Home-grown talent to fore at the annual Jazz Festival
Some of Ireland's finest jazz musicians will be performing at this year's Galway Jazz Festival, which runs from Thursday, October 4, to Sunday October 7.
They include tworld-renowned guitarist, composer and lover of literature Tommy Halferty, who will perform his own suite for nine players, inspired by the works of French writer, Albert Camus. Seven Musical Steps to Camus will be performed on Saturday, October 6, at 2.30pm in Druid’s Mick Lally’s Theatre.
Capable of high-octane improvisation as well as soulful lyricism, Tommy will also play two other gigs during the festival, including one with the superb Galway guitarist Aengus Hackett at Salthouse, Dominick Street, also on Saturday, October 6, at 5pm
And Conor Guilfoyle, the first Irish musician to introduce Cuban jazz to Ireland, will bring his new octet to Galway for the annual event. Eight of the hardest-swinging, fastest-rising young players in the country will play in the City’s Biteclub at 12 noon on Sunday, October 7, where the ticket price of €15 (€16.81, online) will include brunch and Prosecco.
The music of American band Weather Report has inspired phenomenal Galway bassist Barry Donoghue. who has recreated their masterpieces with his own band, Plaza Real. Barry and Plaza Real will perform in Biteclub on the Festival’s opening night at 10pm.
Shy Mascot, headed by another young Galway legend, Eanna Ryder, bring their jazz-inflected funk and hip-hop to the mix, teaming up with unapologetic and dynamic rapper, Jamal and jazz singer Fiadh Rua Gregg. That show is in Biteclub on Friday, October 5, at 10pm.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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