Jazz Articles about Murray Brothers

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Murray Brothers: A Law Unto Themselves

by Ian Patterson
August 19, 2021

They are two of the most promising jazz musicians to have emerged from Ireland in some years. Bassist Conor Murray and twin brother Micheal Murray (alto saxophone) grew up with Irish traditional music in the small, Gaeltacht—Gaelic-speaking—town of Falcarragh, in County Donegal. Both discovered jazz in their early teens and have been regulars at the annual Sligo Jazz Project, first as students and latterly as instructors. Graduates of the jazz program at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, ...

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Conor Murray & Micheal Murray: Putting Falcarragh On The Jazz Map

by Ian Patterson
November 29, 2018

It's just gone half past midday and yet double bassist Conor Murray and twin brother, saxophonist Micheal Murray, are gearing up for their second media engagement of the day. If this were New York or London such hustle and bustle mightn't be unusual for two seasoned jazz musicians with a CD to launch, except the Murrays have yet to record in their short career to date. And this isn't New York -it's Falcarragh, a small town hugging the Atlantic in ...