The Fireflies are one of Ireland's first Klezmer bands, featuring Fiona Ashley on clarinet, Ruti Lachs on piano accordion, Fred on bass guitar and Billy Spoonsberg on drums. Formed in 2003, and constantly evolving, they have performed their lively, infectious mix of Klezmer, Gypsy, and assorted folk  styles in numerous venues around Ireland.
 



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  BALLYDEHOB

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL,

Co. CORK, IRELAND

2nd-5th May 2008

In association with BT Ireland

Festival  Line Up

Karl Heinz Nagel Trio
Germany

 

Joe Davidian Trio
USA.

 

Multicultural as well as talented the Swing Street Band met while busking on the streets of Cork and found a common passion in the sounds of ragtime, and boogie.
With an exiting combination of  Jazz, blues and boogie they are high energy entertainers and some of the best musicians around . Always striving to keep their material as genuine as possible

this band brings back to life a southern atmosphere like no other.

 
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














Swing Street Band
Ireland












































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 Fireflies


 

The Snack Band / Germany  

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
 






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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Manu and his Latino House

Julia Farino and Willie Garnet
Band /
UK.

Phil Mead ( piano ) has been with Julia since they played at the Riverfront Jazz
Festival in London in 2001 is considered one of the best pianists in the jazz scene.