enfrdegaitnoes

Find Jazz Events Anywhere in Ireland

Saved  

Elemental Quartet (Holland/Switz/Portugal) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland - Bray Town Hall
Elemental Quartet (Holland/Switz/Portugal) - Bray Jazz Festival

(featuring Tineka Postma, Joao Barradas, Florian Arbenz & Rafael Jerjen)

The latest incarnation of drummer Florian Arbenz ‘Conversations’ project brings the Swiss band leader together with celebrated Dutch saxophonist/clarinetist Tineke Postma, Portugese accordion-virtuoso Joao Barradas and Swiss-Australian bassist Rafael Jerjen.

Bray Jazz Festival

Julia Hülsmann Quartet (Germany) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland, Wicklow - The Mermaid Arts Centre
Julia Hülsmann Quartet (Germany)  - Bray Jazz Festival

Also Featuring: Insufficient Funs (Ireland)

Read more about Insufficient Funs

Pianist Julia Hülsmann’s playing and turn of phrase reveal a deep jazz awareness, her spacey meditations often unveiling their secrets slowly.

Bray Jazz Festival

Joel Frahm Trio (USA) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland, Wicklow - The Mermaid Arts Centre
Joel Frahm Trio (USA) - Bray Jazz Festival

`Opening: Izumi Kimura & Cora-Venus Lunny (Japan/Irl)

Read more about Izumi Kimura & Cora-Venus Lunny

Saxophonist Joel Frahm is an accomplished virtuoso who deftly balances his accessible, mellifluous sound with an explorative spirit.

Bray Jazz Festival

Luciano Biondini & Klaus Falschlunger (Italy/Austria) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland - Bray Town Hall
Luciano Biondini & Klaus Falschlunger (Italy/Austria)  - Bray Jazz Festival

The duo of Austrian sitarist Klaus Falschlunger and Italian accordionist Luciano Biondini look east and west at the same time.

Bray Jazz Festival

H. I. P. – the Art Blakey charts - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland - Whale Theatre
H. I. P. – the Art Blakey charts - Bray Jazz Festival

Formed by drummer Art Blakey in the 1950s as a collective, The Jazz Messengers occupies a special place in the annals of Jazz music in the twentieth century.

The music of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – the tightly arranged horn section, the hard-swinging rhythm section, the scorching solos – is classic jazz at its most exhilarating.

Bray Jazz Festival

‘What’s New?’ Ian Shaw with Iain Ballamy & Jamie Safir (UK) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland - Whale Theatre
‘What’s New?’ Ian Shaw with Iain Ballamy & Jamie Safir (UK) - Bray Jazz Festival

A two-times UK Jazz Singer of the Year Award’ winner, Ian Shaw is one of the most highly regarded vocalists in contemporary jazz, lauded internationally for his musicality, his ready wit and his sensitive interpretations of classic songs.

Bray Jazz Festival

Gerald Clayton Trio (USA) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland, Wicklow - The Mermaid Arts Centre
Gerald Clayton Trio (USA) - Bray Jazz Festival

Also Featuring: Michael Buckley’s Ebb & Flow (Ireland)

Gerald Clayton is a six times Grammy Awards nominated pianist, composer and arranger and one of the rising stars of the prestigious Blue Note jazz label.

Bray Jazz Festival

Ronan Guilfoyle’s 96 Miles (Irl) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland, Wicklow - The Mermaid Arts Centre
Ronan Guilfoyle’s 96 Miles (Irl) - Bray Jazz Festival

`Opening: Tom Caraher Quintet (Irl)

Miles Davis and his various bands created a huge repertoire of music that is regularly performed all over the world, and that forms a sizeable portion of the traditional jazz repertoire.

Bray Jazz Festival

SKYLLA (Italy/UK/Irl) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland - Bray Town Hall
SKYLLA (Italy/UK/Irl) - Bray Jazz Festival

SKYLLA´ is a project of composer and bassist Ruth Goller – featuring herself on bass guitar and a trio of voices – her own – and those of singers Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant.

Bray Jazz Festival

Lars Danielsson’s Liberetto Quartet (Sweden/Fr/UK) - Bray Jazz Festival

Ireland, Wicklow - The Mermaid Arts Centre
Lars Danielsson’s Liberetto Quartet (Sweden/Fr/UK) - Bray Jazz Festival

Also Featuring: Bog Bodies (Ireland/USA/Denmark)

Lars Danielsson’s Liberetto Quartet have produced a series of albums of near flawless beauty since they first assembled to record on Munich’s ACT label, just over a decade ago.

Bray Jazz Festival