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The search for Ireland’s best young jazz musician continues!
Limerick Jazz will host Young Irish Jazz Musician 2024 in University Concert Hall, Limerick on the evening of Sunday 17th November 2024. Finalists will perform with a professional house band before an expert panel of judges and a live audience.
Young Irish Jazz Musician is a showcase for the best of emerging jazz talent across the island of Ireland. At the inaugural 2022 event the award went to pianist Nils Kavanagh from Sligo. Nils has gone on to a national tour and was Young Artist in Residence at the Sligo Jazz Festival in 2023.
For the first time ever, the legendary Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will be performing in Ireland, an unmissable occasion for jazz lovers! Dublinjazz.ie is thrilled to present "Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis" at the iconic National Concert Hall on [DATE TBD], 2025 at 8:00 pm.
This historic event promises to be a memorable night, featuring one of the world’s most celebrated jazz orchestras led by Marsalis himself—a musician whose influence on jazz has been immeasurable over the past four decades. With a ticket price range of €40.00 to €95.00, available from [NCH.ie], this performance offers a rare opportunity to experience jazz at its highest level.
The stunning dance performance features live music by the esteemed jazz drummer Conor Guilfoyle.
Lovers of jazz music and dance are in for a treat as one of Ireland's best known dance companies, CoisCéim, prepare to embark on a national tour of their critically acclaimed show, “The Piece with The Drums”.
Described as “pulsating with theatrical magic,” this exceptional production combines live music performances by pioneering jazz percussionist Conor Guilfoyle with explosive dance routines directed by visionary choreographer David Bolger.
After receiving rave reviews, following its world premiere in January 2023, this dynamic and high-energy Jazz-era show is set to enchant audiences throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Speaking at the launch of the tour, director David Bolger commented:
“With this show we want to really push the boundaries of how audiences experience these two artforms. It’s a witty, uplifting, fifty-minutes of escapism that will chase away the winter blues and celebrate the connections between music and movement as well as our relationship to life and the cosmos! Audience members will embark on a journey, ranging from nuanced dance routines to explosive solo performances by some of the country’s finest dancers and all set to the rhythm of expertly crafted live drum arrangements and incredible looping sequences.”
On this edition I explore the magic sound of the Trombone in Jazz, filling the airwaves with some wonderful "Tones from the 'Bones" with music from the Connected Bones, Paul Dunlea, Filippo Vignato, J.J.Johnson, Curtis Fuller, Roswelll Rudd and others.
On this edition, I dig into the vaults of the Resonance Label to explore some of its shining treasures, musical diamonds from Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard, The Three Sounds, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Charles Lloys, Larry Young, Stan getz and others.
(Note HB 129 is in production but has not been posted yet so will follow 130)
In this special episode of The Hot Box, we pay tribute to the remarkable Russell Malone, a virtuoso guitarist known for his versatility, impeccable swing, and soulful sound. Throughout his distinguished career, Malone collaborated with legends like Diana Krall and Ron Carter, while also shining as a solo artist.
On this edition I explore some of the wave-making artists at the Continental European Jazz Scene from Oslo to Austria, from Germany to Switzerland. And there is music by HAEZZ, Oddgeir Berg, Helveticus, Benoit Martiny, Hildegunn Oeisted, Matthias Schriefl and others.
