Eight great jazz gigs to go to this weekHip-hop meets jazz with Shy Mascot at Sound House, as Plaza Real play Weather ReportSat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
The eight best jazz gigs to go to around Ireland this weekHonor Heffernan, Greg Osby, Mary Coughlan and Ned Rothenberg all play Dublin datesSat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz gigs of the weekMary Coughlan sings Billie Holiday and Christian Scott brings his ‘stretch music’Sat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz concerts this weekYou have another change to see the legendary Steve GaddSat Nov 02 2019 - 05:00
End of a jazz era in Leeson Street: this week’s best jazz gigsLounge Quintet make their last stand. Guinness Cork Jazz Festival gets in full swingSat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00
Cork Jazz Festival fails to move with the timesThis year’s jazz festival has gone back to old habits, with some not-really-jazz headlinersSat Oct 19 2019 - 05:00
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Airelle Besson: This week’s best jazz gigsCork Jazz Festival features New York pianist Fred Hersch and Cork trombonist Paul DunleaSat Oct 19 2019 - 05:00
The Savage Five and Gilad Hekselman: This week’s best jazz gigsThe Ranelagh Arts Festival comes to a close this weekendSat Oct 12 2019 - 05:00
Bog bodies and Sounds Like Freedom: This week’s best jazz gigsThe Ranelagh Arts Festivals and Cormac Kenevey Quartet head for the capitalSat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00
Sounds Like Freedom: When music and civil rights join forcesNiall Vallely’s new project celebrates historic protests in both the US and Northern IrelandFri Oct 04 2019 - 05:00
Daniel Rorke: Naked Allies review – Flare, dense interplay and moments of individual brillianceNaked Allies drums up the harmonic adventure and compositional depth of the Brooklyn sceneFri Oct 04 2019 - 05:00
Festival fever in Galway and Limerick: This week’s best jazz gigsAenghus Hackett, Beats & Pieces Big Band, Septeto Internacional and Peter Moc GroupSat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00
Berlin techno innovator Pantha Du Prince fits right in to Perspectives seriesBeacon of enlightened new music programming at NCH in fog of nostalgia cultureSat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00
John Coltrane: Blue World review – A gift to the worldThis is not really a lost album but a collection of tunes Coltrane gave to Quebec film-maker Gilles GroulxFri Sept 27 2019 - 05:15
What’s Greta Thunberg’s dog got to do with jazz?This year’s Galway Jazz Festival veers from the standard model, inviting artists to respond to world events, and encouraging audiences to think about sustainabilityWed Sept 25 2019 - 05:00
Brubeck takes five in Limerick: This week’s best jazz gigsDarius Brubeck Quartet join a starry international line-up at Limerick Jazz FestivalSat Sept 21 2019 - 05:00
Gwilym Simcock: ‘I have always struggled with performance anxiety’The classically trained Welsh jazz pianist is lauded for his fearless musical explorations, but recording his latest album at home freed the 38-year-old from pressureSat Sept 21 2019 - 05:00
Gershwin and Dorothy Parker: This week’s jazz highlightsOne of the most exhilarating live acts on the Irish scene will also take to the stageSat Sept 07 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz gigs happening across Ireland this weekMichael Bublé’s trombonist heads for Cork and Ätsch play for the Co-Op in Workman’sSat Aug 31 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz gigs of the weekNew York-based Irish guitarist Simon Jermyn plays at Dublin’s MVP and Kevin Lawlor Quartet come to WexfordSat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00
Bill Evans Trio: Live at Birdland review – Essential tracks from an epochal groupThese 12 pieces offer a fascinating insight into the development of the original trio’s soundThu Aug 22 2019 - 06:00
The best jazz gigs of the weekVocalist Emilie Conway plays in Galway; Ian Date and Myles Drennan collaborate in CorkSat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00
The week’s best jazz gigsFrom the Daniel Soro Trio in Dublin to Sounds Like Freedom in KilkennySat Aug 10 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz events this weekDirty Jazz Club returns to Dublin while the Guilfoyle/Nielsen Trio plays in Derry barSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
The seven best jazz gigs to go to this weekSligo Jazz Festival, Izumi Kimura, Hotter Than JulySat Jul 27 2019 - 05:00
