Results for "Paul Dunlea"

Paul Dunlea

Ninety Degrees

By Tom Caraher

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Maybe; Ninety Degrees; Call The Cops!; Racecourse Waltz; Michelle; Then, Again.

Tom Caraher: Ninety Degrees

by Ian Patterson
July 14, 2025

For his debut as leader, Irish saxophonist Tom Caraher has roped in some of the country's finest jazz musicians to bring his music to life. The album clocks in around the length of an old vinyl, which, for some tastes is ideal in terms of attention span--it is easy to overegg it these days, with digital ...

Next Experiment

By Leopoldo Osio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Awakening; Budapest By Blimp; San Milan; Calle Constitución; Europa; About Us; Acceptance.

Next Experiment: Next Experiment

by Ian Patterson
July 6, 2024

Without musical ideas a band's shelf-life as a vital entity is usually limited--that is a given. Commitment is perhaps a more underrated quality. Pianist Leopoldo Osio and bassist Peter Erdei have bags of that, steering the Dublin band formerly known as CEO Experiment through the choppy waters of a key member leaving, followed by the long ...

Dave Douglas & Trish Clowes: Eyes Up / Next Experiment At Bray Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
May 14, 2024

Dave Douglas & Trish Clowes: Eyes Up/Next Experiment Mermaid Arts Centre Bray Jazz Festival Bray, Ireland May 5, 2024 The smaller stages remained abuzz well into the wee hours on the last night of Bray Jazz Festival, but a little earlier the final act on the main stage--in the Mermaid ...

BigSpoon's Chris Engel: Intention... And Spontaneity

by Ian Patterson
September 14, 2022

So much goes into a debut album—a lifetime of learning, experiences and myriad influences. The music that springs forth is also often shaped in subtle and unfathomable ways that are sometimes not entirely clear even to the composer. Some musical reference points may appear obvious, others much less so, and so it is with ...

Matthew Jacobson: Rituals Of Sound And Time

by Ian Patterson
May 19, 2020

For someone whose livelihood and lifeblood are all about rhythms, the COVID-19 lockdown, with its very different rhythms, must be extremely frustrating. Especially when, as is the case with Matthew Jacobson, renowned drummer, composer, promotor and record label manager, there is no drum kit in his Dublin apartment. “I've been doing more work on ...

Paul Dunlea's 4 Corners at Maggie's Farm

by Ian Patterson
February 5, 2020

Paul Dunlea's 4 Corners Maggie's Farm Dromara, N. Ireland January 27, 2020 When you consider that some Belfast venues might struggle to get forty punters for a Monday night jazz gig, it is no mean feat that as many have turned out, in the middle of the Irish countryside no ...

Brilliant Corners 2018

by Ian Patterson
April 3, 2018

Brilliant Corners 2018 Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland March 3-10, 2018 Compared to Dublin or cities in the UK, Belfast is usually overlooked when jazz groups tour. When the likes of Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau come to Ireland it's usually a one-stop visit ...