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Dramatic Life

By John Leighton

Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Married the Messenger; Ameltie; Precious Life; For Keats; The Dress; Nothing To Gain; Whin Bush; A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever.

Linley Hamilton: Taylor Made

by Dan Bilawsky
August 20, 2011

It's rare that an artist names an album after one of his sidemen, but Belfast-based trumpeter Linley Hamilton clearly values the contributions that pianist Johnny Taylor made to this recording. Both men share a vision, regarding the manner in which they should address traditions while also putting their own stamp on these well-known numbers, and their ...

Linley Hamilton: Taylor Made

by Bruce Lindsay
July 25, 2011

Trumpeter Linley Hamilton is a central figure in the burgeoning Northern Ireland jazz scene. He's an experienced musician, with a résumé that includes work with Van Morrison, Ken Peplowski and Jean Toussaint; being a broadcaster, whose Radio Ulster After Midnight program showcases new jazz; a writer and producer. Above all, he's a man with a genuine ...

John Leighton: Dramatic Life

by Bruce Lindsay
March 21, 2011

Jazz composers can be inspired by the oddest things, but it's rare to find inspiration coming from those seminal icons of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale and John Keats. Northern Ireland-based pianist/songwriter John Leighton puts that right on his beautiful debut, Dramatic Life, and it isn't just his inspirations that are original. Leighton's ...

Questions

Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: A Day in New York; Donna Lee; Blues for Edward; Festival 48; True Story; Giant Steps; Swing Thing; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; The Shadow of Your Smile.

Andreas Varady / David Lyttle: Questions

by Bruce Lindsay
November 26, 2010

Guitarist Andreas Varady co-leads Questions, his lively and hugely enjoyable debut, with 26 year-old, Northern Irish drummer David Lyttle. Lyttle has plenty of experience for his age: he's one of Ireland's most active and most respected jazz musicians and bandleaders, while Varady is much less experienced--but, then, he is only 13 years old. ...