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Doran - Kaenzig - Kuratli: A Tribute to Fab

Read "A Tribute to Fab" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Fabian Kuratli, nato nel 1970 e scomparso prematuramente nel 2008 è stato uno dei migliori batteristi europei della sua epoca. Molti dei suoi lavori migliori sono stati in collaborazione con il chitarrista Christy Doran (per esempio con il progetto anche pluri discografico denominato New Bag). Doran ha deciso di rendergli omaggio riesumando questi nastri inediti del ...

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Article: Album Review

Christy Doran: Mesmerized

Read "Mesmerized" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Guitarist Christy Doran's New Bag has negotiated its share of rough waters during its sixteen-year journey. While the ship was severely rocked by the death of drummer Fabian Kuratli in 2008 and the departure of vocalist Bruno Amstad after 12 years in 2011, Doran has soldiered on. His compositions ultimately define New Bag's personality, rather than ...

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Article: Album Review

Yang Jing & Christy Doran: No. 9

Read "No. 9" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Classically trained pipa virtuoso Yang Jing and Irish free-jazz/jazz-rock electric guitarist Christy Doran may seem unlikely collaborators, but closer inspection shows some common musical ground. Jing's background is Chinese classical but her spirit of adventure has drawn her to more experimental settings in duos with veteran percussionists Pierre Favre and long-term Anthony Braxton collaborator Gerry Hemingway, ...

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Article: Interview

Christy Doran: New Bag, New Tricks

Read "Christy Doran: New Bag, New Tricks" reviewed by Ian Patterson


The opening concert at the 14th Bray Jazz Festival in May, just half an hour outside Dublin in County Wicklow, was something of a homecoming gig for Irish guitarist Christy Doran and his quartet New Bag. Doran was born 63 years ago, just a few short miles down the road from Bray, in Greystones, though at ...

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Article: Live Review

Bray Jazz Festival 2013

Read "Bray Jazz Festival 2013" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Bray Jazz FestivalBray, County WicklowIrelandMay 3-5, 2013 For many years, the picturesque town of Bray's main claim to fame has been that it's the oldest inhabited seaside town in Ireland. That is, it was the main claim to fame until Bray local lass Katie Taylor won boxing gold at the 2012 ...

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News: Festival

Eliane Elias To Headline Bray Jazz Festival

Eliane Elias To Headline Bray Jazz Festival

Bray Jazz returns for its 14th edition during the Bank Holiday weekend of May 3rd to 5th with an exciting and varied line-up that will appeal to lovers of jazz in its many incarnations. Headlining Ireland’s premier annual celebration of jazz is Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias. In a long and distinguished career, the New York-based pianist ...

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Nubtz Remix

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Massive (4:59); 02. Breath (4:01); 03. ARP (4:54); 04. Transform (6:14); 05. Bourbon (4:29); 06. Btz79 (3:56); 07. Cyberdrone (3:48); 08. December (5:43); 09. Bedder (3:46); 10. Chemical (3:02).

Article: Album Review

XL Target (KJ Dave Doran & Christy Doran): Nubtz Remix

Read "Nubtz Remix" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


I fratelli Doran, irlandesi di nascita ma trapiantati in Svizzera ormai da una vita, suonano assieme in questo bel progetto registrato interamente dal vivo, non perché devono rimarcare il loro legame biologico, ma semplicemente perché sentono la musica allo stesso modo, seppure da punti di vista influenzati dalla loro diversa età. Una vita che nel loro ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Anderson / Han Bennink / Christy Doran: ABD

Read "ABD" reviewed by Troy Collins


The international collaborative trio of American trombonist Ray Anderson, Dutch drummer Han Bennink and Irish guitarist Christy Doran recorded two adventurous albums for hatART in the mid-1990s; Azurety was released in 1994 and Cheer Up arrived the following year. ABD collects the strongest tracks from these two sessions onto one disc, providing a valuable opportunity to ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Anderson / Han Bennink / Christy Doran: A B D

Read "A B D" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


In the '90s, this trio ascended to the upper echelon of all things considered cutting-edge in the wide open world of jazz and improvisation. This reissue is a compilation featuring all of Azurety (hatART, 1994) and three tracks culled from Cheer Up (hatART, 1995). Other than his superior improvisational faculties, Irish guitarist Christy Doran ...


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