Amazing night of music at @brayjazz.bsky.social with the force of nature that is @vijayiyer.bsky.social . Saoirse don Phalaistín. @rte.ie

It was @brayjazz.bsky.social Festival time again this weekend. Saw the Finnish 🎺 Verneri Pohjola & his band at the Mermaid Theatre last night. His bass player father, Pekka Pohjola, worked with Mike Oldfield. Brilliant music from them and the opening act, the Francesco Turrisi Trio 👏

RTÉs John Kelly knows a thing or two about music. Currently host of the popular 'Mystery Train' on RTÉ lyric fm, the presenter recent described VIJAY IYER as one of the world's greatest pianists. No small praise indeed! Vijay plays @mermaidartscentre.bsky.social on Saturday night, 3rd May.

A cover profile for Ticket, the Irish Times arts mag, of the "cool and charismatic" English saxophonist, composer and bandleader Nubya Garcia ahead of her appearance at @brayjazz.bsky.social. Includes a quick preview of some other acts to catch over the excellent May Bank Holiday weekend event...

#JazzJourney No. 7 on hitsradioireland.com tomorrow Wed. 16.4.2025 from 8PM IST @budpowell.bsky.social #IgmarThomas @hankmobley.bsky.social @countbasie.bsky.social #LinleyHamilton @barbjungr.bsky.social #RayCharles @brayjazz.bsky.social brayjazz.com @keithjarrettorg.bsky.social

Nice to see #NubyaGarcia make the cover of today's Irish Times, in advance of her visit to Bray Jazz in a few weeks.

Being unveiled at @mermaidartscentre.bsky.social on Saturday night, 3rd May, on a double-bill alongside Vijay Iyer. Can't wait!

Thanks to @jazzireland.bsky.social for this lovely preview of this year's festival... now just a month away. #jazzsky #jazz

An enforced change of plan to this year's schedule - but a positive outcome! We've delighted to be able to bring former BBC Young Musician of the Year and Parliamentary Jazz newcomer of the year Xhosa Cole to Bray Jazz 2025 - playing Whale Theatre on Friday night, 2nd May.

Two rising stars of contemporary European jazz, trombonist Nabou Claerhout and keyboardist Lynn Cassiers bring their unique and moody soundscapes to this year's Bray Jazz Festival - playing a matinee show at @mermaidartscentre.bsky.social on Sunday, 4th May next.

Here are some of the visitors coming to town for this year's Bray Jazz Festival... now less than 10 weeks away. Check out more at: www.brayjazz.com #jazzsky #jazz, #Ireland

Mieko Miyasaki plays the 'koto', a Japanese half-tube zither that's her country's national instrument. In 2020, she transcribed and recorded a version of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” for solo koto. Mieko will be joined by saxophonist and clarinetist Franck Wolf when she visits Bray! #jazz #jazzsky

Thank you to @journalofmusic.bsky.social for their preview of this year's Bray Jazz Festival here: journalofmusic.com/news/nubya-g...

Amy Gadiaga is multi-talented! She's a bassist, singer, composer and bandleader, and she's just been nominated in the UK for a prestigious MOBO Award for 2025. Amy visits Ireland in May when she plays Whale Theatre, as part of this year's Bray Jazz Festival. For more visit: brayjazz.com

Shetland islander Norman Wilmore and Glaswegian Corrie Dick daringly blend the old and new with their reimagining of the airs and rich musical heritage of Scotland’s northernmost isles. They play this year's Bray Jazz Festival, on Saturday, 3rd May next. More: brayjazz.com #jazz #livejazz #jazzsky

Looking forward to hosting a first Irish date with Finnish trumpeter Vernari Pohjola, who brings his stellar quartet to this year's festival, playing @mermaidartscentre.bsky.social on Sunday, 4th May. All info at: www.brayjazz.com

We're delighted to announce that @vijayiyer.bsky.social is our headliner for Saturday May 3rd in @mermaidartscentre.bsky.social. Vijay Iyer is an important presence in 21st century music. www.brayjazz.com

Nubya Garcia is playing @brayjazz.bsky.social Festival this year nialler9.com/nubya-garcia...

Love the archive footage in this. A great Cold War history lesson.

We will shortly be announcing programme details for Bray #Jazz 2025, with a plan to have tickets on sale in early Feb. Lots of exciting projects… dates are 2-4th May. Watch this space!

