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Touring Ireland from Monday March 21st - Sun April 3rd Alex Mathias - Tenor/Soprano sax Leopoldo Osio - Piano Tommy Gray - Drums Dan Callaghan - Double Bass *** Change of personnel *** Darragh O'Kelly - Piano (March 21st - March 23rd) Myles Drennan - Piano (March 24th - April 3rd) Livenote Jazz Sessions Nov 11th 2010 => Download the Press Release as a PDF, TEXT or WORD document Download Alex Mathias plays John Coltrane jpg |
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Tour Dates 2011 Monday March 21st: Phil Grimes, 60 Johnstown Road, Waterford Doors 8:30pm / Start 9pm. €12/€10 Concessions Tuesday March 22nd: Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St., Cork Doors 11pm / Start 12am. Free. www.cranelanetheatre.com Wednesday March 23rd: Dolans, Limerick Doors 8:30pm | 9:00pm. €13 / €10 Concessions. www.limerickjazz.com Thursday March 24th: The Crane Bar, 2 Sea Road, Galway Doors 9pm / Start 9:30pm. €15/€12.50 Concessions. www.cranebar.com Friday March 25th: Westport Country Lodge Hotel, Aughagower, Westport, Mayo Doors 8:30pm / Start 9pm. €12/€10 Concessions. Saturday March 26th: Tobergal Lane Café, Tobergal Lane, Sligo Doors 9pm / Start 9:30pm. €10/€12 www.tobegergallanecafe.com Wednesday March 30th: Sandinos Cafe Bar, Derry Doors 7:30pm | Start 8pm. Price £8/£6 Concessions. www.sandinos.com Thursday March 31st: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Antrim Doors 8pm. £11.50/£9.50 http://www.islandartscentre.com/ Friday April 1st: Down Arts Centre, Down 8.00pm, The Lodge, Castlewellan. £10 / £8 http://www.downartscentre.com/ Coltrane was the one of the most influential saxophonists in the history of jazz. He had a prolific yet short career (due his untimely death at the age of 40 in 1967), recording on over 100 albums and was at the forefront of almost every movement in jazz from the 50’s to the late 60’s – bebop, hardbop, modal and free jazz.
Alex Mathias and his fine group of young musicians capture the essence of Coltrane's music and style, taking the audience through the different stages of his career as a leader. Starting the show with some of Coltrane's most recognisable hardbop compositions from his early albums like 'Blue Train' they then move on to the music from 'My Favorite Things' and 'Giant Steps' putting a unique stamp on Coltrane's compositions and arrangements of standards. Mathias talks briefly between tunes about the saxophonists career giving an overview of Coltrane's spiritual and musical discoveries he made on the way. The latter part of the show encompasses many of the 'classic quartet' tunes from later albums with Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrison (double bass) and McCoy Tyner (piano) such as 'A Love Supreme' and 'Crescent' in which Coltrane used modal jazz concepts and truly allowed his spirituality to shine through. Presented by Livenote Productions. www.livenote.ie |
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