    As the booker for these events, I aim to keep music integrity and quality at the forefront and I hope our guests enjoy the fruits of this policy.

    I would be delighted to hear suggestions for future gigs also.
    We will be bringing Nigel Mooney & band in May, and Mary Coughlan & band in June.

    It's the last Thursday of each month, 3-course dinner starts at 7:30, music begins at 8:30.

    Tickets are €39.50 for Dinner and show or €20 for show only and will be available to buy at Flanagan's.


    For information or reservations contact:
    Tel: 00 353 (0) 61 622790
    https://www.facebook.com/events/415322438479716/
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000897834350
    http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant_Review-g212519-d1554189-Reviews-Flanagan_s_on_the_Lake-Killaloe_County_Clare.html

    E: flanagansonthelake@gmail.com



    godfrey wrote: »
    Hi folks,
    we're starting a monthly jazz & blues supper club in Flanagans by the lake, beginning the last Thursday of April with Honor Heffernan & Band.

    Top food, top music, and it's an early night so you can be guilt free if you're working the next day

    More details on Flanagans Facebook page.

    g


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭pauliewallie


    godfrey wrote: »
    Update:
    April 26th sees the first of our Supper Club nights at Flanagans, Killaloe, featuring the sublime Honor Heffernan and a full (well fed!) band.

    As the booker for these events, I aim to keep music integrity and quality at the forefront and I hope our guests enjoy the fruits of this policy.

    I would be delighted to hear suggestions for future gigs also.
    We will be bringing Nigel Mooney & band in May, and Mary Coughlan & band in June.

    It's the last Thursday of each month, 3-course dinner starts at 7:30, music begins at 8:30.

    Tickets are €39.50 for Dinner and show or €20 for show only and will be available to buy at Flanagan's.


    For information or reservations contact:
    Tel: 00 353 (0) 61 622790
    https://www.facebook.com/events/415322438479716/
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000897834350
    http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant_Review-g212519-d1554189-Reviews-Flanagan_s_on_the_Lake-Killaloe_County_Clare.html

    E: flanagansonthelake@gmail.com

    I would highly recommend any of these acts for future bookings:

    Pat Farrell and Band (The Business)
    Susan Tomelty & Band
    The Bree Harris Band
    Mary Stokes Band
    Left, Right & Centre

    I have contact info for most of the above if you need it.

    cheers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭godfrey


    Nigel Mooney is the next in our Supper Club series, appearing on May 31st. All contact details are below.

    Thanks for looking,

    g
    godfrey wrote: »
    Update:
    April 26th sees the first of our Supper Club nights at Flanagans, Killaloe, featuring the sublime Honor Heffernan and a full (well fed!) band.

    As the booker for these events, I aim to keep music integrity and quality at the forefront and I hope our guests enjoy the fruits of this policy.

    We will be bringing Nigel Mooney & band in May, and Mary Coughlan & band in June.

    It's the last Thursday of each month, 3-course dinner starts at 7:30, music begins at 8:30.

    Tickets are €39.50 for Dinner and show or €20 for show only and will be available to buy at Flanagan's.


    For information or reservations contact:
    Tel: 00 353 (0) 61 622790
    https://www.facebook.com/events/415322438479716/
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000897834350
    http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant_Review-g212519-d1554189-Reviews-Flanagan_s_on_the_Lake-Killaloe_County_Clare.html

    E: flanagansonthelake@gmail.com


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭godfrey


    Next up we have Mary Coughlan - June 28th - that's next Thursday.

    Same format, this time it's part of the Brian Boru Festival.

    Bring a friend :)

    It's the last Thursday of each month, 3-course dinner starts at 7:30, music begins at 8:30.

    Tickets are €39.50 for 3-course Dinner and show, or €20 for show only and will be available to buy at Flanagan's.


    For information or reservations contact:
    Tel: 00 353 (0) 61 622790
    https://www.facebook.com/events/415322438479716/
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000897834350
    http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant...nty_Clare.html

    E: flanagansonthelake@gmail.com

    g


  • Registered Users Posts: 30 Patrick Wall


    Hi, my name is Patrick Wall and am a blues/oldtime country singer, I am interested in any opportunities with regard to playing in blues sessions, gigs or forming a band that can play the songs of Moon Mullican, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Monroe, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and similar.



