Darren Beckett Trio with George Colligan and David Redmond

Darren Beckett Trio with George Colligan and David Redmond

Thursday, 2 May 2019, 9.00pm

Darren and George will be reunited since their extensive playing and recording days in New York for the Steeplechase record label as a trio and also with artists such as Lee Konitz and Rich Perry.

They will be playing a selection of arranged standards and compositions from George. They will be joined by Ireland's premier bass player Dave Redmond.

George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, but he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist( drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher, and bandleader. Winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critic's Poll (keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette. With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including Buster Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, and many others. HIs latest album, 'Nation Divided' (Whirlwind Records) is his 30th as a bandleader. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State University.

Darren Beckett (drums) won a prestigious Bass Ireland Award as a teenager, leaving the emerald isle to study jazz in New York, where he resided for 21 years. Across his career, he has played drums everywhere from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Royal Albert Hall in London. He has performed on over 50 albums recording with notable names like Brandon Flowers, Daniel Lanois, Madeleine Peyroux Lee Konitz and Kenny Wheeler. Over the years, Darren has worked with Lauryn Hill of The Fugees, James Hunter, jazz pianist Aaron Parks Played festivals all over the world from Austin City Limits to Montreux to NH7 in India. His current main gigs today are with Brandon Flowers (The Killers), and American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux, whom he toured with for over ten years. Darren co-wrote the lead single Can't Deny My Love on Brandon Flowers' number one charting second solo album, 'The Desired Effect'. He currently teaches drums at ACM London, and has been touring the US and Europe with Indie darlings Amen Dunes this year, also spending part of the year recording in LA, Austin and New York with various artists and film composers. Darren's band Ambulance Ltd recently reformed to play some shows in New York. Darren was recently featured in Modern Drummer magazine 'On The Beat'. He is endorsed by Canopus drums, Paiste cymbals, Vic Firth Drum sticks, Aquarian Drum heads, Protection Racket Drum cases, and Reflexx pads.

Since moving to the UK in 2016 he has been a regular on the London jazz scene playing Ronnie Scott's and the 606 club, playing with Jason Rebello, Gilad Atzmon, and Alan Barnes and is active on the studio scene in London and Dublin.

Irish bassist David Redmond is best known for his collaborations with renowned Irish and International groups, and musicians including the acclaimed American pianist Bill Carrothers as part of the Kevin Brady Trio, Larry Coryell, the UK jazz vocalist Ian Shaw. He is a member of both the Phil Ware Trio and Tommy Halferty Trio. He is also a member of Yurodny (one of Irelands leading world music groups).

Doors 9pm Music 9.30-11 entry
€15 euro on the door
€12 early bird tickets from Eventbrite

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Published by Damian Evans on 13 April 2019

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