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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
- Category: All Other Jazz
Read more: Tales from the far Side 08.05.25 On a clear Day-you can see forever Jazz for a bright Day
On this edition I continue to celebrate the bright days of May and I've selected another selection of great, colourful and varied Jazz with music by Iioro Rantala, Verneri Pohjola, Illinois Jacquet, Cassandra Wilson, Michael Buckley's Ebb and Flow, Jeong Lim Yang, Nick Brignola, Ronnie Cuber and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 08.05.25 On a clear Day-you can see forever Jazz for a bright Day
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- Written by: Werner Lewon
- Parent Category: Jazz Ireland Blog
- Category: All Other Jazz
Read more: Tales from the far Side 01.05.25 May Songs-a Jazz Celebration of the month of May
On this edition I celebrate the arrival of the month of May, hoping for a bright and sunny one and welcoming it with music by Andy Sheppard, Bill Charlap, Carol Sloane, Michael Buckley's Ebb and Flow, Julia Huelsmann Quartet, Ross Lossing and others
Read more: Tales from the far Side 01.05.25 May Songs-a Jazz Celebration of the month of May
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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.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 24.04.25 A Celebration and Exploration of Jazz
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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
- Category: All Other Jazz
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
Read more: Tales from the far Side 17.04.25 Bebop Piano Pioneers
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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
- Category: All Other Jazz
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
- New Release from Livia Records: Ronan Guilfoyle’s At Swing, Two Birds - Bending Time, Honouring Tradition
- Tales from the far Side 03.04.25 West Coast Blues-Jazz from the West Coast of Ireland
- Fingal County Council Arts Office and Music Network Launch New Carnegie Musician-in-Residence Award
- The Hot Box #138 - Roy Ayres