    Also, someone who can give me and/or my band some gigs or sessions. Good rates are given by me for solo un-miked sessions where I sing and play guitar and welcome other singers and musicians to join in as well. Any help is much appreciated. Below are my music sites:



    http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/patrickwall2
    http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/patrickwall
    http://www.facebook.com/PatrickWallBluesSinger
    http://www.amazon.com/Ill-Sail-My-Ship-Alone/dp/B004K2MPIO/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327651302&sr=301-1
    http://www.amazon.com/Ill-Sail-My-Ship-Alone/dp/B00721L8WY/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327696694&sr=301-2
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ill-sail-my-ship-alone-single/id415760510
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ill-sail-my-ship-alone/id496191847


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭Madame K


    I am not really sure I should post this here but...

    We bought a pair of tickets for both Roy Hargrove and Miles Smiles at Everyman Palace but we cannot attend this year's Cork Jazz Festival. :mad: If anyone is interested in purchasing them, PM me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 AI1993


    Hi, D'you still have a Roy Hargrove ticket for Saturday??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 jamieev


    Jamie Evans Trio will return to the Promenade Cafe on Saturday, 17 November, playing In A Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Charlie Parker, the music of Miles Davis including standards from his seminal 1959 album “Kind of Blue”. Also Stan Getz and Charlie Parker favourites.

    7.00pm Supper followed by Performance.

    Starter, Main Course and Ticket for only €35.00!!

    BOOKINGS ONLY €10.00 per person. Deposit required


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 jamieev


    Jamie Evans Trio will return once more to the Promenade Cafe on Saturday, 8 December, playing In A Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Charlie Parker, the music of Miles Davis including standards from his seminal 1959 album “Kind of Blue”. Also Stan Getz and Charlie Parker favourites.

    7.00pm Supper followed by Performance.

    Starter, Main Course and Ticket for only €35.00!!

    BOOKINGS ONLY €10.00 per person. Deposit required


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 Matthew4


    Introducing "Joker Malea".....
    This is the name of the Jazz Quintet led by 21 year old Swiss-born Michael Gilsenan. They are due to arrive in Ireland on Sunday 27th January and will play the first of their Irish Jazz gigs in Trim Castle Hotel probably between 5 and 7pm on that day. It is not planned to have either an admission or a cover charge, so if Jazz happens to "crank your gears" don't waste this good opportunity to indulge your passion.
    Michael (grandson) and his friends are all students of the Swiss Jazz School, so they are all serious musicians, and all intend to carve out a career in music. They are coming to Ireland only because of the "Trim connection", so I hereby stake my claim to getting "The Gathering" off the ground in Trim...!!:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭cormob


    Hi folks,
    Have a launch coming up. Plastering the internet to get the message out there so hope some of you are interested and can make it down. The event page is here https://www.facebook.com/events/459607164179376/
    New band page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhythm-Method/1494461987498963

    Details here:

    Advance Tickets now on-sale!
    TICKET + ALBUM OFFER €15 when you book in advance here
    (you can collect your copy of the album at the gig)
    http://entertainment.ticketsolve.com/shows/873523548

    Bill Blackmore - Trumpet
    Shane Latimer - Guitar
    Darragh O’Kelly - Keys
    Cormac OBrien - Double Bass
    Shane O’Donovan - Drums


    Rhythm Method was co-founded in 2009 by guitarist Shane Latimer and bassist
    Cormac OBrien, with the addition of Bill Blackmore on trumpet, Darragh O’Kelly
    on keys and Shane O’Donovan on drums a collaborative project featuring five of
    Dublin’s most innovative and creative musicians was established.
    The writing responsibilities are shared and the music reflects the different creative
    personalities in the group. The band strive to deliver a cohesive sound which explores the possibilities of minimalism, groove, free improvisation and odd meters,with a focus on lyricism and musicality over extended forms.
    The music is reminiscent of Miles Davis’ In Silent Way and Bitches Brew with elements of many different styles of music coming through from rock and jazz to classical and contemporary

    All five members are extremely active on the creative music scene in Ireland, being involved with projects such as Bottlenote Music, Rutland Place, O.K.O, Outer Spaceways and have played at a number of well known festivals such as Bray Jazz Festival and Down With Jazz Festival.
    Collectively the members have toured extensively and have worked with every jazz artist worth mentioning in Ireland and many abroad too.

