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- Artist: Liv Monaghan
- Release Date: 2024-05-03
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify
Originally from Ireland, Liv Monaghan’s earliest memories come from the living room of her first family home. There was a record player on one side and an old upright piano on the other. Her pre-school years were full of improvised choreographies set to vinyls of Romantic music.
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- Artist: Aleka
- Release Date: 2024-03-01
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Bandcamp
Romanian-born Dublin-residing singer Aleka presents her newest E.P. 'Romania: Songs of Love and Longing'. The E.P. is a homage to her Romanian roots, with fresh arrangements of traditional Romanian music bringing a new modern flavor to some of the most well-known folk songs of her home country. This recording features soaring melodies, daring improvisations and high energy from some of the best jazz musicians in Ireland.
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- Artist: Stella Bass
- Release Date: 2024-02-03
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp
Featured on the first-round ballot for the 67th Grammy Awards in the Jazz Album category Stella collaborates with The Johnny Taylor Trio to bring you a heady mix of delightful swing, intimate ballads, intoxicating Latin grooves, as well as, for the first time, some of Stella’s original songs.
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- Artist: RBG Trio
- Release Date: 2023-09-20
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify
In January 2019, I called Kevin Brady and Dave Redmond for a gig that fell into my lap through IMC at the Wild Duck in Dublin. I had been wanting to play with them for some time and to my delight, they were free and down to play. The gig was instant fun with zero rehearsing and I knew I wanted to play more with them. They called me a couple months later to head to Mexico City to perform at the EuroJazz Festival and do some masterclasses. We had an absolute blast and have continued to play since.
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- Artist: Penji
- Release Date: 2023-05-21
- Album Type: EP
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp, Tidal, Apple Music
Acclaimed Galway guitarist, composer and producer Aengus Hackett is one of Ireland’s leading jazz musicians. Aengus has performed with the cream of Ireland’s jazz scene such as Mike Nielsen, Tommy Halferty, Conor Guilfoyle, Izumi Kimura, Bill Blackmore, Greg Felton, and Damian Evans, as well as RTÉ Contempo Quartet and leading contemporary ensemble the Colm O’ Hara 10tet.
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- Artist: The Workshop
- Release Date: 2023-05-02
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify
Vol. 1, released on May 2, 2023, is the debut recording by The Workshop, a collaborative five-piece jazz ensemble featuring Chris Engel (soprano and alto saxophone), Bill Blackmore (trumpet), Darragh O’Kelly (piano), Cormac O’Brien (double bass), and Matthew Jacobson (drums). The album presents nine original compositions by members of the group and balances stylistic diversity with a strong sense of ensemble cohesion, reflecting the musicians’ long-standing professional relationships. While the material ranges from introspective and lyrical to rhythmically driven and energetic, the recording maintains a consistent aesthetic grounded in contemporary jazz practice, with occasional subtle references to other musical traditions. Throughout, the interplay between the musicians, supported by a flexible and responsive rhythm section, allows for both structural clarity and open improvisation, resulting in a debut that is adventurous yet accessible in its approach.
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- Artist: RBG Trio
- Release Date: 2022-12-01
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Bandcamp
3 fearless Irish Improvisers who are creating their own definition of contemporary jazz through a multi-dimensional sound that is at home with swing, Bop and free Jazz as it is with experimental Electronic Space-funk
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- Artist: ÄTSCH
- Release Date: 2022-11-09
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify
Starting as a graduation project in New Park Music Centre in 2016 the group has since become an established player in the Irish Jazz scene. Also becoming the first ever Irish outfit to feature at the Jazz ahead Club-night in Bremen (DE) in 2018 and 2019.
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- Artist: Aoife Doyle
- Release Date: 2022-04-22
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Infinitely Clear gets a 5 STARS from The Irish Times - ‘Infinitely Clear, however, is on a whole other level, a gorgeous confection of jazz, folk, soul and country that will surely bring her the attention she deserves and bears comparison – in sound, in finesse, and in its potential to make a star of its creator – with Norah Jones’s debut album.....Infinitely Clear is a heart-warming gem, a classic in the making from an artist who has found her groove and, one senses, is about to be huge.’ - Cormac Larkin
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- Artist: Carole Nelson Trio
- Release Date: 2022-01-01
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify
Night Vision is the 3rd Carole Nelson Trio album, released on June 2022. Partly composed and partly freely improvised by the trio in the studio."this is a trio greater than the sum of its parts—perfectly attuned and deeply empathetic" - All About Jazz Magazine
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- Artist: The Celtic Hot Club
- Release Date: 2021-11-28
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Bandcamp
The Celtic Hotclub are a band who play celtic fused Jazz Monouche (gypsy jazz). Traditional Irish melodies and devices are drawn upon liberally, to inform and inspire our gypsy jazz themes, interplay and improvisation. Virtuoso Violinist Anne Phelan (RTE Concert Orchestra) joins seasoned guitarist Eamonn Moran (Cotton Club Quartet), Rhythm guitarist extraordinaire Vincent “Teck” Jézequel (Brittany France) and rising star of the double bass Derek Whyte, to produce an album that creatively blends Traditional Irish music and Jazz Manouche.
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- Artist: Kevin Brady Trio
- Release Date: 2021-10-08
- Album Type: Album
- Platforms: Artist Website, Bandcamp, Tidal, Amazon Music, Spotify
Ubuntu Music is delighted to announce the release of The Kevin Brady Electric Quartets upcoming worldwide album release entitled PLAN B on the 8th oF October. The Kevin Brady Electric Quartet has a clear aim of creating and producing new contemporary jazz and the impact of this has been immediate. Their performances have been critically acclaimed for their dynamism and musicality. Touring regularly, they have consolidated their worldwide reputation as a compelling live act. As quoted by The Telegraph UK, “This group display an enviable poise and togetherness”, winning the appreciation of discerning jazz audiences in the USA, Europe, UK, China. Their music embraces imaginative creativity and contributes to the evolution of exciting and engaging improvised music.
