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Nubya Garcia (UK)
Nubya Garcia is one of the breakthrough stars of the recent UK urban jazz boom.
A generational talent since long before she released her Mercury Prize nominated debut album in 2021, tenor saxophonist Garcia was named Breakthrough Act of the Year by both Sky Arts and Jazz FM back as far as 2018, and was the Jazz FM’s Jazz Act of the Year, a year later.
In 2021 she won Downbeat’s Critic’s Poll ‘Rising Star’ Award, a Parliamentary Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year Award, and the Jazz Journalist Award in the UK. Since then she has played televised slots at Glastonbury Festival, appeared on Later… with Jools Holland, and co-released a live album with psychedelic rock band Khruangbin – after a period touring with the Texan instrumentalists, in 2023.One of an array of gifted graduates of the UK’s inspirational jazz education and artist development organisation ‘Tomorrow’s Warriors,’ Nubya Garcia is a regular collaborator with such contemporaries as Ezra Collective, Moses Boyd and Sons of Kemet, amongst others.
The 33-year old London born composer and band leader earned a Rolling Stone ‘Artist of the Year’ nomination following the release last Autumn of her second album ‘Odyssey, while The Irish Times called her new recording as “an exhilarating mix of jazz, neosoul and R & B”.
Nubya Garcia’s gig in Bray will be her first major concert appearance to an Irish jazz audience.
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Christine Tobin & Phil Robson (Irl/UK)
Christine Tobin has been acclaimed as one of Europe’s most acclaimed and original jazz vocalist, while guitarist Phil Robson is one of Britain’s most respected guitarists.
Dublin-born Tobin has been feted by critics around the world for her unique vocal abilities and her haunting original compositions. She has won Jazz Vocalist of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and was described by respected trumpeter and critic Ian Carr as ‘one of the most gifted and original singer-songwriters in today’s jazz world’.
Originally from Derby, Phil Robson became one of the most in-demand guitarists on the London scene in the 90s and was co-founder of influential quartet The Partisans which toured the US in 2014, including an appearance at Jazz at the Lincoln Centre. He has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in music, including Barbara Streisand, Maceo Parker and Django Bates.
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Venue Information - The Mermaid Arts Centre
Since their launch in August 2002, Mermaid Arts Centre has made a splash in the artistic and cultural life of County Wicklow. Presenting an ambitious programme of performances including innovative dance, spellbinding theatre, cutting edge music and art-house cinema.