**Christmas Special Edition** Groovy Jazz Master Albums Series presents Vince Guaraldi Trio, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Full album performed Live!

The Scott's Jazz Club annual Christmas bash! Santa has chosen some of Ireland's top jazz players to take to the stage and perform jazz versions of iconic Christmas songs. Joining Scott, Rohan Armstrong and Andrew McCoubrey will be the award-winning singer Katharine Timoney, and Scrooge himself, Kyron Bourke, amongst others!

Lee Meehan ~ guitar
Hugh Buckley ~ guitar
Derek 'Doc' O'Connor ~ sax
Scott Flanigan ~ organ
Shane O'Donovan ~ drums

Join saxophonist Harry Connolly and The Blackrock Quartet for a relaxed Sunday session at Pier Head, Blackrock, one of Cork’s most welcoming live-music spots overlooking the harbour.

Rendezvous Jazz Club invites you to join us for our Boutique Cabaret Night with Swing Version at The Venue at Walters. Step into a world where the intoxicating rhythms of jazz come alive in an atmosphere dripping with glamour and sophistication.

Sean Hession's early affinity with Frank Sinatra and the Big Band era forged an introduction to performing. Accruing vast professional experience and a wide-ranging repertoire of classic standards (800 +) spanning the 20's to the '60s, he is well known for his uncanny resemblance to the sound of Sinatra.

The Dirty Jazz club have been a massive part of the Dublin Jazz scene for around 15 years. Their focus is on the exploration and deconstruction of songs and an emphasis on creating a depth and textural soundscape on the melody, form and feel of the tunes.

Following his headline performance at the Johnstown Jazz Festival this summer, drummer and educator Kevin Lawlor revisits a one off fusion project from 2016 with a new lineup of musicians. Cluster Funk will perform jazz and groove music by artists including Thundercat, Norah Jones, Andre 3000, Mark Guliana, Erykah Badu, Jorja Smith, Terrace Blanchard, Robert Glasper, Stanton Moore and more... The band also use well known Hip Hop grooves with Jazz standards played over them as an alternative take on jazz fusion.

Jakub Klimiuk Quintet combines modern jazz with influences from Scandinavian improvised music, Eastern European folk and contemporary classical pieces. The resultant repertoire, consisting of original compositions, is a highly energetic mix of scripted forms and free improvisation, drawing from various genres but at the same time staying deeply rooted in the jazz tradition.

“A hugely accomplished guitarist with a formidable technique and also a composer of impressive maturity and vision.” - The Jazz Mann