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Dave Redmond: All In Motion

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by Ian Patterson
September 3, 2025

There is not too much down time for your average hard-working musician. Between scuffling for gigs wherever and whenever they fall, studio sessions and the inevitable teaching bag, it is often a struggle to keep all the balls in the air. Irish bassist Dave Redmond has managed better than many since the turn of the millennium. ...

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Meilana Gillard: Adventures In Sound

by Ian Patterson
June 12, 2024

To nurture a sound on one's instrument--a personal voice--that is instantly recognizable, is not necessarily easy. It can be especially hard if following in a line of historical heavy hitters. Meilana Gillard, the Ohio-raised, Northern Ireland-based tenor saxophonist has been compared to Johnny Hodges, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Lovano and Branford ...

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RBG Trio

By Meilana Gillard

Label: Auragami Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Drip Dry; Chrysalis; Centro; Learn to Surf; Take your Time; Après; Faultlines; Deep Blue; In the Dark; Drum Lullaby; A Dude Abides; Bending Light.

Article: Album Review

RBG Trio: RBG Trio

Read "RBG Trio" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
November 30, 2023

From small acorns and all that. A Dublin gig in 2019 brought Ohio-raised, Derry-based saxophonist Meilana Gillard into the orbit of bassist Dave Redmond and drummer Kevin Brady. That became the springboard for an ongoing collaboration, pandemic be damned, that celebrates their mutual commitment with this fine debut album. All but two of the twelve straight-ahead ...