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Norbert
who played at last years Festival with the"Street Rats" is back this
year with his own quartett. Micheal Schwarz ( Guitar ) Wolfgang
Klinger ( Contra Bass ) Ingo Schmidinger ( Drums ) and of
course Norbert on Sax. All are brilliant musicians and have played
their unique brand of fun Jazz on stages in Germany, Switzerland,
Austria, France Spain and Argentina. Norbert who's solo's are always
exciting and distinctive is sure to be a
crowd
puller.
Snack
is a new formation and features Ralf Goeldner ( drums and percussion
). Ralf has produced 3 CDs And has worked on 28 CDs for other
musicians. He has also worked on many theatre productions such as
Evita, Faust and the Little Shop Of Horrors. In 2006 he aws solo
percussionist at the World Cup Overture video production with the
Frankfurt Radio Band in Frankfurt Germany.
Other Members of the band
are Diego Iriarate and saxaphonist
Jan Beiling who toured Europe for Yamaha after winning The
Yamaha band explosion
Cork Based Composer / Bassist Martin
Vallely has released two CDs of his own compositions in the
last two years and has been wowing audiences in Germany, Holland ,
France and Switzerland as well as impressive performances at the
Cork Jazz Festival in 2006 / 2007. Martins writing prowess coupled
with his band of excellent musicians marks him out as one to watch
on the international music
scene.
Julia
Farino sings compelling standards such as Whichcraft, Nature boy and
Always True To You In my Fashion. Julia remains true to the essence
of the songs with her unadulterated vocals but reinvents them
for the 21st century with her independent spirit.
Willie
Garnet, the sax player has worked with almost every major
jazz musician both in the UK
and in the USA, from Ben Webster to
the Charlie Watts Orchestra.
Dave Moses ( double Bass ) is an ex
member of Fairport Convention.
John
Gibbon ( Drums ) is an icon of the Welsh jazz scene and has worked
with musicians such
as the famous Ronnie Scott and Georgie
Fame
Karl
Heinz Nagel ( piano ), Joe Schulz ( drums ) and Rolf Cetto ( bass )
are back again this year. They have played together for 25 years and
in 2006 were awarded with the prestigious Hochenheimer jazz prize.
all three are recognised music teachers and play regularly as studio
musicians for film and television.
Joe Davidian is a pianist of
the highest caliber. His sense of swing, rhythmic interest and
melodic interpretation rank him among the greatest jazz pianists
of the day. Bill Barton of Seven Days writes, “Young
pianist Joe Davidian…is already developing a reputation as one of
the most promising new talents.” And of the Joe Davidian Trio, A.C.
Hutchinson of The Times
Argus writes, “It’s difficult to
imagine a trio, famous or obscure, old or young, that sounds
better…” The trio performs jazz standards as well as originals
composed by each band member, shadowing the trio models of pianists
Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Oscar Peterson. Joe comments, “My
concept for the group is to promote the highest level of interaction
through attentive listening in every moment. No single trio member
should contribute more than one-third to the musical whole.” JD3
sets itself apart from other trios by focusing on space, swing and
melodic integrity.
Note from the Festival
organiser:
"I first came across
Joe Davidian six months ago when he e-mailed me from America. I
visited his website josephdavidian.com and was
blown away by the sheer talent of this pianist. That journalists compare
Joe Davidian with Oscar Peterson is no understatment. Six months, many e-mails and
phone calls across the atlantic later I feel that Joe has
almost become a friend."
Joe is coming from the
USA for one concert only at the Festival and tickets will be limited
to 200 . Tickets cost € 15.00 and will include
complementary cheese
and
wine.
Tickets can be ordered by e-mail from jfagan@ballydehobjazzfestival.com
Norbert
Rettenmaier
Quartet / Germany
Samuel Hudson
Quartet
UK / Ireland
Samuel Hudson
Quartet, featuring the new line up of
Karl Penny ( Drums ),
Johnny Tomlinson ( Piano )
Darren Mc Carthy
( Bass ) and Samuel Hudson ( Sax)
all the musicians have
Performed together on various
projects and are established
in their own right.
Karl Penny, originally from West Cork is an
important player in the Liverpool scene. Johnny Tomlinson is a
highly sought after accompanist and band leader
working throughout the UK.
Darren
Mc Carthy and Samuel Hunson are originally from West Cork, they are
now living and performing in the diverse Berlin scene. Expect
contemporary jazz with a hard edge.
The
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contest in Tokyo. Jan has also played
with Percy Sledge, Robert Palmer, Jermaine Jackson, and Tom
Jones.
The Pianist is Andre Likhanov who studied music in St.
Petersburg, Russia and Frankfurt, Germany and has played with the
New Frankfurt Philharmonic Orchestra. He also played with
Supertramp's Roger Hodgson, Candy Dulfer
and Ron
Williams
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Dan Moriyama
Trio
In
the last ten years Dan has worked in a wide variety of musical
arenas including performing session work for TV shows
including Fame Academy and X Factor, and working on the London
jazz scene with many diverse bands and musicians, most recently with
jazz/tango band Tango Siempre. Dan is joined by two great musicians, Tom
Herbert (bass) and Pat Levett (drums). Tom is one of the most
in-demand bass players in London.
Pat is one of London's top drummers and works with leading UK
saxophonist Mark Lockheart amongst others as well as leading his own
band The Coalminers, playing the New Orleans music of Allen
Toussaint and Dr John.
Dan Moriyama took up the piano at
the
age of 5.
Three years later he won the
top scholarship to study music
at Wells Cathedral School in
Somerset and at 15 reached the televised semi-finals of BBC Young
Musician of the Year. In 1994 he embarked on a new joint jazz/classical
degree course at the Guildhall School of Music in London
and won the Spencer Boney Memorial Prize for contemporary piano
performance before graduating in 1998.
Martin
Vallely Quartet
Holland / Ireland
Manu
and his latino House is a showcase of talanted international
musicians who have
joined Manu Ramirez, a Guatemalan composer /
performer extraordinaiere to make an exciting, innovative and tasty
Latin - Dance fusion with Afro- Caribbean influences.
They have a
unique following and have played
at the Temple Bar Music
Centre, the Irish
Film Centre and were one of the main
attractions at The Dun Laoghaire Festival of Cultures which was
broadcast on RTE 2.
"Manu and his Latino House" is a show
that
reflects
the vibrancy of Latin-American music, jazz, traditional, modern and
origional.
Latino House is a fiesta for the body , mind and
spirit.
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2nd-5th May
2008
