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Read more: Louis Stewart’s Joyce Notes: A Lost Suite Reborn from the Cork Jazz Festival, 1982
Livia Records continues its remarkable archival journey through the recorded legacy of Louis Stewart with the release of Joyce Notes, a previously unreleased live recording captured at the Cork Jazz Festival on 23rd October 1982
Set for release on 27th March 2026 (CD and digital download), Joyce Notes documents Stewart’s ambitious six-part suite inspired by scenes and characters from James Joyce’s Ulysses. Conceived to coincide with the centenary of Joyce’s birth in 1982, the project emerged from a shared enthusiasm for Joyce between Stewart and Livia Records founder Gerald Davis.
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Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 6 Dave Brubeck - The pianist behind "Take Five"
This podcast celebrates the music and life of some of the greatest movers and shakers in Jazz history.
Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 6 Dave Brubeck - The pianist behind "Take Five"
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 19.02.26 Trumpet-Piano Duets in Jazz
On this edition I explore the interplay of the trumpet and the piano in Jazz, going back to the classic Louis Armstrong recording of "Weatherbird" and reaching our modern times with the free-flowing interplay of French pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and trumpeter Wadada Leo, finding some gems in between.
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Read more: JazzTime 22nd February 2026
Weekly 2-hour jazz show from Dublin presented by Dermot Rogers.
Playing tracks by George Russell, Bill Evans, Paul Motian, Chris Potter, Jason Moran, Noel Kelehan and Louis Stewart, Miles Davis and more.
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Read more: Kildare Jazz Festival Announces 2026 Emerging Act: Hayley Kavanagh
Jazz Ireland is delighted to share the news that Hayley Kavanagh has been selected as the 2026 Emerging Act at Kildare Jazz Festival.
Presented by Riverbank Arts Centre in partnership with the festival, the Emerging Act Open Call was established to spotlight new voices in Irish jazz and to provide a professional platform within the festival’s main programme. Following a strong response from emerging artists across Ireland, the selection panel chose Hayley in recognition of her originality, musicality and commanding stage presence.
Read more: Kildare Jazz Festival Announces 2026 Emerging Act: Hayley Kavanagh
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Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 5 Charlie Parker - The Troubled Genius
This podcast celebrates the music and life of some of the greatest movers and shakers in Jazz history.
Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol 5 Charlie Parker - The Troubled Genius
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 12.02.26 Blowin' the Winter Blues away
On this week's edition I try to blow the Winter Blues away and I do that with a blast of uplifting and flowering Jazz and Blues with music by Joey Alexander, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Maceo Merryweather, Pete Horsfall Quartet, Peterson-Kohler-CollectiveMainzo4, Tango Transit, Julian Costello Quartet, Bill Frisell and others.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 12.02.26 Blowin' the Winter Blues away
