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We're happy to announce that 9 brand new Irish jazz projects will be displaying their wares at JJ Smyth's throughout the month of November.

The series will be called Made on Mondays and will give you the chance to sample brand spanking new jazz projects from some of the Irish jazz scene's best and brightest!

There will be new projects from Ariel Hernandez, Paul Williamson, Zoid and Caomhin O' Raghallaigh, vocalists Dorothy Murphy, Sue Rhynhart and Tuula Voutilainen and sax players Nick Roth and Cathal Roche. There will also be three new free improv trio's in the shape of Clog, Akward Silence and The Laboratory as well as projects from Sean Og and Francesco Turrisi.

Two or three acts will play each night with doors opening at 8:30pm. Admission is 10 euro.

MADE ON MONDAYS
A FRESH BATCH OF THE LATEST PROJECTS FROM THE IRISH JAZZ SCENE EVERY MONDAY THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER
Doors 8:30pm
Admission:10 euro

Monday 5th : Ariel Hernandez Trio/Savage Monkey

Jazz originals, Brazilian choros and Argentine folk tunes in an expansive trio setting with Ariel Hernandez (guitar), Francesco Turrisi (accordion) and Cormac O’Brien (bass) plus new songs by Australian trumpeter Paul Williamson that favour space and spontaneity, and performed by Francesco Turrisi (piano), Matt Jacobson (drums) and Ronan Guilfoyle (bass)


Monday 12th: Zoid vs. Caoimhin 0’Raghallaigh/Voices/Suparyse

A triple header of brand new projects including Suparyse, an improvising duo of saxophonists Cathal Roche and Nick Roth exploring concepts of colour and tone, followed by singers Dorothy Murphy, Sue Rynhart and Tuula Voutilainen introducing themes inspired by children’s songs and sacred music. To finish, an intriguing prospect in a first live encounter between two creative musicians from very different idioms, with traditional fiddler Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and electronic composer Zoid.

Monday 19th: Clog/ The Laboratory/Awkward Silence   
  
A brace of free improv trios opening with Clog, comprising Rob Casey (piano), David Lacey (percussion) and Sean Og (woodwinds), followed by the noisy warp and weave of vocalist Regan O’Brien, guitarist/sitarist Dara O’Brien and clarinetist Alex McMahon. Awkward Silence is guitarists Simon Jermyn and Shane Latimer, with the addition of two saxophones courtesy of Seán Óg and Cathal Roche plus two drummers Matt Jacobson and Shane O'Donovan, and inspired by the looping beats of Aphex Twin.

Monday 26th: Sean Og’s Oversold/Francesco Turrisi Trio

Oversold is a suite for two alto saxophones and electronics performed by Berliner Christian Weidner and  Dubliner Sean Og and is an affectionate deconstruction of the jazz tradition, aebersold playalongs and playing out of tune. Itialian pianist Francesco Turrisi makes a first foray into the durable trio format of piano, bass and drums in order to explore medieval, arabic and mediterranean melodies, joined by bassist Dan Bodwell and drummer Sean Carpio.