Jazz lovers locally have long been starved of top jazz on a regular basis. That is happily changing. The Good Noise who return to the Lough Inn, the Brook, in Enniskillen on Friday 31 January are at the heart of the new upsurge in interest.

The impetus is happening from the ground up thanks to the formation of this much talked-about new quartet made up of players drawn from the Enniskillen, Omagh and Belfast music scenes who meld experience and a lifetime of playing with the vitality and freshness of the next generation.

Picking up strong word of mouth and flagged up already on BBC Radio Ulster’s Jazz World and jazz blog marlbank as under-the-radar ones to look out west of the Bann The Good Noise debuted to smiles all round back in the autumn at the Lough Inn returning the following month, a well-managed old pub in Enniskillen that is undergoing an exciting renaissance tucked in along the banks of the river Erne near the West Bridge and as regulars know blessed with some of the finest acoustics in Enniskillen. The place is perfect for the intimacy and sound of jazz.

The Good Noise are named by way of homage after the step-father of bandleader guitarist Cris Gill, the Plymouth Hot Record Store owner Peter Russell who published collector’s favourite The Good Noise Jazz Book and Magazine Guide. The Kenny Burrell-loving Gill, who also plays with local blues band Sidewalk Boogie and who in recent years has gigged with boogie-woogie star pianist Ben Waters and earlier in his career with ska legend Rico and The Trojans, is joined in The Good Noise by double bassist Roni McManus also of Sidewalk Boogie who excelled on Bobby Timmons' 'Moanin'’ particularly on the band’s first ever showing where an appreciative crowd gathered for a surprise late-night set back in October.

Caolan Hutchinson on piano has a stellar technique and flair and is also to be heard performing on the burgeoning Omagh jazz scene. The Good Noise are completed by the band’s secret weapon, James Anderson, a staggeringly accomplished drummer: remember the name and who has been playing on the Belfast scene at the American Bar in Sailortown in recent months. James plays in the Tony Williams mould. (Williams was the tremendous drummer with the Second Great Miles Davis Quintet and on Dolphy classic, Out to Lunch.)

Get in early to choose a good seat to hear THE GOOD NOISE up close and in comfort locally on FRIDAY 31 JANUARY. Free entry. On stage time is 10.30pm.