A Triple Bill to relish on our Saturday Night Festival Night!

Michael Buckley and Mike Nielsen
Michael Buckley: Saxophone
Mike Nielsen: Guitar

Two stalwarts of the Irish jazz scene, Michael Buckley and Mike Nielsen have performed with a who’s who of Irish and international jazz and pop greats over the years including the Mingus Big Band, Mary Coughlan, Glen Hansard, Larry Coryell, Dave Liebman. Buckley’s House of Horns has gained legendary status on the Irish music scene, while Mike Nielsen is one of the music’s most respected educators and performers.

Tonight they renew their relish for duo performance in a specially recorded set for Sligo Jazz 21.

Snowpoet
Specially recorded in London for Sligo Jazz ‘21.
A band built around the coveted skills of award winning Irish vocalist Lauren Kinsella and producer Chris Hyson, Snowpoet formed in London in 2013 with a passion for song writing and a desire to celebrate the common ground between modern folk, sung poetry and ambient electronica. Their music has been described as “beautiful” (BBC Radio 2) with “elusive beauty and penetrating lyrics” (Irish Times)

Their 2016 debut, entitled Snowpoet released to critical acclaim drawing comparisons to artists such as Bjork and Olaf Arnalds while citing influences as diverse as Joni Mitchell and Ravel. Their follow up album released on Edition Records in 2018 entitled Thought You Knew featured on National Public Radio (USA) as one of the best albums of 2018 and was heralded as an album that “opposed clíches in every possible direction” (Forfolksake). Wait For Me (2021) their latest release on Edition Records was recorded during lockdown and brings together their new songs with a continued creative originality and expressiveness.
They continue to sell out shows in cities such as London, Dublin and Birmingham with their original and heartfelt music growing their fanbase through live and digital presence.

PAUL FROST’S MUSIC OF MINGUS
at the Hawks Well Theatre

To wrap up a brilliant and varied Saturday night’s music line up, look no further than Cork trombonist and bandleader Paul Frost who leads an all-star group of Irish Jazz musicians in a fiery tribute to one of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus. Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. The New Yorker wrote: “For sheer melodic and rhythmic and structural originality, his compositions may equal anything written in western music in the twentieth century.”
Among the musicians Frost has brought together to give voice to Mingus tonight is saxophonist Michael Buckley who himself has toured with the mighty and legendary Mingus Big Band.

Paul Frost: Trombone /arrangements
Michael Buckley: Tenor sax
Linley Hamilton: Trumpet
Ciarán Wilde: Alto/Baritone sax
Greg Felton: piano
Barry O’Donoghue: double bass
Shane O’Donovan: drums