Down With Jazz at The Grand Social

DOWN WITH JAZZ
10-11th June
The Grand Social

Down With Jazz, Dublin’s annual festival of ‘filthy foreign rhythms & divilish beats’ moves across the Liffey and into The Grand Social for it’s 6th edition on 10th-11th June with a shameless line-up of jazzy grooves.

Way back in 1917 the very first shellac jazz record was cut by a New Orleans quintet called The Original Dixieland Jass Band. It also marked the birth of the undisputed First Lady of Jazz, Ms Ella Fitzgerald. Jaysus, not another bleedin’ centenary says you!

Fast forward one hundred years and there is plenty to celebrate in our diverse Irish jazz scene, with Down With Jazz bent on “reimagining mainstream jazz and bringing everyone together for a hell of a good time.” - All About Jazz...

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DOWN WITH JAZZ
10-11th June
The Grand Social

Down With Jazz, Dublin’s annual festival of ‘filthy foreign rhythms & divilish beats’ moves across the Liffey and into The Grand Social for it’s 6th edition on 10th-11th June with a shameless line-up of jazzy grooves.

Way back in 1917 the very first shellac jazz record was cut by a New Orleans quintet called The Original Dixieland Jass Band. It also marked the birth of the undisputed First Lady of Jazz, Ms Ella Fitzgerald. Jaysus, not another bleedin’ centenary says you!

Fast forward one hundred years and there is plenty to celebrate in our diverse Irish jazz scene, with Down With Jazz bent on “reimagining mainstream jazz and bringing everyone together for a hell of a good time.” - All About Jazz


Saturday 10th June // Doors 7:30pm

Jazz Lab jam session

Ríona Sally Hartman’s FÓD
Joyous, uptempo song cycles with West African and Brazilian influences.

Gamerz with Kit Downes
Top notch jazz quartet blending tradition with an expansive modern aesthetic.

BigSpoon
The Irish act representing at 12 Points 2017 in Denmark! Enjoy a taste of Ireland's leading improvisers and electro-sonic explorers.

Booka Brass Band
Everyone’s favourite horn wielders playing New Orleans inspired ‘urban brass’.

Robocobra Quartet
Mining influences from jazz, hardcore punk and contemporary classical music

We Three Kings
DJ trio specialising in jazz, hip-hop, funk and South American beats.


Sunday 11th June // Doors 4pm

An Nóta Gorm’s DJ Billy O hAnluin

Stella sings Ella, with Hugh Buckley
A tribute to the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald

Honor Heffernan ‘The Whistling Girl’
A dark and dirty cabaret inspired by the work of Dorothy Parker

Paul Dunlea Septet
Trombonist and composer Paul Dunlea rounds up some of Ireland’s finest improvising musicians.


TICKETS www.eventbrite.ie
Weekend €25 / Daily €15
More Info www.improvisedmusic.ie

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