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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
- Category: All Other Jazz
Read more: Tales from the far Side 24.04.25 A Celebration and Exploration of Jazz
On this edition I take you on a stroll into some magnificent trumpet playing rooted and based in Northern Europe, creating a soundtrack of a special kind with music by Hildegunn Oeiseth, Anders Bergcrantz, Verneri Pohjola+Monkey Mind, Palle Mikkelborg. And there is a feature of the Irish Jazz Guitar icon Tommy Halferty to invite you to listen to a documentary about his life and work.
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- Written by: Daniel Rorke
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
- Category: Album Reviews
Read more: Album Review: Tom Caraher - Ninety Degrees
Tom Caraher - Tenor Saxophone
Paul Dunlea - Trombone
Darragh O'Kelly - Fender Rhodes
Barry Donohue - Electric Bass
Shane O'Donovan - Drums
Saxophonist Tom Caraher should be counted with note among the many Irish Jazz musicians who deserve far wider recognition. A childhood partly spent in The United States, and then subsequent study with seriously-heavy Jazz musicians such George Garzone and Hal Crook at Berklee School of Music, makes Caraher a valuable asset to the Irish Jazz milieu. One might well envisage him as some form of oddly-hatted Jazz monk, via his new album Ninety Degrees, delivering the dhama of contemporary fusion saxophone playing to us, the pleading folk of far away lands.
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 17.04.25 Bebop Piano Pioneers
On this edition I explore the music of some of the biggest movers and shakers of Bebop Piano and I dig out music by Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Clark, Barry Harris, Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan
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- Written by: Donald Helme
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
- Category: The Hot Box
Read more: The Hot Box #139 - New Material
This edition has both a tilt towards new material and a tilt towards jazz guitar, with material from the French guitarist Romain Pilon’s new album Open Roads, and from the archive, tracks from Tommy Halferty’s extensive back catalogue.
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 10.04.25 Preview Bray Jazz Festival 2025
On this edition I have a closer look at some of the appearing artists of the 2025 Bray Jazz Festival, which is going from strength to strength. And this year you can see Vijay Iyer, Nduzu Makhathini, Nubya Garcia, Xhosa Cole, Verneri Pohjola, the Kevin Brady Trio and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 10.04.25 Preview Bray Jazz Festival 2025
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- Written by: Red Keane
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
- Category: Jazz News
Livia Records continues its run of ambitious and distinctive jazz releases with At Swing, Two Birds by Ronan Guilfoyle’s Bemusement Arcade—a record that finds deep inspiration in the jazz tradition while challenging its rhythmic foundations with daring innovation.
Led by acclaimed bassist, composer, and educator Ronan Guilfoyle, this brand-new album features seven original compositions performed by a top-flight quartet of creative improvisers: Sam Norris (alto sax), Chris Guilfoyle (guitar), and Darren Beckett (drums). The album is housed in a beautifully designed 12-page booklet with session photography and liner notes offering deeper insight into the music.
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 03.04.25 West Coast Blues-Jazz from the West Coast of Ireland
On this edition I look at some activities in presenting Live jazz at the Westport Jazz Club and Jazz Radio from the West of Ireland and there is music by Harold Land, Wes Montgomery, the QOW Trio, Kevin Brady Electric Quartet, Nancy Wilson, Sonny Criss, Charles Mingus and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 03.04.25 West Coast Blues-Jazz from the West Coast of Ireland