Harry Connolly Jazz Friends

Harry Connolly A member of the first jazz festival committee & jazz playing musician for the first jazz festival of 1978 and all 42 Festivals to date is making his annual playing visit with two concerts in the Metropole Douglas Vance Room.

Harry Connolly Jazz Friends lineup this year features some of the finish jazz musicians in Europe .

It’s sure to be a sell out -ticket are available now on the metropole website

When their gone -their gone !!!

Lineup

Harry Connolly Sax Flute  Vocal
Cormac McCarthy  Piano
George Hasson Trumpet
Brian Hyland Bass
Patrick Lynch  drums
Special Guest Jazz Singer Jenny Howe .

Jenny Howe

Jenny Howe a versatile vocalist and experienced session singer with film and T.V  acting and singing credits such as Spike Milligan’s acclaimed “Puckoon” and James Ellroy “L.A sherriif’s homicide” Jenny recorded the main   soundtrack for the film The Brylcreem Boys, starring Gabriel Byrne, and Jean Butler, and sang at the Cannes film festival, where it was premiered.

Jenny also works as a vocal coach on ITV’s “The Voice”and “The Voice kids”  Jenny sang with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra; she toured extensively with them in the UK and abroad, and appeared several times at Ronnie Scott’s where she is featured on many of their live albums including Cottoning on, In Control, and A View From The Hill. She is also featured on the compilation album Nite at Ronnies.

Other TV credits include TFI Friday, BBC Hall of Fame, CH4 comedy series Barking, and BBC Looking Good, she has also done voice-overs for programs such as BBC's Ballykissangel, Falling for a Dancer, the CH5 series The Imperial War in Colour, and National Geographic.

Songwriting credits include tracks featured on BBC TV, Chanel 4, and ITV

Her show with the highly acclaimed pianist/composer Geoff Eales “Ladies and Gentlemen of Jazz” at Ronnie Scott’s earlier this year was a sold out, the show highlighted the rich legacy of the great Ella Fitzgerald Songbook and the legendary piano work of Oscar Peterson and other great jazz pianists.

She is delighted to be back performing in her hometown!!

Website: http://www.jennyhowe.com/

Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy is a pianist, composer, arranger and conductor from Cork, Ireland. Noted for a diverse stylistic palette, and equally at home in a variety of genres, his music is said to "defy categorisation"  (Lyric FM).  In 2010, having completed his Masters degree in composition at the MTU Cork School of Music, Cormac received the prestigious Bill Whelan International Music Bursary, an award earmarked for young Irish composers studying abroad. He spent a number of years living in Chicago, where he completed a Masters in Jazz Studies at DePaul University.

His compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by artists including Phil Woods, Jeff Hamilton, Mick Flannery, Martin Hayes, Andrea Corr, Gavin James, Niamh Regan, Jack O'Rourke, The DePaul Jazz Ensemble, The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, The Crash Ensemble, The New Irish Jazz Orchestra and the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra. A new string quartet commissioned by the National String Quartet Foundation will be premiered as part of a nationwide tour by the Carducci Quartet this Autumn.

As a pianist, he has performed extensively at concert venues, clubs and festivals throughout Europe and the US, sharing the stage/recording studio with artists across a wide musical spectrum, including Peter Washington, Nell Ní Chróinín, Billy Drummond, Liz Carroll, Donal Lunny, The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & The RTÉ Concert Orchestra. In 2015, Cormac released Cottage Evolution, his debut LP as bandleader, to widespread critical acclaim. He is also a member of Martin Hayes' most recent project, The Common Ground Ensemble. As a conductor, he has led the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra.

Cormac continues to be in demand as a composer, arranger and orchestrator in tandem with maintaining an active performance schedule. He lectures in piano, arranging and composition at the MTU Cork School of Music, and is director of the Cork School of Music Jazz Big Band.

Website: https://www.cormacmccarthymusic.com/

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The Metropole Hotel is a 3 star Cork City Centre Hotel designed to cater for the every need of the business professional requiring a hotel in Cork City, from our business rooms, event facilities and suite of twelve conference rooms through to the complimentary high speed Wi-Fi internet access offered throughout the hotel, you will find plenty to make your stay as thought provoking as you would like.