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Dublin Jazz Book Vol. 1
by Ian Patterson
Dublin Jazz Book Vol. 1 Sam Kavanagh Pages: 80 ISBN: 979-0-9002321-0-6 Self Published 2014 Original, adventurous and visually striking, the Dublin Jazz Book may be the first jazz Real Book in the world to celebrate the original compositions of a single city. Conceived of by saxophonist Sam Kavanagh ...
Francesco Turrisi: Grigio
by Alberto Bazzurro
Album composito, sporto su diversi crinali, quello che ci propone il pianista e compositore torinese Francesco Turrisi, in realtà espatriato ormai da diciassette anni, prima all'Aja e poi a Dublino, dove si è ottimamente inserito in un tessuto in cui la componente jazzistica si mischia felicemente con svariate altre. In questo Grigio, per ...
Pianist Francesco Turrisi Launches Album Grigio At London's Vortex Jazz Club, 10 February
Ireland-based Italian pianist Francesco Turrisi celebrates the UK launch of his album Grigio, his third release on the Diatribe label with a concert at London’s Vortex Jazz Club on Monday 10th February. Turrisi’s highly melodic, deeply lyrical music draws from jazz, classical and folk traditions that reference various cultures and epochs. Alongside Turrisi’s striking originals, Grigio ...
Grigio
Label: Diatribe Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Che si puo fare; Grigio; Eleanor s run; Hadasha; Augellin; Maoz tsur; Sile Beag Ni Chonnallain; Canzonette spiritual sopra la nanna; Tu ridi; Seoithin Seo.
Songs of Experience
Label: Taquin Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Nel Mezzo; Uppon Lamire; Le (Lullaby for Aoife Naima); Incubo n.1; Toccata Arpeggiata nello Stile Cromatico; Incubo n.2; Birth; Incubo n.3; Canto.
Ian Patterson's Best Releases of 2013
by Ian Patterson
The following list represents my personal favorites of those CDs I reviewed this year. I am convinced that we live in a great age for jazz/creative music. You can only ever listen to a very small percentage of what's out there, but it's still a privilege to able to access this much terrific music.
Francesco Turrisi: Grigio
by Ian Patterson
For pianist Francesco Turrisi 'old' music is a redundant term. In the Dublin-based Italian's world all music exists in a continuum. Turrisi's debut, Si Dolce e il Tormento (Diatribe Records, 2009) may be the only example of the mediaeval theorbo--a long-necked lute-- in a jazz setting. Fotografia (Diatribe Records, 2011)--a series of piano trio improvisations--veered between ...
Down With Jazz 2013
by Ian Patterson
Down With JazzMeeting House SquareDublin, IrelandSeptember 6-8, 2013 Father Conefrey must be turning in his grave. He's surely cursing the cruel fates, for jazz you see, is alive and kicking in Dublin. On New Year's Day 1934 Father Conefrey led a 3,000-strong protest on the streets of Mohill in County Leitrim ...
Bray Jazz Festival 2013
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 ...
Francesco Turrisi: Songs of Experience
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Francesco Turrisi's first two albums as leader, the classically influenced jazz of Si Dolce e il Tormento (Diatribe Recordings, 2009) and the more brooding, improvised Fotografia (Diatribe Recordings, 2011) were united by Turrisi's mostly spare voice as much as they were by the folk, classical and jazz threads from which he draws inspiration. Here, Turrisi ...
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