We're coming up to International Jazz Day this Thurday 30th April, and we're shining a light on some of the people who create the jazz scene around Ireland! Giving us an insight into jazz and improvised music in Sligo, we chatted to Eddie Lee, bassist/composer/educator and Artistic Director of Sligo Jazz Project.
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Composer, pianist and arranger Cormac McCarthy brings to bear a background across traditional, jazz, and classical music in his music. We chatted to Cormac about his approach to improvisation ahead of his contribution to the Piece by Piece series on Friday 1st May.
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Thursday 30th April 2020 is International Jazz Day, and we want to celebrate Irish jazz! Find out how you can enjoy and celebrate Irish jazz for the day, with online content, playlists, albums and lots of other enjoyable things!
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The third link in the chain comes from Seán Mac Erlaine. Seán has been making music with woodwinds and an assortment of instruments professionally for twenty years. Usually his home studio is a play room to prepare for concerts that take him to many places around the world. For this video, he invites us in and creates a performance at home. Seán shared with us some reflections on the process of creating his work for Piece by Piece.
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IMC and Triskel come together to host a weekly sequence of online performance called Piece By Piece featuring leading Irish improvisers, which kicked off on Friday 10th April.
Each artist’s input performance will influence the next performance in this musical chain. Piece by piece, artists will create new improvised work, based on the preceding work. Improvising musicians are uniquely skilled at interpretation and spontaneous creation allowing for fresh creation of the highest calibre and a unique 'live art' experience for the Piece By Piece online audience.
We spoke to multi-talented couple saxophonist/composer/producer Nick Roth and vocalist/instrumentalist/composer Olesya Zdorovetska, who create the second link in the chain this Friday 17th April at 20:00 GMT+1.
Ahead of his online performance as the first artist in the Piece By Piece chain of new improvised works, Shane Latimer share some thoughts on music making and the current Covid-19 crisis
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IMC and the Triskel are coming together to host a sequence of unique online solo performances featuring leading Irish improvisers.
Each artist’s input performance will influence or inspire the next performance in this musical chain. Piece by piece, artists will create new improvised work, based on the preceding work, which, by its conclusion, will have dynamically reflected this strange new world we find ourselves in.
Improvising musicians are uniquely skilled at interpretation and spontaneous creation allowing for fresh creation of the highest calibre. Audiences can enjoy this new work live via IMC’s YouTube channel as well as IMC's and Triskel's social media platforms.