    Like and share.......


  • Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭cormob


    https://www.facebook.com/events/1519987371573890/

    JJ Smyth's
    Nov 27th 2014
    8.30pm
    €10

    ‘TheGINAJazz’:
    Gina Pukaite LT/IE (vocal/lyrics)
    Gediminas Karkauskas LT/IE (piano)
    Cormac O'Brien IE (double bass)
    Stephen Davis UK (drums)

    Press review:
    ...'Dynamic drum pulsation, soft and transparent piano solos. And of course vocalist Gina (Grazina Pukaite)
    ....she was not dominating…In other words, she is the jewel of the trio, that is rarely found.

    Connections with classical music and spoken word in a “Street View catcher” captured the attention and reminded
    me of the Gil Scott Heron tune ’The revolution will not be televised’. It’s really rare when acoustic subtle performances get
    rapturous applause. The Gina Jazz trio achieved it and completely captured everyone’s attention.

    At the Final composition ‘II Easy’ ....Gediminas Karkauskas piano passages made me to look at my colleague nearby
    questioning-is this the new
    Esbjorn Svensson? Others had the same thoughts about similarity with the famous Swedish pianist.
    But this cannot be considered copying. It is born of a shared level of performance that is electric, a performance
    that is at one with its audience The Gina Jazz trio found a way not only to Broma Jazz listener’s ears, but hearts too.

    ...they have left stage after loud and sustained applause. Vocalist Gina promised to come they would be back
    next year'-by J.Gricevicius "Jazz Jungtys" organiser, Broma Jazz'14 Festival critic (LT)


    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Gina Pukaite (vocal/lyrics)
    Gina Pukaite is a singer and lyricist based in Dublin, Ireland. She is regarded as one of the most gifted young artists to emerge in recent years. Gina has been disarming audience in Ireland, London and Lithuania. As well as possessing a wonderfully 'colorful' & rich voice, she is renowned for her captivating stage presence and talents.


    Gediminas Karkauskas (piano)
    One of the finest piano players & exceptional composer with years of performing, recording experience in Ireland and Internationally.
    He holds Masters in Jazz Performance. Inspired by legendary figures such as Barry Harris ,John Taylor, Kenny Warner.Gediminas is active in both fields of classical and jazz music and worked with some of the leading Irish and International musicians like Louise Stewart, Richie Buckley, Dave Fleming, Linley Hamilton, Stephen Davis, Hugh Buckley

    ‘I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Gediminas in Sligo in 2012. He is a very talented pianist and an inventive improviser with a great deal of potential. He's full of interesting musical ideas and spontaneity and I look forward to hearing more of his imaginative music making in the future’-John Taylor

    Cormac O’Brien (double bass)
    Cormac O’Brien is one of Dublin’s most prominent double bass players and he has performed and recorded with many of Ireland’s finest musicians, such as Louis Stewart, Tommy Halferty, Michael Buckley, Hugh Buckley, The Kai Big Band, The Zoid Ensemble, Lunfardia, Yurodny, Jack L and Mary Coughlan. He has also played with a range of international artists such as Bobby Watson, Jamie Baum, Dave Allen, Ryan Quigley, Bjorn Vidar Solli, and Bruce Adams. He has held the bass chair in the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra since its inception and is a member of the Hibernia Orchestra. Cormac also co-founded the group Rhythm Method, for whom he also composes and is a member of Phisqa. In 2012 Cormac set up the Jazz Central, a short live but successful jazz venue, and has been involved with other collectives such as Rutland place and Donkey Jaw Productions.

