The best jazz events this week

Dirty Jazz Club returns to Dublin while the Guilfoyle/Nielsen Trio plays in Derry bar

Aleka: Person I Knew review – Romanian singer recruits who’s-who for fine debut

The Dublin-based vocalist displays courage, confidence and technical skill

‘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: BAN BAM festival highlights women artists

Vibraphonist sampled by Kanye, Mulatu Astatke, graces the Sugar Club

The best jazz gigs to see this week

Live jazz highlights from across the country

The best jazz gigs to catch this week

Cadillac Quartet feat David Lyttle, Daniel Rorke Trio, Ronan Guilfoyle and more

Jazz degree strikes a chord with students

Newpark Music Centre' s respected jazz programme, which offers a rich and broad musical education, will transfer to DCU in September

Improvised Music Company: Giving structure to Irish jazz

Since 1991, IMC has helped promote jazz and bring European musicians together

Lauren Kinsella: 'Improvisation is the key to life'

Shrieks, yelps and clicks are part of the Irish woman’s repertoire of improvisation

Magnus Öström: ‘It’s stupid to be a drummer and have your own band’

After his friend and EST bandmate Esbjörn Svensson died in 2008, Öström stopped playing music. Three solo albums later, he is getting used to being a frontman

Going Out: The best of what’s on this weekend

A round-up of the best nights out across the country, inicluding gigs by Little Green Cars, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Mmoths and more

How David Liebman got the keys to the jazz kingdom

As a teenager, Liebman saw Coltrane play and was hooked. More than 50 years on, the saxophonist and jazz evangelist can’t believe that he rose to fill the shoes of his idol

All that jazz? Cork festival’s programme divides fans

Debate over Guinness Jazz Festival’s definition of the genre becomes an argument

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