Chris Guilfoyle's Pathways Trio at The Cooler @ The Complex

Leading Irish guitarist Chris Guilfoyle debuts his newest project in Ireland with two of the most in demand young jazz musicians in Europe - Lukas Traxel (Marie Krutli Trio, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Paul Bollenbeck) on Bass and Mortiz Baumgartner (Lizbeth Quartet, Melt Trio, Tau 5) on drums.

Improvised Music Company is proud to present Chris Guilfoyle’s new pan-European Trio ‘Pathways’, an international collaboration project, pulling in two top-class young European jazz musicians on a journey which explores musical roots and influences. Bassist Lukas Traxel and drummer Moritz Baumgartner are in-demand musicians in a multitude of projects across Europe, and have both previously performed (as has Guilfoyle) at IMC’s pan-European contemporary jazz festival 12 Points - Traxel with the Swiss Marie Krüttli Trio, Baumgartner with the German Lisbeth Quartett and Guilfoyle with Dublin-based Umbra....

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Leading Irish guitarist Chris Guilfoyle debuts his newest project in Ireland with two of the most in demand young jazz musicians in Europe - Lukas Traxel (Marie Krutli Trio, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Paul Bollenbeck) on Bass and Mortiz Baumgartner (Lizbeth Quartet, Melt Trio, Tau 5) on drums.

Improvised Music Company is proud to present Chris Guilfoyle’s new pan-European Trio ‘Pathways’, an international collaboration project, pulling in two top-class young European jazz musicians on a journey which explores musical roots and influences. Bassist Lukas Traxel and drummer Moritz Baumgartner are in-demand musicians in a multitude of projects across Europe, and have both previously performed (as has Guilfoyle) at IMC’s pan-European contemporary jazz festival 12 Points - Traxel with the Swiss Marie Krüttli Trio, Baumgartner with the German Lisbeth Quartett and Guilfoyle with Dublin-based Umbra.

Chris Guilfoyle’s music for the trio traces a line from his earliest musical exploration as a punk guitarist, through forays into math rock, metal and electronic music. Their new interpretations of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Aphex Twin, Jimi Hendrix, and more will be a treat for any music lovers, guitar fans most of all.

These three rising stars of European jazz come together in Dublin’s still-in-development new space for jazz and improvised music. The Cooler is a former banana-ripening unit upstairs in The Complex Arts Centre, in the heart of Smithfield’s old fruit and veg district. Improvised Music Company is developing the space to provide a home for Dublin’s improvising musicians to stretch their creative skills and have time to develop new, considered music.

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