    Stephen Davis (drums)
    In 2003 he toured with the European Jazz Orchestra, playing 25 dates throughout all the member states; Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and so on. Living in
    London for the last 3 years he has been playing drums with the cream of London’s jazz community, players such as Evan Parker, Django Bates, Julian Seigal,
    Dylan Bates, Annie Whitehead etc. Also performed with many European and American musicians, Dick Oats, Curtis Fuller, Alan Vache, Brunno Tommasso, Brian Irvine etc

    'A VERY EMPATHETIC PERFORMER WITH A STRONG PERCUSSIVE VOICE.' Jazzwise Magazine.


  • Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭cormob


    https://www.facebook.com/events/384046498419002/

    JJ Smyth's
    Dec 11th 2014
    8.30pm
    €10

    We're very happy to announce our first ever gig at the legendary jazz and blues venue, JJ's Smyth.

    As many people know, trying to get an album together is quite a difficult task, especially with the amount of money one has to invest. We have never liked asking people for money as money = life/time and asking people for money is like asking people for a big chunk of their time. So we thought how can we get people together make them have a great time and can help us with our future recording........the answer is a gig

    We've decided that all the money raised in our upcoming gig in JJ's will go straight to recording of our second album, so we want to invite all of you to come to our gig and support us with this humble request.

    We will play the second album entirety and a couple from the new CD

    8:30pm
    €10
    €18 includes ticket and Debut CD

    PHISQA is a band formed by 5 different musicians from 5 different countries, Italy, Venezuela, USA, Ireland and Peru. All of the music (They catalogue themselves as Peruvian Jazz) is original and It's all based on Peruvian rhythms fused with jazz.

    PHISQA has been very active in the Irish music scene for over two years now and have had appearances at Cork Jazz Festival, Bray Jazz Festival, LOVE:LIVE Music Festival, Down With Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival among other events.

    PHISQA got announced in 2013 as Jazz CD of the week by Jazz On WILD Coast FM 98.6, a radio station in South Africa.

    For more information about the band please visit:

    www.phisqa.com
    www.phisqa.bandcamp.com
    www.facebook.com/phisqa
    youtube.com/cotedrum

    PHISQA's music is now available in Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, CD Baby and iTunes.

    Check out their CD review in All About Jazz

    All About Jazz - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44607

    PHISQA:

    Tom Caraher - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
    Julien Colarossi - Guitar
    Leopoldo Osio - Piano
    Cormac OBrien - Bass
    Cote Calmet - Drums / Compositions



  • Registered Users Posts: 48 jimb433


    must say i took in a concert in limerick last month DAVID SANBOURNE, and JOEY DE FRANCESCO it was excellent here is a clip of francesco. hammond organ , he's brilliant "sorry it won't let me post the link , I'm a new user" need 25 or more posts ,



    its on you tube joey de francesco "never can say goodbye" i post it when I'm allowed


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 Drakesha


    Hey all. We're opening a venue in city center, with bi-monthly Hot Club/Gypsy Jazz gigs/sessions.
    The band in residence is 'Hot Club of Dublin' with various guests every gig.
    The opening night is Friday, 10th of April at 54 Parnell Square West, Dublin.
    Doors 20.00, gig 21.-23.00.
    10/8 EUR, BYOD. If all goes well,we'll have vine and beer for sale as well.

    Can't post the links here, but all info is on a Facebook, search for
    'The Jazz Lounge opening Night'

    Most likely it's going to be every 2nd and 4th Friday.


  • Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭loveroflight


    Hey Great blues gig in Patriots Inn this Friday. The Hard Core Blues with Richie Buckley, Ed Deane, Noel Bridgeman and John Quearney. Great to see them together.


  • Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭loveroflight


    You might as well make a weekend of it with Los paradiso on in JJ Smyths on Sat 28th . Ed Deane (Guitar), James Delaney (Keys, Accordion), Garvan Gallagher (Bass), Kevin Malone (Drums) and Donal Fean (Vocals) will realign planetary space with the tumbling stars of insignificance. Can't Wait!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1 ChoralFest


    Something different for Christmas this year - A Soulful Christmas with Karen Underwood (Cork's resident queen of soul) 9th December 8pm in the Everyman, check their website for more details! Tickets onsale online now :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭gitane007


    The Tolka Hot Club - Sin E 13th Dec.

