Nubya Garcia to Headline Bray Jazz Festival 2025

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    Festival takes place from 2 to 4 May; Vijay Iyer, Francesco Turrisi Trio, Norman and Corrie, and Aengus Hackett Trio also on the line-up.
London saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia will perform at Bray Jazz Festival as the festival’s headline act this year on Friday 2 May at Mermaid Arts Centre. The festival, now in its 24th year, is taking place from 2 to 4 May in venues across the town.
Garcia is from Camden in London, and, in her youth, was a member of the Camden Jazz Band directed by jazz pianist Nikki Yeoh before joining the junior jazz programme at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She also studied Jazz Performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and in 2020 released her debut album Source on the Concord Jazz label, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. She has performed at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, and was named Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year at the UK-based Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2021.
Her second album Odyssey, which incorporates R&B and dub influences with jazz and includes string arrangements with the Chineke! Orchestra, was released in September 2024. Her concert in Bray will be her first major concert appearance in Ireland for a number of years and will include an opening set from Irish jazz singer Christine Tobin performing with guitarist Phil Robson.
On Saturday 3 May, pianist and composer Vijay Iyer will play the headline concert at Mermaid Arts Centre, with Ronan Guilfoyle and his band Bemusement Arcade performing also. The Verneri Pohjola Quartet from Finland and pianist and composer Francesco Turrisi and his trio perform at Mermaid on 4 May.
The festival will also present concerts with Japanese koto player Mieko Miyazaki and French clarinettist and saxophonist Franck Wolf, bass player and singer Amy Gadiaga and her quartet, Pizza Jazz, Zoe Basha Sextet, guitarist Max Zaska, and pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and his trio.
The Scottish drums and saxophone duo Norman and Corrie, who reimagine traditional Scottish sounds with jazz and experimental music, are also on the line-up, as well as the Aengus Hackett Trio, the Hayley Kavanagh Quartet, trombone player Nabou Claerhout and singer Lynn Cassiers, and Norwegian bassist and singer Steinar Raknes. 
For further information and tickets, visit brayjazz.com.
from https://journalofmusic.com

Edited by snobb - 19 Feb 2025 at 12:16pm

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	Festival takes place from 2 to 4 May; Vijay Iyer, Francesco Turrisi Trio, Norman and Corrie, and Aengus Hackett Trio also on the line-up. London saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia will perform at Bray Jazz Festival as the festival’s headline act this year on Friday 2 May at Mermaid Arts Centre. The festival, now in its 24th year, is taking place from 2 to 4 May in venues across the town. Garcia is from Camden in London, and, in her youth, was a member of the Camden Jazz Band directed by jazz pianist Nikki Yeoh before joining the junior jazz programme at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She also studied Jazz Performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and in 2020 released her debut album Source on the Concord Jazz label, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. She has performed at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, and was named Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year at the UK-based Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2021. Her second album Odyssey, which incorporates R&B and dub influences with jazz and includes string arrangements with the Chineke! Orchestra, was released in September 2024. Her concert in Bray will be her first major concert appearance in Ireland for a number of years and will include an opening set from Irish jazz singer Christine Tobin performing with guitarist Phil Robson. On Saturday 3 May, pianist and composer Vijay Iyer will play the headline concert at Mermaid Arts Centre, with Ronan Guilfoyle and his band Bemusement Arcade performing also. The Verneri Pohjola Quartet from Finland and pianist and composer Francesco Turrisi and his trio perform at Mermaid on 4 May. The festival will also present concerts with Japanese koto player Mieko Miyazaki and French clarinettist and saxophonist Franck Wolf, bass player and singer Amy Gadiaga and her quartet, Pizza Jazz, Zoe Basha Sextet, guitarist Max Zaska, and pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and his trio. The Scottish drums and saxophone duo Norman and Corrie, who reimagine traditional Scottish sounds with jazz and experimental music, are also on the line-up, as well as the Aengus Hackett Trio, the Hayley Kavanagh Quartet, trombone player Nabou Claerhout and singer Lynn Cassiers, and Norwegian bassist and singer Steinar Raknes. For further information and tickets, visit brayjazz.com. from https://journalofmusic.com Edited by snobb - 19 Feb 2025 at 12:16pm