Results for "Dave Redmond"

The Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

by Ian Patterson
December 7, 2021

Plan A, which is to say, leading his own acoustic band, has worked pretty well for Irish drummer Kevin Brady. A number of fine small ensemble recordings--with Ensam (Lpr Music, 2016) perhaps the pick of the bunch—has seen him marshal talents such as Bill Carrothers and Norma Winstone, touring the world in the process. With Plan ...

Fourth Function featuring The Phil Ware Trio: Happy Ever After

by Ian Patterson
November 30, 2021

Fourth Function is the vehicle of Dublin vocalist/composer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, broadcaster and educator, Eamonn Lenihan. Backed by one of Ireland's finest rhythm sections in the form of bassist Dave Redmond, Kevin Brady and pianist Phil Ware, this five-song EP is a showcase for Lenihan's thought-provoking lyric songwriting and hip arrangements. Failing well to occupy any specific ...

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Tommy Halferty & Norma Winstone: Tommy Halferty Invites Norma Winstone

by Ian Patterson
June 27, 2019

Though the collaboration between Irish guitarist Tommy Halferty and English singer Norma Winstone goes back twenty five years, this, surprisingly, is the duo's debut recording. That it came about at all is thanks to the lever pulling of Irish jazz impresario Allen Smith, who first brought Winstone across the pond in the early 1990s. Winstone and ...

Brilliant Corners 2019

by Ian Patterson
March 19, 2019

Brilliant Corners 2019 The Black Box/Sonic Lab Belfast, N. Ireland March 2-9, 2019 For many years the words brilliant, jazz and Belfast rarely appeared in the same sentence. That all changed in 2013 when music promoters Moving On Music launched Brilliant Corners, subtitled A Festival of Jazz in Belfast. Since then, ...

Bray Jazz Festival 2018

by Ian Patterson
May 24, 2018

Bray Jazz Festival Various Venues Bray, Ireland May 4-6, 2018 From the hilltop vantage point the Irish Sea lies veiled under a blanket of thick mist. Greystones, five miles to the right, birthplace of the great Christy Doran, peeks out, seemingly floating above the misty clouds like a Roger ...

Linley Hamilton: Strings Attached

by Ian Patterson
April 17, 2018

Nearly all recordings are labours of love. Passion and a huge amount of work are the essential ingredients. Some recordings in particular, however, mark the realization of a life-long dream. For Northern Irish trumpeter, BBC jazz broadcaster and university lecturer Linley Hamilton, Making Other Arrangements (Teddy D Records, 2018) is just such a recording.

Ian Shaw With The Phil Ware Trio at The Workmans Club

by Ian Patterson
January 28, 2017

Ian Shaw With The Phil Ware Trio The Workmans Club Dublin, Ireland January 21, 2017 A full house at The Workmans Club for Ian Shaw with the Phil Ware Trio was a heartening sight. Anything less, however, would have been disappointing, for Shaw is rightly considered by many as one ...

Ensam

By Kevin Brady

Label: LRP Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: How The Other Half Lives; Checkpoint Charlie; Ensam; Just at Sunset; Libertine; Yoopers; But Not for Me; Southern Smiles; The Night We Called it a Day.

Galway Jazz Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
October 31, 2016

Galway Jazz Festival Various Venues Galway, Ireland October 7-9, 2016 The best jazz festivals are not necessarily the biggest. They're not always the ones with the marquee names. The best festivals, without a doubt, are the ones you remember, years later, for having had a hell of a good time. ...