    Swing and Gypsy Jazz from 9.30 on , free in. Some Hot ****


  • Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭loveroflight


    JJ Smyths Sat 30th ... Hard Core Blues...Incredible playing by Richie Buckley, Ed Deane, Noel Bridgeman and John Quearney.


  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Mingus08


    12 Jan 2018
    20:45
    National Concert Hall/John Field Room
    Dublin

    Punctuate the year ahead with a selection of seasonal Frank Sinatra interludes.

    In this first of a quadruple series, leading Sinatra exponent Sean Hession heralds 2018 with a seasonally-themed lunchtime concert of springtime classics. Accompanied by the stellar jazz trio of pianist Jim Doherty, double-bassist Dave Fleming and Myles Drennan on drums, this prelude to Spring promises to warm the chill of January, in the intimate setting of the John Field Room.

    €10 - €15

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  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Mingus08


    20 Apr 2018
    13:05
    National Concert Hall/John Field Room
    Dublin
    €16 - €18

    Punctuate the year ahead with a selection of seasonal Frank Sinatra interludes. In this second of four shows, leading Sinatra exponent Sean Hession performs a seasonally-themed lunchtime concert of balmy classics. Accompanied by the stellar jazz trio of pianist Jim Doherty, double-bassist Dave Fleming and Myles Drennan on drums, this event promises to evoke the warmth of summer in the intimate setting of the NCH, John Field Room.



  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Mingus08


    04 May 2018
    13:05
    John Field Room
    Dublin
    €16 - €18

    Bring some sunshine into your life and join one of Ireland’s leading jazz singers, Emilie Conway and her Quintet, in the National Concert Hall on May 4th for Estrada do Sol. Travel the sunny streets of Brazil through the evocative melodies and grooves of its music by some of its most brilliant composers including; Jobim, Powell, Buarque, Nascimento, Joyce and more New, classic arrangements and originals by the Quintet.

    There is an irresistible beauty to the evocative melodies, the soft sound of the Portuguese language, and the gentle grooves of bossa nova from Brazil, one that is matched perfectly by a smooth and sultry delivery by Emilie, described by UK jazz vocalist Fionna Duncan as “a heart stealer with the voice of an angel.” Joined by some of the leading lights of the Irish jazz and world music scene, this concert delivers a unique programme celebrating the music from Brazil as well as the exquisite lyricism of Brazilian poets like Vincius de Moraes.

    Emilie's most recent focus, a celebration of the life and work of writer and social diarist Maeve Brennan, which Conway performed in the hip Cornelia St Café in New York and was also well received in Ireland with a sell out concert last September at the National Concert Hall. Previously, Emilie also created a concert celebrating the life and music of Brail's legendary singer, Elis Regina.

    In this new concert, Emilie is delighted to re-imagine and share this beautiful music with you, together with her long-time collaborator, pianist, Johnny Taylor, guitarist, Paddy Groenland, (Ensemble Eriu, West African group Manden Express, RiZa) Bassist Dave Mooney, (Gavin Friday, Sarah Brightman, Jeff Ramsey, Al Jarreau Group) and Brazilian drummer, Andre Antunes, (Loah, Republic of Loose, Sinead O Connor, Amy Winehouse, Edu Ribeiro, Leo Maia).




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  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Mingus08


    29 Apr 2018
    19:30
    The Workman's Club
    Dublin
    €10
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    The second in a series of musician-curated gigs presented by The Dublin Jazz Co-op this week features ReDiviDeR. This two-horns-no-chords quartet was established by drummer Matthew Jacobson in 2007 as a creative outlet for his compositions as well as his somewhat perverse fascination with anagrams. While he failed to find such avid fellow followers of wordplays, he did find and enlist the help of improv and rhythmic specialists Derek Whyte (bass), Nick Roth (alto sax) and trombonist Colm O'Hara.

    The band play all original compositions from Jacobson ('a European jazz artist of growing charisma' - the Guardian) with influences as diverse as Charles Mingus, the Books, Deerhoof and Tim Berne. The formula for putting all this together in one palindromic setting is downtown grooves with catchy riffs and collective improvs.

