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Album

Ebb And Flow

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.

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Ninety Degrees

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

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Article: Album Review

Tom Caraher: Ninety Degrees

Read "Ninety Degrees" reviewed by Ian Patterson


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 ...

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Article: Interview

Michael Buckley: Blowing Hot

Read "Michael Buckley: Blowing Hot" reviewed by Ian Patterson


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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Buckley: Ebb And Flow

Read "Ebb And Flow" reviewed by Ian Patterson


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 ...

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The Return Of The Prodigal Son

Label: Diatribe Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Introduction; Us 5; Enlight; Beyond Reasoning; Bucket List; Alice in Wonderland; The Return Of The Prodigal Son.

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Article: Album Review

BigSpoon: The Return Of The Prodigal Son

Read "The Return Of The Prodigal Son" reviewed by Ian Patterson


South African saxophonist Chris Engel has been a ubiquitous figure on the Irish jazz/improvised scene since arriving in Dublin in 2011. Whether in Chris Guilfoyle's modernist Umbra, Cote Calmet's Afro-Peruvian-inspired Phisqa, Italian guitarist Julien Colarossi's quartet or the Weather Report tribute band, Plaza Real, Engel's commitment is total, his fierce technique matched by a fearless improvisatory ...

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Article: Live Review

Bray Jazz 2016

Read "Bray Jazz 2016" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Bray Jazz Various venues Bray, Ireland April 29 -May 1, 2016 With first-rate music festivals mushrooming all over Ireland, Bray Jazz remains a highlight in a crowded calendar. Now in its seventeenth year, Bray Jazz' tried and tested format strikes a pleasing balance musically, with jazz, folk and world musics in ...

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Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2016

Read "Brilliant Corners 2016" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Brilliant Corners 2016 Various venues Belfast, N. Ireland March 5-12, 2016 Another Brilliant Corners, a few more brilliant corners. Belfast's fledgling international jazz festival may only be in its fourth year but already it feels like an established part of the city's vibrant cultural landscape, a date in the ...


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