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Extraordinary Cellist Ernst Reijseger Plays National Concert Hall Dublin

Extraordinary Cellist Ernst Reijseger Plays National Concert Hall Dublin

Cellist Ernst Reijseger will kick off April Jazz—a spectacular weekend of music in the Irish capital—in the John Field Room of The National Concert Hall on Friday, April 10, in a trio alongside pianist Harmen Fraanje and Mola Sylla on vocals, m’bira, xala and kongoma. The trio’s latest CD, Count To Zen (Winter and Winter, 2015) ...

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Sue Rynhart: Crossings (Songs For Voice And Double Bass)

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by Ian Patterson

Life is a series of crossings: from ignorance to knowing; fear to courage; love to heartbreak and from one time and place to the next. It's the bare emotions and the mind-sets inherent in such hazy transitions that provide the inspiration for vocalist/composer Sue Rynhart, who is joined here by Dublin-based American double bassist Dan Bodwell ...

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Marius Neset: Pinball

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by Ian Patterson

Though Marius Neset thrives in small ensemble settings, his writing has increasingly exhibited orchestral ambition, as witnessed on the thrilling Birds (Edition Records, 2013), which saw his quintet augmented by brass, accordion and woodwind instruments to spectacular effect, and on Lion (ACT Music, 2014), a powerful outing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. The aptly named Pinball ...

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Beka Gochiashvili Trio Plays Limerick, Dublin, March 25-27

Beka Gochiashvili Trio Plays Limerick, Dublin, March 25-27

Teddy D Productions proudly present The Beka Gochiashvili Trio, Dolan’s Limerick, Wednesday March 25, 8pm and Dublin, St. Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Friday 27, 8pm. “Beka Gochiashvili is a brilliant young piano prodigy. You’ll be seeing a lot more of him in the next few years" —Chick Corea, 2010 Line-Up: Beka Gochiashvili (Piano), Marty Jaffe (Bass), ...

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Article: Live Review

Iiro Rantala at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

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by Ian Patterson

Iiro Rantala Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Dublin March 8, 2015 There's a commonly held belief that anything that is free can't be worth a damn. Not so. Luckily, thanks to Dublin City Council, the Arts Council of Ireland and Improvised Music Company, spring in the Irish capital welcomes not ...

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Brilliant Corners Brings Four Days Of Jazz To Belfast

Brilliant Corners Brings Four Days Of Jazz To Belfast

Hello and welcome to the third edition of Brilliant Corners! You seem to be enjoying our little festival and we’re delighted to be back with another stellar line-up. The four-day event is better than ever, meshing local talent with international contemporaries. We’ve the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra, Fred Frith, Troyka, Get The Blessing, together with performances ...

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Tomoko Omura: Roots

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by Ian Patterson

The roots of the title of violinist Tomoko Omura's second CD as leader refer to traditional and popular melodies familiar to several generations of Japanese. But if the melodies of Omura's childhood have left an indelible stamp on her musical DNA, so too has the past decade spent in America absorbing the roots of jazz. It's ...

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Linley Hamilton Quintet at Black Box

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by Ian Patterson

Linley Hamilton Quintet Black Box Belfast, Ireland March 13, 2015 Since the launch of In Transition (Lyte Records, 2014) at the Brilliant Corners festival last March, the Linley Hamilton Quintet has gigged only sporadically. With members split between Dublin, Port Laoise and Belfast, geography plays its part to a degree. However, ...

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Andy Sheppard Quartet at Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival 2015

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by Ian Patterson

Andy Sheppard Quartet Colston Hall Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival Bristol March 7, 2015 A “local hero" is how the emcee described saxophonist/composer Andy Sheppard. Bristol resident Sheppard is neither immortal nor a demi-God, but he is uber-talented and a warrior of sorts; a road warrior who has clocked up ...

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Lukasz Gorewicz: The String of Horizons

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by Ian Patterson

Active in both classical and contemporary music, Polish violinist/composer Łukasz Górewicz is perhaps best known abroad for Ecstasy Project, the unique experimental chamber/avant-garde jazz ensemble formed in 1999; its albums such as Realium (Polish Jazz, 2005) and Reminiscence Europae (Fonografica, 2008) underlined Górewicz' credentials as one of the most arresting violinists of his generation, regardless of ...


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