    ReDiviDeR have recorded two albums for Diatribe, Ireland's leading record label for new sounds. 'Never odd or eveN' was released in November 2011 to a four-star review in the Irish Times and a 'one to watch out for' recommendation in All About Jazz. 'meets I Dig Monk, Tuned' was released in October 2013 and has been called 'an inspired endeavour' by No More Workhorse, 'a big leap forward' by Marlbank and 'a striking musical collage' recommended for those generally disposed to imaginative, genre-bending music' by All About Jazz.

    The group have performed extensively across Ireland and the UK as well as touring and playing festivals in France, Italy and Sweden. Having taken a brief sabbatical from public performances over the last year, the group are now booking for 2018.


  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Mingus08


    22 Apr 2018
    19:30
    The Workman's Club
    Dublin
    €10
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    The first in a series of musician-cured gigs presented by The Dublin Jazz Co-op features Irish-Australian saxophonist Daniel Rorke with bass heavyweight Dave Redmond and extraordinary drummer Sean Carpio.

    Rorke has lived and worked throughout Europe, the USA, Australia, and toured throughout the world. His performance career has included work with well-known improvisers such as Hilmar Jensson, Per Oddvar Johansen, Rune Nergaard, Veli Kujala, Matthias M.D Hemstock, Australian piano giant Alister Spence and he was referred to as "a heavyweight" in a recent Jazznytt magazine.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 quicklist.ie


    13 May 2019
    19:30
    The Workman's Club
    Dublin
    €10


    The Long Way Around, are dedicated to exploring the complex rhythmic language of contemporary jazz. The trio is has just recorded their first album containing the typical rhythmic legerdemain with which they have become synonymous in the Irish jazz scene – expect lots of rhythmic cut and thrust, off-kilter grooves and the place where the familiar collides with the new.

    Chris Guilfoyle is an up and coming guitar player on the Dublin jazz scene. He has studied at Berklee College of Music - where he was awarded a scholarship from Fender Guitars and the Jazz and Improvised Music Salzburg conference in Austria. Chris was also selected to represent his college at the International Association of Schools of Jazz in The Netherlands in July 2010. In August 2011, Chris was accepted to study at Dave Liebman’s Chromatic Harmony Workshop in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, USA, and later went on to obtain his Masters Degree from the Luzern Jazz School in Switzerland.

    Since graduating, Chris has been actively performing in the Dublin music scene as well as abroad. Although young, he has already played with such jazz notables as Dave Liebman, Eric Ineke and Ralph Peterson and his band Umbra were selected to play at the prestigious ’12 Points’ Festival in 2015, and the Jazzy Colours Festival in Paris.

    Ronan Guilfoyle is a bassist, composer and an acknowledged innovator in the area of rhythmic technique. He has toured extensively in Europe, Asia, and America, performing with such artists as Dave Liebman, Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler, Brad Mehldau, John Abercrombie, Benny Golson, and Jim McNeely. Ronan's book, "Creative Rhythmic Concepts for Jazz Improvisation", is now seen as the standard text for the teaching of advanced rhythmic techniques. He has taught this at many schools around the world including Berklee College of Music, The New School, and is an associate Artist of the Royal Academy of Music in London. As a composer he has written a vast body of work for both jazz and classical ensembles, from pieces for solo violin to three-movement works for symphony orchestra.

    Matthew Jacobson is a drummer, composer, bandleader, educator and producer currently based Dublin. He completed his BA in Jazz Performance at Newpark Music Centre, Dublin in 2008 and in 2010 he received a Masters Degree in Music Performance from Lucerne University, Switzerland.

    He has represented his country, touring with the European Jazz Orchestra in 2008 and performs regularly in Ireland and abroad. He is also a co-director of Diatribe Records, Ireland's leading record label for new sounds and the Irish co-producer of European exchange tour network and annual festival Match&Fuse. Since 2010, Matthew has been a member of faculty on Newpark Music Centre’s BA in Jazz Performance program, as both a drum tutor and ensemble leader.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 quicklist.ie


    18 May 2018
    20:00
    Ergodos HQ
    MART Creative Hub
    Portobello Harbour
    Dublin 8

    €10
    A unique opportunity to hear two distinct voices in the Irish creative music scene - ReDiviDeR and Silver Kites - at the current home of innovative Irish label Ergodos.

