Tempus fugit, and its eight years since this stellar international trio played two blistering sets in JJs that were subsequently released as Live in Dublin on the adventurous Italian label Auand. “By turns scorching and lyrical, sweet and sour, this is a tour de force of saxophone trio playing.” is how the Sunday Tribune felt on its release. Certainly, in this instrumental format where the bar is set high, Julian Argüelles, Ronan Guilfoyle and Jim Black add something substantial to the tenor/bass/drums continuum. Whatever the occasion, English saxophonist Julian Argüelles mines a rich seam that yields music that is always creative, always personal, and his innate lyricism is contrasted here with the inspired devilment of US drummer Jim Black, that master of the unexpected. Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle is likely in his most conducive environment here, adopting the role of provocateur, cracking the rhythmic whip and not averse to dropping the occasional bomb as taste decrees. It’s intense, and fun to boot, with a free wheeling spontaneity in both groove and melody as the trio romp over standards, originals, wherever the creative appetite takes them.  

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www.julianarguelles.com

www.ronanguilfoyle.com

Admission €14   -   Doors 8pm

A third Pendulum in recent months for Ireland’s finest saxophonist in good company with the best of his own generation, playing the greatest of the songs that have reverberated through jazz and popular music over the last century. With Dublin Standard Time, Buckley has been offering a full blooded, old school blowing approach to the jazz standard, and the band winds ever tighter with each outing.  Myles Drennan on Fender Rhodes along with bassist Michael Coady and drummer Sean Carpio, Buckley takes all the sap offered by each setlist before moving on to new pastures.  This time out, they turn their attention to popular songs of the day like Too Young to Go Steady, the graceful chords of Ellington’s Black and Tan Fantasy and the open tonalities and sprightly tempo of that staple of the Davis repertoire Milestones.

Admission €10   -   Doors 8pm

Jacobsen, one of Dublin’s most exciting young drummers, has been studying in Switzerland the last two years, and you can determine for yourself ifs its been time well spent with Origami, as they conclude a short Irish tour. Formed in Lucerne in autumn 08, Origami are Jacobsen and Japan’s Keisuke Matsuno on guitar and electronics, Switzerland’s Gregor Frei on tenor sax and bass clarinet and German bassist Alex Binder.  Nothing less than an eclectic approach would fit with such diversity, and the creative impetus draws on distinct polarities from Morton Feldman to Rage against The Machine, all folded into a coherent musical edifice.

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Admission €10   -   Doors 8pm