Ireland has recently seen the launch of 4 FM a brand new multi-city radio station, broadcasting to counties Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Clare. Among the DJs lined up to present their varied schedule, aimed at the over forties, is Allen Smith, the man behind Jazz on the Terrace and this website (and my father!). You can hear Allen play an eclectic selection of Jazz every Wednesday from 9pm til 10pm. Continuing his role as a promoter and supporter of Irish jazz talent you can expect to hear many new and familiar Irish musicians alongside their international peers on Allen's show.

This Wednesday's show celebrates the launch of 4 FM and Jazz on Four by focusing on the number four and multiples and divisions of it. You can expect to hear among others the Count Basie Orchestra, Tommy Halferty and Mike Nielsen, Chet Baker and Blossom Dearie. The track list also includes a song composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Did I mention eclectic? So tune in on Wednesday 4th March at 9pm, sit back, and enjoy!

The full playlist will be posted here after each show and will include all the usual details and track length, album, composers and labels. A treasure trove for any music fan!

You can listen on 94 or 104 FM in the counties mentioned above (click here to check the exact frequency for your area). Online broadcast will be coming soon and all programmes will be available online to listen to again for seven days after broadcast.

Allen would like to take this opportunity to wish all his fellow presenters and the team and management of 4 FM all the best in their exciting, new endeavour.

Labels: "4 fm", dj, media, presenting, radio

If the plans of the social media bird behind Jazz on the Terrace come to fruition and Allen starts to share the wealth of his knowledge about jazz with you on this blog. the latest service I have added will be a must have. To the left you will see a box. Enter your email address and you will receive updates by email every time Allen posts about upcoming gigs, the latest records to which he is listening, anecdotes about the many and varied artists that he has met over his years promoting jazz in Ireland. He might even share his extra special Cork Jazz Festival timetable with you next year. So subscribe now and never miss a beat!

Alternatively if you think email is like the technology equivalent of Dixieland and you've moved beyond to using a reader to keep track of your favourite sites, well then you can subscribe here too.

Labels: contact, information, Jazz, subscribe

David Berkman's Ameiresco Sextet

Labels: AMEIRESCO Sextet

Monaghan, Bray, Port Laoise, Cork, Limerick, Blanchardstown, Tipperary
November 20th - 28th 2008

More details to follow.

Labels: Jazz, new york, piano, tour

Jazz on the Terrace celebrates 25 years of bringing Irish and International Jazz to Ireland with a 4 day Festival of new and old, Irish and International vocalists and instrumentalists in the exciting new Jazz venue Bleu Note, 61-63 Capel Street, Dublin 1

The Festival kicks off at 8.30 on Thursday 19th April with the Ivan Paduart Trio and Richie Buckley and closes, 18 concerts later, at midnight on Sunday 22nd, with the French trombonist Vincent Renaudineau and the Dave Lytle Trio.

Artists include Italian vocalist Maria Pia de Vito, the Alboran Trio from Milan, Mihaly Borbely the Hugarian alto saxophonist, Ellister van der Molen the young Dutch trumpet player, with Irish stars Michael Buckley, Ronan Guilfoyle, Tommy Halferty, Karl Rooney, Louis Stewart, the Greg Felton Trio, the Justin Carroll Trio, Yurodny and the Hugh Buckley Quintet. Vocalists include Sue Richardson, the English singer-trumpeter and Helena Jessie returning for her first ever performance in her native Dublin.

JAZZFEST continues the Jazz on the Terrace tradition of having Irish and International artists perform together offering audiences a cornucopia of all that's best on the Jazz scene.

See separate listings for each day's concerts
(please note it is in reverse order Sun 22nd - Thurs 19th)

Sunday 22 April

1.00pm Upstairs
Tickets €5

Sunday Brunch Concert
Blaise Smith (pno & kybds), Brian Wynne (sax, fl), Tom Harte (gtr), Abigail Smith (vocals, viola, kybds), Grattan Smith (bass gtr, vocals), Niall O'Neill (bass), Arron Faye (electronic percussion), Cricky (visual effects), Cormac Larkin (drms)





5.00pm Upstairs
Tickets €10

Alboran Trio
Paolo Paliaga (pno), Dino Contenti (bass), Gigi Biolcati (drums) with Tommy Halferty (gtr)









8.30pm Downstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!


Mihaly Borbely (saxes, tarogato and flutes) with the Halferty/Guilfoyle Trio
Tommy Halferty (gtr), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass gtr), Conor Guilfoyle (drms)






9.00pm Upstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!