For the day that it is…

Current issues... in the world of Jazz: JazzPress. Jazz Time. DownBeat. Musica Jazz. @jazzwisemagazine.bsky.social. MMJazz. @echoesmag.bsky.social. Earshot Jazz. JazzLife. Jaz.in. Jazz 'N' More. Jazzism. WeJazz ▶️ buff.ly/2S7oabp #JazzInPrint Take a moment. ディスカバー

Mary Halvorson's 'Cloudward' has made @jazzwisemagazine.bsky.social's list of The 20 Best New Jazz Albums of 2024: www.jazzwise.com/features/art...

Nice line up!

#Jazzorama starting now ( 7PM GMT ) on jazzeireradio.com & includes music from #TubbyHayes with #LouisStewart. #JohnColtrane #LeeMorgan #DianeRoblin #HotClubOfLosAngeles plus more. @jazzwisemagazine.bsky.social

Some great music too on the @jazzwisemagazine.bsky.social top 20 list for 2024. www.jazzwise.com/features/art...

A quartet of amazing pianists, including @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social, Francesco Turrisi, Elliot Galvin & Leopoldo Osio amongst those down to play shows at The Cooler with Improvised Music Co in Dublin in the New Year. www.improvisedmusic.ie/whats-happen...

Hard to argue with this list...

Sixty years ago to the day, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones recorded this album in a single session at Rudy van Gelder's studio.

BORN ON THIS DAY Jimmy Smith (Dec 8, 1925 – Feb 8, 2005) was a jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music. youtu.be/885cqjqQU4A en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_S...

#NowListening quiet jazz mood Tord Gustavsen Trio – The Ground (ECM, 2005) Contemporary Jazz / Piano Trio

New York City Jazz Record has a feature on Louis Stewart in latest edition. Great work being done by Dermot Rogers’ Anna Livia records celebrating the legacy.

🎉 Happy 84th Birthday to #jazz drumming legend Billy Hart! From D.C. clubs to global stages, his rhythms have shaped jazz for 6+ decades. A true innovator, educator, and NEA Jazz Master, Hart's beats keep the jazz world grooving. #BillyHart #JazzLegend #HappyBirthday #JazzSky #NAEJazzMaster

HBD to the great Randy Brecker, 79 years young. For Parliament "Do That Stuff" (1976), the horns are Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker. Near the end, Randy lets loose a short high note obbligato in baroque herald style. Fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezc3...

#sligojazzproject summer school and jazz festival is going to be epic for its 20th anniversary- take a look at the faculty lineup ! #jazz www.sligojazz.ie/faculty25.ht...

"JAZZ EARBIRDS" [search: EARBIRDS] #177: "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) Louis Stewart, gtr* Bray, Co. Wicklow, 15 Nov 1976 *The unfortunate sleevenote writer of Louis' debut album asked: wow! how many pairs of hands has this man? ~ Only one, genius as the hands were. Double-tracked! #jazzsky 🇮🇪 ☘️

Fabulous gig at the Barbican with Dave Holland, can anyone else make the bass sound like this?, Chris Potter, lithe, powerful and rhythmic, and the inestimable Eric Harland well able to whip up a storm with the best, but mostly subtle and sensitively adding percussive colour. Wonderful #WeAreJazz

At @cadoganhall Friday @tordg the Tord Gustavsen trio with Gustavsen - piano, Steinar Raknes - double bass, Jarle Vespestad - drums + Louise Lavoll sound design (which was brilliant) supported by Nils Okland. A great start to the London Jazz Festival. #WeAreJazz

Shabaka Hutchings has a new EP on the way. Possession sees the UK multi-instrumentalist collaborate with the likes of billy woods, ELUCID, Esperanza Spalding, Carlos Niño and a surprise special guest, whose identity will be revealed upon the full release of the record https://buff.ly/3AC5c8P

A great initiative and important venue on this island.

We were so blessed to have Ambrose play Bray a few years before the pandemic. An exceptional talent.

🇮🇪 The first jazz album to come out of Ireland—Noel Kelehan Quintet’s “Ozone”—was released in 1979 Huge thanks to Outer National Sounds for this stunning reissue noelkelehan.bandcamp.com/album/ozone

It’s taken four days to accumulate our first 100 followers. Thank you all; and thanks @leonbyrne.bsky.social for being No.100!!

Yazz Ahmed to release fourth studio album ‘A Paradise In The Hold’ – The acclaimed British-Bahraini trumpeter returns with debut album for new label Night Time Stories which will be released on 28 February 2025 #musicsky #jazz www.jazzwise.com/news/article...

Great to see the wonderful Nubya Garcia at Other Voices. Not too many jazz projects have played Dingle.