With special guest Martin McGinley
Paul Dunlea & Scott Flanigan: Two of Ireland’s leading improvising musicians combine for a concert featuring contemporary arrangements of timeless jazz standards as well as original compositions by Paul Dunlea written during his time as Navigator Artist in Residence here at An Grianan.
Although at home in a variety of musical styles, Cork Trombonist/Composer/Arranger, Paul Dunlea concentrates primarily on Jazz and Improvisation. This has furthered his reputation as one of Ireland’s most in demand musicians.
Paul has performed/toured/recorded with the likes of Michael Bublé, Cassandra Wilson, Frankie Valli, Liam O’Maonlaoi, Mick Flannery, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Bryce Dressner (The National), Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Billy Drummond, David O’Rourke’s O’Rourkestra, Sachal Vadsandani, John Clayton, RTE Concert Orchestra, The Dublin City Jazz Orchestra, The New Irish Jazz Orchestra and The Syd Lawrence Orchestra.
Hailing from Belfast, Scott Flanigan is one of the foremost keyboard players on the Irish jazz scene. He performs regularly across the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Germany, and has recently performed with Van Morrison, the Ulster Orchestra, Larry Coryell, Jean Toussaint, Jim Mullen and Linley Hamilton. As a leader, Scott successfully tours his own contemporary piano trio, as well as a hard-swinging organ quartet. He also runs the successful Scott’s Jazz Club in East Belfast, a weekly jazz club bringing the best in Irish jazz to local audiences.
Special guest Martin McGinley will join Paul and Scott to perform a slow air associated with John Doherty, ‘Easter Snow’, to a new arrangement by Paul. Martin is one of the best-known fiddlers in Donegal and has also been teaching fiddle for many years. He has performed at concerts and festivals in Ireland, Britain, Europe and North America. He has presented television and radio programmes on traditional music on RTÉ and BBC. Recordings over the years have included the (very) early Dervish CD, ‘The Boys of Sligo’ (1989) and ‘The Fiddle Music of Donegal Volume 1’ (1996). His first solo CD, ‘Full Circle’, was released in May 2021 by Donegal fiddle organisation Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí.
