THE mighty trombone will be the defining sound of Limerick Jazz Society’s first gig of 2013. Mark your dance card for Wednesday February 20 at Dolan’s Upstairs venue, candlelit and atmospheric. The Paul Dunlea Group starts the season with Dunlea’s six-piece band, complete with our own Joe O’Callaghan on guitar for the current tour countrywide.
“Paul’s latest album ‘bi-polAr’ is being well reviewed and getting lots of air play currently,” says John Daly of Limerick Jazz. “Paul is a Cork man, trombonist and composer who formed his group in 2011. He utilises some of Ireland’s finest improvising musicians to produce melodic and groove-driven music fusing influences of jazz harmony, pop, funk and R’n’B”.
Expect a big, complex sound with Nick Roth on sax, Danny Healy on trumpet and flugelhorn, Eoin Walsh, bass, drummer Davie Ryan and Philip Collins on keyboard. Band on stage 9pm and all gigs are a modest €10 this year.
Looking ahead, John Daly refers to March 7’s Irish tour by Match&Fuse, an exchange programme by Matthew Jacobson that helps platform cutting edge bands across countries. ReDiviDeR and Jacobson’s own World Service Project will feature. On then to the evergreen Phil Ware Trio (old pals Dave Redmond and Kevin Brady on board) to be accompanied by vocalist Ian Show on Friday March 22.
Shaw has twice won the BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist and has cut a dozen albums professionally.
“Mikkel Ploug, a Dane, will bring his trio of Sean Carpio and Jeppe Skovbakke here having toured all over Europe. Mikkel will be in Dolan’s on April 17. And finally, our end of term Jazz Improvisation party will be a daylight concert this year, coinciding with Riverfest on Sunday May 5 in Pery’s Hotel. Expect a lively afternoon gig of musicianship,” concludes Daly, chair of Limerick Jazz which is Ireland’s oldest jazz club.
Above: Paul Dunlea, a Corkman with international class on the trombone.
