Official Programme for Sligo Jazz Festival 2017, which takes place from July 25-30.
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Sligo Jazz Project
SJP 2017 will take place 25-30 July 2017…
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Education
Summer School
Sligo International Jazz Summer School is a 6 day event (July 25-30, 2017) featuring workshops, masterclasses and jam sessions with some of the world’s finest jazz educators and musicians.
World Class Music
Jazz Festival
Previous festival acts have included Mike Stern/ Victor Wooten Band, Dhafer Youssef, Kenny Werner, Avishai Cohen, Yellowjackets, Christian Scott, The Bad Plus and many more.
Quality Sessions
Powerful Performances
Sligo Jazz Festival also features quality pub/hotel/cafe sessions with the best of Irish and international jazz acts, plus jam sessions featuring summer school participants and tutors alike.
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Programme Sligo Jazz Festival 2017
Festival Launch Session with David Lyttle & friends
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine, MOBO and Urban Music Award nominated David Lyttle shifts seamlessly between the personas of jazz drummer, recording artist, composer, producer and record label owner. David will be joined by UK guitarist Mike Walker and Russian bassist Anton Davidyants.
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Ladies Night
Sensational songstress and pianist, Liane Carroll is joined by four phenomenal artists on this very special gig. A rare opportunity to hear some of the best female jazz performers on the planet; Liane Carroll, Sara Colman, Emilia Martensson, Meilana Gillard and Shannon Barnett.
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Kieran Quinn’s Theme Night 18 – Rat Pack & Big Band Classics
Kieran Quinn has presented seventeen sensational themed nights across many musical genres in Sligo over the past number of years. His knack of getting the best out of Sligo’s musical community is unquestionable. In this very special concert, Hawk’s Well Theatre, SJP and Kieran Quinn join this wealth of local talent with SJP faculty members, all of them seasoned international performers, to create another epic night to remember!
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Sailing To Byzantium - Christine Tobin
Sligo Jazz Project, Hawk’s Well Theatre and the Yeats International Summer School join to present a celebration of W. B. Yeats in words and music from Christine Tobin, Irish singer-songwriter, composer and award winning jazz vocalist. ‘Sailing To Byzantium’ is a collection beautiful settings of 12 poems by W.B Yeats.
SJP ALL STARS 2017
Our leading lady, Liane Carroll and Artist-in-Residence, Soweto Kinch combine to lead our biggest summer school teaching faculty ever. They have to find a way to squeeze 22 musicians on one stage for an eclectic programme of duos, trios and larger ensembles.
Double Bill – Soweto Kinch and Virgil Donati
Soweto Kinch saxophone and voice, with David Lyttle, drums and John Goldsby, bass
Virgil Donati's Fusion Jam drums, with Anton Davidyants, electric bass, Steve Hamilton, keyboards and special guest Mike Walker, guitar, Mike Nielsen, guitar
International Jazz Summer School
International Jazz Summer School is workshops, masterclasses and jam sessions featuring some of the world’s finest jazz educators and musicians.
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We use our constant fundraising drives to keep our events affordable and inclusive so that musicians of all backgrounds, ages and walks of life can have an opportunity to improve themselves.
Our annual summer school has grown to become one of Europe’s most important and inspiring jazz education events. The accompanying festival is a unique mixture of concerts, featuring the members of the summer school faculty and guest acts. Our summer school faculty has included the cream of Irish jazz musicians and international luminaries such as Rufus Reid (USA), Ernie Watts (USA), Paul Clarvis (UK), Adam Nussbaum (UK), Steve Rodby (USA), John Riley (USA), Paul Wertico (USA), Michael Manring (USA), Jean Toussaint (USA/UK), Janek Gwizdala (USA), Liane Carroll (UK), Jamie Oehlers (Australia), Ulf Wakenius (Sweden), Andreas Oberg (Sweden), Anita Wardell (UK), Dominique DiPiazza (France), Norma Winstone (UK), John Taylor (UK), Cleveland Watkiss (UK) and many more.
Learn moreWhat the Participants Thought?
“What a delightful, colourful week, full of character, classless, ageless, bounding with joy and spirit and good humour….connecting, encouraging self-expression, interaction… opening doors that maybe some thought would forever remain closed, and others didn’t even know were shut tight”
“I am still more and more aware of the true purpose of the music and the people who play it: to heal and unite the planet”
“You can have the faculty giving you masterclasses in the morning, eating lunch with you, go to their concerts, they play with you in the jam sessions, so its really inclusive, and its just a very feelgood vibe. Come to Sligo Jazz, its worth whatever it takes to get here”
