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The exploration of the Guitar Files reaches the Letter E in the 72nd edition of The Hot Box and although few in number, guitarists in this file are very big in reputation, especially for those of us who like the straight-ahead, post bebop styles.
The next edition of The Hot Box will be posted in about 2 weeks, and the next Guitar File (the letter F) in September.
Left to right: Bill Carrothers, Dave Redmond, Seamus Blake, Kevin Brady (Photographer Daragh McDonagh)
Plan B is the latest studio album by acclaimed drummer and composer, Kevin Brady. It features the stellar musical talents of U.S. saxophonist Seamus Blake, Bill Carrothers on Fender Rhodes, and bassist Dave Redmond. Brady’s ambition was to record an album that consisted of new, original compositions that explore improvisation in an electric quartet format. While tipping their collective hat to the music of the 1970s Miles Davis Group, along with the groove and funk based music of Herbie Hancock, many of the musical themes deal with the impact of what is happening in the world as we know it now. The music is hypnotically insistent, all with a lasting story of experience and optimism.
Read more: Ubuntu Music Signs The Kevin Brady Electric Quartet For Album Release
On this edition I feature the work of Carla Bley, one of the great Jazz composer, arranger and bandleader of our time and I am looking back at her extraordinary career and work as a devoted fan and admirers, who has discovered her music as a great companion through life.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 05.08.21 The Music of Carla Bley
On this episode of Jazz Mine from Sean Brophy you can hear tracks from Alchemy Sound Project, Organics, Rhiannon Giddens & Francesci Turrisi, Anita O'Day, Count Basie and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie
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Read more: Jazz Mine 317 Sunday 1st. August 2021 TWO HOUR EDITION
On this week's edition I celebrate the hot Irish Summer with a selection of summer-themed Jazz also suitable for a rainy day cheering you up with the music of Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, Wolfgang Schlueter, Dave Holland's Aziza, Marius Neset, Keith Jarrett and others.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 29.07.21 Jazz at a hot Irish Summer Day
A great mix of big band and a nod in the direction of classical influences in jazz, with the first time on Hot Box, tracks from Maria Schneider’s multi-award winning masterpiece Data Lords. And the very last piece of the jigsaw puzzle that enveloped the Jazz Worms.
The Carole Nelson Trio released their second album Arboreal in February 2020, which has since received glowing acclaim, including the Irish Times top ten albums of the year and All About Jazz Magazine Album of the year 2020. The Carole Nelson Trio are now going on an 8-date tour around Ireland in August / September. Ticket numbers will be limited so do book early!