‘Seductive, slick and stylish. Just a few of the superlatives to describe the opening night of the Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival, with the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra. Brilliant Corners jazz festival returned to Belfast on Wednesday night for the third consecutive year and those who were privileged enough to be there for its opening verse had a real treat.’…
‘Dublin City Jazz orchestra have wowed audiences with performances at Electric Picnic, Culture Night, Cork Jazz Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival amongst others, playing big band music from the ‘40s and ‘50s along with some more modern bombastic tunes. There’s nothing quite like a big band, and there’s no big band quite like the Dublin City…
‘Leon, the cafe franchise whose red-and-gold lettering appears aggressively bright in London’s sharply competitive fast food market, is a recent addition to the new mezzanine area at Euston train station. Yet it already boasts a roaring trade. The small shop unit and terrace are full of laptopped passengers, their computer screens flipped up like digital…
Sue Rynhart returns to Limerick with Dan Bodwell and Francesco Turrisi to sing her her folk songs with a unique instrumentation. Drawing on Classical and Jazz traditions with a pop sensibility, Sue places her precise, delicate voice in the starkest, most revealing of settings. Sue Rynhart – Voice Dan Bodwell – Double Bass Francesco Turrisi…
Dave Binney – saxophones Chris Guilfoyle – guitar Ronan Guilfoyle – bass Tom Rainey – drums Challenging and absorbing music from a maturing master Irish Times Ronan Guilfoyle’s ‘Hands’ represents both the best in contemporary jazz and its international nature. The group is comprised of two of New York’s finest musicians, and two Irish musicians…
