Party: Bright Side Festival Closing Party: Brian Priestley Quartet

Party: Bright Side Festival Closing Party: Brian Priestley Quartet

BRIAN PRIESTLEY QUARTET

A veteran of the London scene recently relocated to Ireland, jazz pianist Brian Priestley led his own groups since the 1970s and also has a reputation as solo pianist, appearing as such at the 2007 Guinness Jazz Festival in Cork. He’s arranged for Humphrey Lyttelton and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra and his books of piano transcriptions included over 50 different pianists. His work as an author, journalist, broadcaster and educator have not diminished his love of playing. Brian is a regular tutor on Sligo Jazz Project's international summer school. He has lectured on jazz history and has written a Charlie Parker Biography called “Chasing the Bird”. He is a regular contributor to Jazzwise, the UK’s premier jazz magazine. Brian presents a weekly one-hour slot on Radio Kerry called That’s Jazz, Wednesdays 9pm-10pm, 96-98FM broadcast live on the web www.radiokerry.ie

Brian's quartet features the leader of the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra, Ciaran Wilde on saxophone and clarinet, Northern Irish drummer and composer David Lyttle and bassist Eddie Lee. The repertoire ranges from swing classics to modern cool jazz, with an original or two thrown in.

Invited: Michael Caheny, Tommy Weir, Jack Cawley, Laurborg Hunt, Carolanne Nandita Rushe, Nichola MacEvilly, Annie West, Ita Callagy, Amy O'Hara, Peter Crann, Kitty La Wintour, Fiachra Cunningham, Peter Martin, Paul Cunningham, Jane Milligan, Sandra Balfe, Conor Lynch, Leslie Jones, Collette Sheerin, Leonie Cornelius, Oliver Alcorn, Nicola Gillespie, Tara McGowan, Mark Willis, Aileen Concannon, Pinja Koskinen, Michael Gormley, Robert Cullen, Tom O Steve, Jim Meehan, Val Robus, Sid Rainey, Cían Coyne, Vincent Sweeney, Simon Hunt, QueenBee Michele Feeney, James Connolly, Brendan Tierney, Charlie Long, Arden Reilly, Maev Gallagher, Cathy Quinlan, Alison Pilkington, Willie Kelly, Anthony Mannion, Tina Brooks, Marina Geoghegan, Jane Tansey, Kiefer Moriarty-Short, Muireann Harkin, Tracy Brooks, Diarmuid O'Flaherty, Romana Hochmannová, Colin Gillen, David O'Hara, Barry Cullen, Barry McKinney, Harry Gavin, Ciaran Adams, Shane Donnelly, Niamh Devaney, Joseph P Hunt, Brian F. Devaney, Cormac O'Leary, Ken McDonald, Keith Marshall, Paul O Donnell, Geraldine Maxwell, Jane Kent, Vanessa Scanlon, Tommy Higgins, Dickon Whitehead, Martina Hamilton, Heidi O'Donnell, Niall Mc Cole, Hugh Feely, Seamie O'Dowd, Eileen Gillen, Kevin Noone, Joe Harte, Anna Biskit, Ger Bro Guerilla, Julie Potter, Ann Marie Britton, Donagh McSharry, O Connor Wayne, Carrie Hughes, Lucy Robus, Minnie Hues, Leon Mooney, Jean-Marie Perinetti, Eve MacSearraigh, Viktorija Monstvilaite, Christy Behan, Liam Stewart, Ciaran McCauley, Ray Duffy, Glenn Garrett, Emma Stroude, Sandy Kelly show more »