JustKing Jones is a Jamaican Saxophonist and Producer from New Jersey. This versatile artist's unforgettable sound has brought him all around the world for tours and performances with Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Gorillaz, Yasiin Bey, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Talib Kweli, as well as features with Grammy award winning artists such as Bilal.

UCC Library presents a special screening of Louis Malle's hypnotic 1958 noir, Elevator to the Gallows, with an improvised live score by Fixity.- The Creative Zone, UCC Library

- Thursday October 23rd
- Doors 7pm
- 18 (16+ accompanied by an adult)
- Venue is access friendly
- Tickets: €13:50 from Eventbrite Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud) is a 1958 French crime thriller directed by Louis Malle.

"Ronan Guilfoyle's searching lines, melodious yet edgy—and a little mischievous to boot—stem from traditions old, contemporary and subtly global." - All About Jazz

Ronan Guilfoyle’s new quartet Bemusement Arcade finds deep inspiration in the jazz tradition while challenging its rhythmic foundations with daring innovation.

Saxophonist, flautist, and producer Chip Wickham casts a formidable shadow across the UK jazz scene. From his early days in the UK breakbeat scene to a 17-year collaboration with Gondwana Records, Chip has crafted a series of acclaimed solo albums drawing on spiritual jazz, 60s British jazz, and contemporary influences like Jazzanova and The Cinematic Orchestra.

Daniel Herskedal tuba / bass trumpet
Helge Lien piano
Helge Andreas Norbakken percussion

Prepare to be transported into the extraordinary soundworld of Norwegian composer and brass virtuoso Daniel Herskedal. A true innovator of the tuba and bass trumpet, Herskedal’s music is cinematic, deeply expressive, and unlike anything you’ve heard before.

Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve Loved Before is a tribute to the men and the music who have shaped her life.

Cymande (sah-man-day) is one of the most influential black British bands of the 1970s, known for blending jazz, funk, soul, and Caribbean rhythms into a sound that was political, spiritual, and ahead of its time.

“Stella Bass is a storyteller.” So wrote Los Angeles’ Musical Memoirs, and at this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival she tells the story of the greatest jazz singer of them all: Ella Fitzgerald.

Hailed by Jazziz magazine as “one of Ireland’s leading vocal jazz talents,” Stella has been interpreting the Great American Songbook for nearly 20 years. Her 2024 album Look for the Silver Lining was Grammy-longlisted, cementing her reputation as one of Ireland’s finest jazz voices.

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 line-up of musicians. Cluster Funk will perform jazz and groove music by artists including Thundercat, Jamiroquai, Mark Guliana, Joshua Redman and Terrace Blanchard. The band will also use well-known Hip-Hop grooves with jazz standards played over them as an alternative take on jazz fusion. Expect everything from Organ driven Funk to Ambient Jazz.

Having already toured the UK/EU supporting the likes of Jools Holland, Paul Carrack, The Teskey Brothers, Marc Broussard and Mamas Gun, alongside selling out multiple headline shows, co-writing with the likes of Caro Emerald, Ruby Turner and Roberta Campos, and breaking through to new territories via national radio play worldwide, Kat has established herself as one of the hardest working and talented Soul/Jazz performers in her field.

Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve Loved Before is a tribute to the men and the music who have shaped her life.

The seven sons of jazz great Phil Cohran carry on his musical legacy. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are seven brothers from the south side of Chicago. Together they have toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America playing with everyone from Prince, Mos Def , Mick Jones (The Clash) and Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz). They’ve performed at Coachella, WOMAD AU, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall.

An influential alternative rap quartet from South Central Los Angeles, the Pharcyde was formed by MCs/producers Tre ‘Slimkid’ Hardson, Derrick ‘Fatlip’ Stewart, Imani Wilcox, and Romye ‘Booty Brown’ Robinson. Hardson, Wilcox, and Robinson were all dancers and choreographers who met on the L.A. underground club circuit in the late ’80s, worked together for a while, and served a stint as dancers on In Living Color. Stewart, meanwhile, performed at local clubs and eventually hooked up with the others in 1990.

The Kevin O'Shea Quintet pay tribute to the vocal stylings of West Coast jazz icon, Chet Baker. While Chet is rightly renowned for his melodic trumpet playing, this concert will focus on the songs that featured his intimate vocal style. Expect timeless tunes like My Funny Valentine, Let's Get Lost, Everything Happens To Me and more. For fans of The Great American Songbook and classic jazz.

Daniel Herskedal tuba / bass trumpet
Helge Lien piano
Helge Andreas Norbakken percussion

Prepare to be transported into the extraordinary soundworld of Norwegian composer and brass virtuoso Daniel Herskedal. A true innovator of the tuba and bass trumpet, Herskedal’s music is cinematic, deeply expressive, and unlike anything you’ve heard before.