‘A silent priest never got a parish’ – how one man brought the jazz world to SligoBassist Eddie Lee played in 1980s pop act Those Nervous Animals but jazz was always in his bloodSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
The week’s best jazz gigsSligo Jazz Festival; Tom Caraher Quintet in Cork; Hotter Than July festival in DublinSat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Event of the Week: Hotter Than JulyFree open-air concert in Smithfield celebrates Ireland’s growing diversitySat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Tommy Halferty invites Norma Winstone review: a musical romance rekindledThe Derry guitarist and London vocalist share an easy rapport and mastery of songFri Jul 19 2019 - 05:00
Rising stars and a celebration of Sarah Vaughan: This week’s best jazz gigsThe return of Rodrigo Almonte to his sometime home is also among the highlightsSat Jul 13 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz concerts to catch this weekDerry guitarist Tommy Halferty celebrates the music of US guitarist John Abercrombie on his Irish tourSat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00
Aslan at Cork Jazz Festival? Where’s the jazz?A year after a promised renaissance, critics are unimpressedFri Jul 05 2019 - 12:05
This week’s best jazz gigs: Big names in small venuesGraeme Flowers, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Martin Hayes, Brian Dunning play this weekSat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00
This week’s best jazz gigs: Nigel Mooney, W-ire Me, Conor Guilfoyle OctetDirty Jazz Club returns to Arthurs while old-school hard bop is the subject under discussion at the Lounge QuintetSat Jun 01 2019 - 05:00
Take yourself to church: This week’s jazz highlightsMass in Blue at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral; Kind of Blue orchestrated at the NCHSat May 25 2019 - 05:00
Famished: A historical, musical and poetic account of the Irish FamineCherry Smyth, Ed Bennett and Lauren Kinsella come together for enlightening showSat May 25 2019 - 05:00
Veterans, virtuosos and vibrant young guns: this week’s jazz highlightsJim Doherty Trio, Julien and John, Butcher Brown, Tommy Halferty trio, Des HopkinsSat May 18 2019 - 05:00
Kind of Blue: A glory of 20th century music, reorchestrated in IrelandMiles Davis gets new arrangements from Guy Barker and the RTÉ Concert OrchestraSat May 18 2019 - 05:00
This week’s best jazz gigs: Steam Down, Maynard Smith, Doherty, O’KellyKenosha Kid play Dublin and Galway, Jim Doherty Trio plays with Nigel MooneySat May 11 2019 - 05:00
Aleka: Person I Knew review – Romanian singer recruits who’s-who for fine debutThe Dublin-based vocalist displays courage, confidence and technical skillFri May 10 2019 - 05:00
Carmel McCreagh: 13 Stories review – A singer of rare sensitivityThe vocalist cut her first album in her 50s, but sounds like she’s been doing it all her lifeThu May 02 2019 - 05:00
‘There were times I doubted that I would ever be able to play again’Jazz pianist Fred Hersch on illness, recovery and a hugely successful musical comebackTue Apr 30 2019 - 05:00
International Jazz Day: the event of the weekFor those who think they don’t ‘get’ jazz, just put yourself in a room with some live jazz musiciansSat Apr 27 2019 - 05:00
Showcase for the best of the domestic jazz scene: this week’s best jazz gigsAoife Doyle and her talented band, bassist Barry Donohue, the Bray Jazz festival and moreSat Apr 27 2019 - 05:00
A Bowie collaborator and a musical picnic: The best jazz gigs this weekThe group behind ‘Ooh Aah Paul McGrath’ also make a rare appearance on home soilSat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz gigs in Ireland this weekThe naturally gifted guitarist Andreas Varady makes an appearance at ArthursSat Apr 13 2019 - 05:00
This best jazz gigs in Dublin for the week aheadMiles David for kids at the Ark; plus Dirty Jazz Club, Rainfear & Shane Latimer, Emilie Conway Brazilian JazzSat Apr 06 2019 - 05:00
The week’s best live jazz: From Catherine Sikora to The CommonsCork saxophonist Sikora is joined by former Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian ChaseSat Mar 30 2019 - 05:00
The best jazz gigs in Dublin and Galway this weekArthur’s to host Music Without Borders on Brexit Day and an inside-out piano goes westSat Mar 23 2019 - 05:00
I’m in the mood for oud: this week’s best jazz gigsAnouar Brahem weaves an Arabic spell; Honor Heffernan conjures up Dorothy ParkerSat Mar 16 2019 - 05:00