    BYO
    Tickets available on door

    ReDiviDeR

    This two-horns-no-chords quartet was established by drummer Matthew Jacobson in 2007 as a creative outlet for his compositions as well as his somewhat perverse fascination with anagrams. While he failed to find such avid fellow followers of wordplays, he did find and enlist the help of improv and rhythmic specialists Derek Whyte on bass (Dirty Jazz Band), Nick Roth on alto sax (Yurodny) and trombonist Colm O'Hara (The Troupe).

    The band play all original compositions from Jacobson ("on of the most dynamic forces in Irish jazz" - Irish Times) with influences as diverse as Charles Mingus, the Books, Deerhoof and Tim Berne. The formula for putting all this together in one palindromic setting is downtown grooves with catchy riffs and collective improvs.

    “Redivider can hold their heads up with the most creative new jazz bands anywhere" - Stephen Graham, Marlbank net

    "an inspired endeavour" - Cormac Donnelly, No More Workhorse

    "recommended for anagram/palindrome heads, nitwits and those generally disposed towards imaginative, genre-bending music." - Ian Patterson, All About Jazz


    Silver Kites

    Silver Kites is a Dublin-based vocal ensemble that write and perform new and experimental music. Musicians, artists and composers in their own right, the members (Fionnuala Conway, Lenka Dobai and Judith Ring) have considerable experience in composition, performance, music technology and multimedia exhibition, giving this group an eclectic mix of talents and skills with which to create and perform exciting and varied work.


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    02 Jun 2018
    20:00
    St Anns Church
    Dublin
    €20

    Heard very rarely in Ireland, the ‘Jazz Mass’ is an exciting blend of jazz blues and choir. It has been performed over a hundred times around the world since its premiere and follows in the tradition of Dave Brubeck's jazz-tinged oratorios. It is uncompromising in its use of improvisation, syncopation and harmonies, with the choir at times used like a jazz soloist and at other times providing backing vocals for the soprano soloist. The traditional Latin text is given a dynamic 21st-century vibrancy as plainsong introductions progress through blues and swing to the final exuberant restatement of the Credo.
    Programme also includes O Nata Lux de Lumine by Thomas Tallis and Devil's Trill Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini.
    Ticket includes entry to a workshop led by Will Todd on 01.06.2018 at 7.30 in TCD.



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    06 Jul 2018
    20:00
    Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel
    Dublin
    €15
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    An exceptional evening of music featuring the stunning vocals of Norma Winstone & award winning guitarist Tommy Halferty.

    Norma Winstone was born in London and first attracted attention in the late sixties when she shared the bill at Ronnie Scott’s club with Roland Kirk. Although she was known initially for evolving her own wordless approach to improvisation, her extraordinary versatility means she is equally at home with the standards repertoire, performing with small groups, orchestras and big bands. Her own legendary album ‘Somewhere Called Home‘ on the ECM label is widely considered to be a classic.

    Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, he began his musical career in the late 70s taking Jazz Guitar lessons with Louis Stewart, a world class jazz musician. He has travelled the world and played with Lee Konitz, Benny Golson, Ronnie Cuber, George Mraz, Dave Liebman, Martial Solal. He has been guest lecturer at the famous Berklee College of music Boston. Tommy is considered one of the first Irish jazz musicians to export a distinctly indigenous style to a more worldwide setting.


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    14 Jun 2018
    21:00
    Arthur's Blues and Jazz Club
    Dublin 8
    €10
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    After living in New York for 23 years world renowned jazz drummer Darren Beckett (The Killers, Lauren Hill and Brad Mehldau) is back touring the UK and Ireland. Together with top jazz pianist Oli Howe and leading Dublin Double Bassist David Redmond they join forces to play an intimate, unmissable Dublin concert at Arthur's jazz and blues club. Expect a mix of originals and standards from these top players.


