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Michael Buckley

Regarded as the most important and influential musician on the Irish jazz scene, saxophonist / flautist and composer Michael Buckley has been playing professionally since the age of six when critics hailed him as a child prodigy. Born in Dublin city in 1971 Michael first came to prominence on an International level when, aged 10, he played flute with the legendary saxophonist George Coleman in the National Concert Hall. Though largely self-taught, his obvious talent has beendeveloped by his father Dick Buckley, and such legends as Milt Hinton. Buckley has found his ownunique voice playing both on saxophone and flute.

Leon Buckley Quartet At Scott's Jazz Club

by Ian Patterson
July 27, 2026

Leon Buckley QuartetScott's Jazz Club Jazz Futures Belfast, N. Ireland July 24, 2026 There is nothing like a good typo to induce the titters. Hats off to the Belfast gig guide who listed this one as the 'Leon Bucket Quarter.' It could have been worse. In a 1631 reprint ...

Ebb And Flow

By Michael Buckley

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Strange Taste; In A Foul Mode; Golden Rod; May Story; Sea Legs; That's All Fowlkes; Chewie; Free-Ish; Sloppy in Time.

Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars

By Lee Meehan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Boppin' For Pat; Danu; Some of us are Looking at the Stars; Make it Monk; Only Leonie; On a Misty Night; CBGB's.

Ian Patterson's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Ian Patterson
December 21, 2025

The number of albums released year upon year seems to grow exponentially, with self-released albums increasingly the norm. Much of the most interesting and courageous modern jazz is released on small, independent labels where artistic value and not commercial potential is the principal driving force. The challenge for these free spirits is to get their music ...

Meet Ola Onabulé

by Cheryl K.
July 29, 2025

In this hour, an interview with British-Nigerian singer-songwriter Ola Onabulé and his Rugged Ram Records release Proof of Life. Also, cuts from new releases by trombonist and composer John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument, singer-songwriter Paloma Dineli Chesky and guitarist Toby Wren's Standards Trio. Playlist John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument “The Other Way" ...

Michael Buckley: Blowing Hot

by Ian Patterson
April 28, 2025

An early spring vacation to New York saw Michael Buckley and his wife take in what he describes as “the usual sights." But for the Dublin saxophonist that also meant trips to “three or four saxophone shops." Once a tenor saxophonist, always a tenor saxophonist. Buckley, in fact, started out on the flute, playing ...

Michael Buckley: Ebb And Flow

by Ian Patterson
April 15, 2025

Given his world-class chops, tenor saxophonist Michael Buckley's albums have been too infrequent. This is a man who has played with George Coleman when he was still in shorts (Buckley that is), backed Jerry Lee Lewis, collaborated with Dave Liebman and Kenny Wheeler, and toured with The Mingus Big Band. His talents as a composer for ...

Wadada Leo Smith / Vijay Iyer, Perelman / McPhee / Vandermark & Michael Gregory Jackson

by Maurice Hogue
April 7, 2025

This episode of One Man's Jazz is loaded with introductions to new albums by a remarkable group of musicians. Heading the list is the duet of Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer. Their new Defiant Life, not their first time playing together, speaks to the current state of the world and finding possible paths to liberation. ...

Michael Buckley & Hugh Buckley At Magy's Farm

by Ian Patterson
April 3, 2025

Michael Buckley & Hugh Buckley Magy's Farm Dromara, N. Ireland March 22, 2025 If the flapping of a butterfly's wings on one side of the world can cause a tornado on the other side--or so the theory goes--then surely the ripple effects from one flight cancellation would be no less ...