Three Voices
Sue Brady (vcls), Jenna Harris (vcls), Abigail Smith (vcls) with
Shane Latimer (gtr), Derek Whyte (dble bass), Phil MacMullan (drms)







11.30pm Upstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!

Alboran Trio
Paolo Paliaga (pno), Dino Contenti (bass), Gigi Biolcati (drums) with Michael Buckley (tenor and soprano sax, flute)











12.00am Downstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!

Vincent Renaudineau (trb) with The Dave Lytle Trio: Mark McKnight (gtr), Dave Fleming (dble bass), David Lytle (drms)

Labels: Jazz on the Terrace 25th Anniversary

Sat 21 April
1.00pm Upstairs Tickets €5

Ivan Paduart (pno) with Joe O'Callaghan (gtr), Simon Jermyn (bass gtr), and Matt Jacobson (drums)





5.00pm Upstairs Tickets €10



Maria Pia de Vito (vcls), Francesco Turrisi (pno), Mike Nielsen (Gtrs) and Ronan Guilfoyle (bass)









5.30pm Downstairs Tickets €15 includes entrance to all 3 of this evening's gigs!




Ellister van der Molen (tmpt) with the Greg Felton Trio, Greg Felton(kybds), Cormac O'Brien (dble bass), and Kevin Brady (drms)




9.00pm Downstairs Tickets €15 includes entrance to all 3 evening gigs!

Helena Jessie (vcls), Toby Nowell(tmpt) ith the Justin Carroll Trio Justin Carroll (kybds), Dave Redmond (dble bass), Shane O'Donovan (drms)






12.00am Downstairs Tickets €15 includes entrance to all 3 evening gigs!

Hugh Buckley Quintet. Linley Hamilton (tpt), Derek O'Connor (alto sax), Hugh Buckley (gtr), Dave Fleming (dble bass) and Joost van Schaik (drms)

Labels: Jazz on the Terrace 25th Anniversary

posted by jazzontheterrace  # 3:16 PM

Friday 20 April
5.30pm Downstairs
Tickets €15 includes entrance to all 3 of this evening's gigs!

Karl Rooney Quartet
Karl Rooney (tnr sax), Myles Drennan (kybds), Sam Gerstmans (dble bass), Joost van Schaik (drums)



9.00pm Downstairs
Tickets €15 includes entrance to all 3 of this evening's gigs!


Mihaly Borbely (saxophones) with Yurodny- Nick Roth (saxophones), Colm O'Hara (trombone), Dave Redmond (dble bass), Francesco Turrisi (percussion), and Phil MacMullan (drms)





12.00am Downstairs
Tickets €15 includes entrance to all 3 of this evening's gigs!

Sue Richardson (vcls and tpt), Neal Richardson(kybds), Andrew Csibi (bass), Joost von Schaik (drms)

Labels: Jazz on the Terrace 25th Anniversary

JAZZFEST in the Bleu Note Capel Street from April 19th to 22nd, celebrating 25 years of Jazz on the Terrace.



Thurs 19th April

8.30pm Upstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!



Ivan Paduart Trio with Richie Buckley
Ivan Paduart (piano), Sam Gerstmans (dble bass), Conor Guilfoyle (drums) with Richie Buckley (tenor saxophone)


9.00pm Downstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!

Louis Stewart Quartet
Louis Stewart (guitar), Colm O'Sullivan (flute), Dave Redmond (dble bass), Dave Lytle (drums)


11.30pm Upstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!


Ivan Paduart (piano) with Sam Gerstmans (dble bass) and Mike Nielsen (guitar)



12.00am Downstairs
Tickets €20 includes entrance to all 4 of this evening's gigs!


Dublin Jazz Collective
Brian Wynne (sax), Tom Harte (gtr), Blaise Smith (pno), Tom Prior (dble bass), Cormac Larkin (drums) with
Ellister van der Molen (trumpet) and Vincent Renaudineau (trombone)

Labels: Jazz on the Terrace 25th Anniversary

This album produced by Jazz on the Terrace and performed by OldSquareLines (Seán Óg - soprano/alto/tenor saxophones, Daniel Jacobson - guitar, Greg Felton - piano, Dave Redmond - bass, Sean Carpio - drums) is available to buy from Seán Óg's website.

"Their pieces are highly original, creative, packed with incident and show a determination to avoid any hint of the clichéd or the safe." - The Irish Times.

Samples available on Seán Óg's site for your listening pleasure. EUR15 inc. P&P