13th May 2021
Supreme contemporary jazz with David Lyttle and guests Jack Charles Kelly & The Murray Brothers
FREE / Broadcast on Thursday 13 May at 8pm on Flowerfield and Roe Valley Arts Centre Facebook pages and available thereafter on our YouTube channels.
Join us for an extraordinary night of superb homegrown contemporary jazz talent courtesy of David Lyttle with guests Jack Charles Kelly and The Murray Brothers.
Described as a ‘Northern music legend...Ireland's leading jazz musician’ by Hot Press, David began his career as a jazz drummer with legendary Irish guitarist Louis Stewart. He has gone on to be nominated for the 2015 MOBO Award for Best Jazz Act and an Urban Music Award, making Irish history for both. He has brought his projects to 25 countries and collaborated with the art world’s elite, including jazz icons Kurt Rosenwinkel and Joe Lovano, hip hop star Talib Kweli and film great Liam Neeson. Hailed by the press as one of Ireland's most significant jazz musicians today, from ‘The Independent’ to Nate Chinen of ‘The New York Times’, his most recent performance concept is 'Tapes & Drums', which features his improvised drumming alongside tape recording of human dialogue. He has created commissioned editions in New York and China and his lockdown edition features interviews with Northern Irish schoolchildren on life during Covid times.
Jack Charles Kelly
Born in Ballyclare and now based in Maghera, double bassist, composer and singer Jack Charles Kelly began performing professionally as a teenager in Belfast where he has since led several successful jazz sessions. He has received young musician awards from Moving On Music and Jazzlife Alliance and has toured with the David Lyttle Trio around Ireland. Under a recent Arts Council grant, he his currently developing his new trio featuring David and iconic Irish guitarist Mike Nielsen.
The Murray Brothers
Originally from Donegal, twin brothers Micheal and Conor Murray, saxophonist and bassist, began teaching themselves jazz in their early teens and went on to study at the Royal Scottish Conservatory in Glasgow. Since meeting David at the age of 16, they have performance around 60 dates with him. Micheal was commissioned during lockdown to produce a series of solo saxophone videos for Jazzlife Alliance and Conor, a finalist in the Scottish Young Musician of the Year, has performed in Russia and Morocco with David. The Murray Brothers will release their debut album, 'Murray's Law' in the summer.
