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No shortage of artists as a new sense of solidarity is built into the seams of streaming
‘I remember Gay Byrne one night referring to me simply as ‘bass’ ’
Jazz composer Ronan Guilfoyle reflects on his father, his influences and session work
The best jazz this week: Marie Kruttli Trio, Berlin's rising star
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's kids' matinee, CEO Experiment, and Yurodny
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Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant
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Concrete Soup: ¡NO!, Emilie Conway Quartet and Nigel Mooney
The best jazz this week: BAN BAM festival highlights women artists
Vibraphonist sampled by Kanye, Mulatu Astatke, graces the Sugar Club
The best jazz gigs this week: ECM Weekend featuring Tim Berne & David Torn, Duo Gazzana and Cyminology
Swiss-born pianist Sylvie Courvoisier brings sonic explorations to the NCH and Hugh Buckley leads a Bowie tribute
The best jazz gigs this week: Pat Metheny’s first Irish concert
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Jazz: The best gigs this week
Michael Wollny is the highlight at this weekend’s Guinness Cork Jazz festival
Let’s talk about sax: this week’s must-see jazz gigs
Richie Buckley is the boss of himself, and Seán Mac Erlaine is double-jobbing this week
Going out this weekend, here’s the jazz
Cormac Larkin selects some of the best bands and events around the country
Dancing on the ceiling and swinging on the sofa: this week’s jazz gigs
This week, we look at some of the best jam and regular jazz sessions happening around the country
The best jazz gigs to catch this week
Cadillac Quartet feat David Lyttle, Daniel Rorke Trio, Ronan Guilfoyle and more
Best jazz gigs to see this week
Fireplace Dragon; Chick Corea & Béla Fleck; Tommy Halferty’s Lifetime and Joey Alexander
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