The Phil Ware Trio featuring Peter Bernstein at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival at Triskel Christchurch

Dynamic pianist Phil Ware launches a six month residency at Triskel with today’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival performance. Over the coming period he will curate a superb programme of piano led jazz and will be featuring many overseas guests.

Phil opens his curatorship by welcoming guitarist Peter Bernstein as his special guest. Peter is one of the US guitar greats, playing with his own groups and starring with Lou Donaldson, Sonny Rollins, Joshua Redman and many more. As a leader he has released nine albums and is on over 90 recordings – a stunning artist and always a welcome Cork visitor....

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Dynamic pianist Phil Ware launches a six month residency at Triskel with today’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival performance. Over the coming period he will curate a superb programme of piano led jazz and will be featuring many overseas guests.

Phil opens his curatorship by welcoming guitarist Peter Bernstein as his special guest. Peter is one of the US guitar greats, playing with his own groups and starring with Lou Donaldson, Sonny Rollins, Joshua Redman and many more. As a leader he has released nine albums and is on over 90 recordings – a stunning artist and always a welcome Cork visitor.

The rude health of the piano trio worldwide belies the notion that the creative seam of acoustic piano, bass and drums has been mined to exhaustion.

Described by The Irish Times as a textbook example of the ongoing vitality of the tradition, Phil Ware’s group has set a new benchmark for the piano trio in Ireland.

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