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Charles Lloyd New Quartet Plays National Concert Hall, Dublin, 18 November

November 7, 2014

TEDDY D PROMOTIONS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE CHARLES LLOYD NEW QUARTET: NATIONAL CONCERTY HALL DUBLIN, 18 NOVEMBER, 2014 Charles Lloyd - Sax / Flute, Gerald Clayton – Piano, Joe Sanders – Bass, Eric Harland – Drums The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. As he enters his 75th year, the depth ...

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Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau Play National Concert Hall, Dublin, November 9

November 5, 2014

The National Concert Hall plays host to one of the most thrilling American musicians of his generation, Chris Thile of Punch Brothers in a new duo with the acclaimed pianist Brad Mehldau. Both artists are inspired by a wide range of composers and songwriters, from Bach to Radiohead. Now these kindred spirits combine their dazzling imaginations ...

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Louis Moholo Moholo Quartet At The Crescent Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
November 5, 2014

Louis Moholo-Moholo The Crescent Arts Centre Belfast October 30, 2014 Ireland has been graced by the presence of two South African musical icons in October. First, the brilliant, seventy-five-year-old trumpeter Hugh Masekela played Dublin and then a little over a week later Louis Moholo-Moholo--younger by a year--kicked up a storm ...

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Diatribe Records Solo Series II

by Ian Patterson
October 27, 2014

Four years on from Diatribe Records' outstanding Solo Series I, which featured solo piano recordings by Izumi Kimura and Isabelle O'Connell, a guitar solo offering from Simon Jermyn and a clarinet solo work from Paul Roe, the Dublin label is back with the equally impressive Solo Series II. The four musicians presented in this second round ...

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Stella Bass: Too Darn Hot

Read "Too Darn Hot" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 20, 2014

Singer Stella Bass is a stalwart of Dublin's live music scene, leading small jazz ensembles and collaborating with the HotHouse Big Band and the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra. Bass's debut jazz recording follows Smoke and Sound (Self Produced 2010), her cabaret tribute to Kurt Weil, Bertold Brech, Marlene Dietrich et al. In the main, Too Darn ...

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Van Morrison at The Limerick Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
October 5, 2014

Van Morrison Limerick Jazz Festival University Concert Hall Limerick, Ireland September 25, 2014 Who would have thought that Van Morrison commands a following as loyal and dedicated as fans of the Grateful Dead? The tickets for the singer's concert in Limerick had sold out in an hour and a ...

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Julien Colarossi: Note to Self

Read "Note to Self" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza
September 23, 2014

Classe 1988, musicista d'origine italiana ma irlandese d'adozione, Julien Colarossi è un chitarrista e compositore non ancora trentenne in grado di sostenere le sorti di un quartetto di bravi e motivati musicisti. Note to Self è il primo disco a suo nome, ed è un lavoro sfaccettato, suonato sapientemente da artisti che sanno mettere in ...

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Monday Night Irish Jazz/Impro Series At Whelans, Dublin

June 20, 2014

The healthy state of Irish jazz/improvised/contemporary music is celebrated in a series of upcoming Monday night concerts at Whelans in Dublin. Improvised Music Company begins its series of monthly Monday nights in Whelan’s with three vocally adventurous acts on 23rd June. Fresh from a breathtaking performance at Down With Jazz festival, Blue Eyed Hawk present melodic, ...

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Wayne Shorter Quartet at National Concert Hall, Dublin

by Ian Patterson
June 20, 2014

Wayne Shorter Quartet National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland June 14, 2014 The rapturous applause that greeted the Wayne Shorter Quartet as it took to the stage of Dublin's National Concert Hall was a heart-felt show of appreciation for Shorter's immense contribution to jazz over the past six decades. From his role ...

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Hauschka at The Kevin Barry Room

by Ian Patterson
June 17, 2014

Hauschka The Kevin Barry Room National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland June 7, 2014 Had Volker Bertlemann pursued a career in classical music he probably wouldn't have needed a nom de plume, but in the rather niche market of prepared piano music--for which he is best known--a little strategic marketing ...