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    14 Jun 2018 - 21:00 Arthur's Blues and Jazz Club, Dublin, €10
    15 Jun 2018 - 20:00 No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast £15
    19 Jun 2018 - 21:00 Crane Lane Theatre, Cork, Free
    20 Jun 2018 - 20:00 Black Gate Cultural Centre, Galway, €10
    21 Jun 2018 - 21:00 Billy Byne's, Kilkenny, Free
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    After living in New York for 23 years world-renowned jazz drummer Darren Beckett (The Killers, Lauren Hill and Brad Mehldau) is back touring the UK and Ireland. Together with top jazz pianist Oli Howe and leading Dublin Double Bassist David Redmond they join forces on this UK and Ireland tour. Expect a mix of originals and standards from these top players.


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    15 Jul 2018
    19:30
    The Workman's Club
    Dublin
    €10

    Bassist Barry Donohue leads ‘Plaza Real’, a band dedicated to playing the music of 70/80’s jazz fusion group Weather Report. This is a really exciting project for Barry, as it pays tribute to a very special moment in his life - the moment his father Frank gifting him with ‘Heavy Weather’, one of Weather Report’s most highly regarded albums, featuring Jaco Pastorius on electric bass. This album jarred and transformed thirteen-year-old Barry’s preconceptions of the role of the bass guitar in music. He is joined by good friends and exceptional musicians Chris Engel on soprano sax, Darragh O’Kelly on synths and many forms of the piano, Eamonn Cagney on percussion, and Shane O’Donovan on drums.


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    22 Jul 2018
    19:30
    The Workman's Club
    Dublin
    €10

    Sunny music for summer! ​

    ​T​he evocative melodies and grooves of ​music by ​​some of sunny Brazil's most brilliant composers including; Jobim, Powell, Bosco, Nascimento, Joyce and more.

    Following the warm response to their recent lunchtime concert at the National Concert Hall, Emilie Conway and her band is delighted to present their exploration of the music from Brazil, inviting you to bask in beautiful melodies, the warmth of the Portuguese language, the lyricism of its poets, its gentle swaying grooves and lively sambas.

    Emilie is joined by some of the leading lights of the Irish jazz and world music scene : pianist, Johnny Taylor, guitarist, Paddy Groenland, (Ensemble Eriu, West African group Manden Express, Leafzang) Bassist Dave Mooney, (Gavin Friday, Sarah Brightman, Jeff Ramsey, Al Jarreau Group) and Brazilian drummer, Andre Antunes, (Loah, Republic of Loose, Sinead O Connor, Amy Winehouse, Edu Ribeiro, Leo Maia).

    ​Increasingly noted by critics for her creativity, ​Emilie created and presented a celebration of the life and work of writer and social diarist Maeve Brennan, "You Won't Forget Me," in the hip Cornelia St Café in New York and at the National Concert Hall, last September where it sold out.
    "A wonderful talent. Emilie Conway sings her songs from her heart. She really means what she sings.” - Sheila Jordan, USA
    “Splendid. Emilie Conwa​​​​​​y gets better all the time.” - The Sunday Independent
    “her own vocalese to Coltrane’s solo demonstrating her abilities to their fullest, flitting through the lyrics at a tempo most rappers would be envious of, while maintaining a bouncing melody and clarity of diction throughout. ” - GoldenPlec
    "Star of the show is Conway's voice," - Hot Press



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    12 points returns to Dublin.

    Brilliant festival. 3 acts per night over 4 nights. Early bird tickets @ €49.

    http://www.12points.ie/


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    16 Aug 2018
    20:30
    Neary's Bar
    Dublin
    Free Entry

    Two of Ireland's finest guitarists join forces in the upstairs bar of the Dublin landmark that is Neary's, Chatham Street, playing a high-quality mix of jazz, pop and originals. Thursdays at 8:30pm.


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    Hello all!
    Seems like a strange time to revive this thread but I’m wondering can anyone advise some good venues to catch some jazz and blues whenever the live music/ pub industry opens back up, which hopefully will be June/July 2021 or something.
    We are in the dublin area.


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