Bray Jazz Festival
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Bray Jazz Festival is an international jazz music festival event that takes place in Bray, Ireland, on the May bank holiday weekend of each year. The festival was established in 2000 with part-funding from Ireland's National Millennium Fund, and has featured leading name jazz and world musicians from Ireland and abroad.[1]
Bray Jazz Festival has featured concerts by such acclaimed international artists as the legendary Chicago pianist and composer Andrew Hill, French/Vietnamese guitarist Nguyen Le, by French bass legend Henry Texier, US saxophonist Steve Coleman, and Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko.
The festival is now one of the main cultural highlights on Ireland's jazz calendar, and has been described by The Irish Times as 'the connoisseurs jazz festival'.
Bray Jazz 2007 presented concerts by the celebrated American trumpeter Dave Douglas,whoseKeystone band presented original music inspired by the work of early Hollywood actor and comedian Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and by the French clarinet player Louis Sclavis.
'Moonshine', a Dave Douglas and Keystone album based upon recordings of their show at Bray Jazz Festival was released in December 2007.
Bray Jazz Festival returned on the May Bank Holiday 2008, and featured performances by 'Mare Nostrum', a group featuring French accordion player Richard Galliano, Swedish pianist Jan Lundgren and Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu, as well as concerts with Maceo Parker, long time saxophone player with the late James Brown, by France's Orchestra National de Jazz and by artists from China, Denmark, Italy, Cape Verde, Brazil, Cuba and Great Britain.
