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Umbra: Umbra

by Ian Patterson
December 31, 2016

Dublin guitarist/composer Chris Guilfoyle's Umbra has been around for half a decade, so its debut album can be seen as the product of patience and endurance. Critically acclaimed performances at the IMC's Down With Jazz and 12 Points festivals, as well as Bray Jazz, have helped raise the band's profile, but with band members not always ...

Album

Umbra

By Chris Guilfoyle

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Train of Thought; Return Address; Mathematicaster; Three Thing; Three Moths.

Article: Live Review

Improvised Music Company@25, Various Artists At Sugar Club

by Ian Patterson
December 14, 2016

Improvised Music Company@25 Sugar Club Dublin, Ireland November 26, 2016 It was an appropriately festive atmosphere in the Sugar Club to mark Improvised Music Company's twenty fifth birthday celebrations. Older musicians, perhaps just starting out a quarter of a century ago, rubbed shoulders with the current generation of aspiring ...

Article: Profile

Improvised Music Company: Orbital Pathways, Gravitational Pull

by Ian Patterson
November 22, 2016

Arguably some of the most dramatic changes in jazz have taken place in the last quarter of its century-long history: the emergence of a strong European jazz identity/identities; technological advances that empower individuals to become their own producers; Youtube, which has all but erased the boundary between past and present; the increase in pedagogical institutions; pan-national ...

Article: Live Review

Bray Jazz 2016

by Ian Patterson
May 10, 2016

Bray Jazz Various venues Bray, Ireland April 29 -May 1, 2016 With first-rate music festivals mushrooming all over Ireland, Bray Jazz remains a highlight in a crowded calendar. Now in its seventeenth year, Bray Jazz' tried and tested format strikes a pleasing balance musically, with jazz, folk and world musics in ...

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A Day With Dave Liebman

by Ian Patterson
February 16, 2016

A Day With Dave Liebman National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland January 31, 2016 Lasting the course in jazz, that's to say, building a successful career that, just like any other job, spans more than half a lifetime, brings with it a wealth of knowledge and experience. Sharing that knowledge with ...

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Dave Liebman at Whelans

by Ian Patterson
February 8, 2016

Dave Liebman Whelans Dublin, Ireland January 31, 2016 It was a full house at Whelans for NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman, and, it has to be said, an especially attentive crowd. In fact, the bar of this famous Dublin venue can rarely have had such a quiet evening, during the ...

Article: Album Review

Ronan Guilfoyle: Hands

by Ian Patterson
January 21, 2016

In a thirty-year career as a leader, Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle has built an international reputation as a rhythmically advanced musician and a sophisticated, challenging composer. From indo-jazz suites to contemporary classical music (composed and improvised) and from extended works inspired by the writings of Samuel Beckett and James Joyce to suites for jazz guitar trio ...