Scott's Jazz Club Presents: Ciaran Wilde Quartet

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One of Dublin’s finest saxophonists and clarinettists makes a popular return to Scott’s Jazz Club! Ciarán started playing professionally at 16 with punk singer Hazel O Connor and over the years has recorded and performed with various different acts ranging from The Waterboys, Mary Coughlan, Sharon Shannon, Kíla, Josh Ritter, Tom Robinson, Dr Louis Stewart, Jim Doherty, and Hugh Buckley and has toured internationally with the West End production of Blood Brothers and with the Stars of the Commitments. Ciarán regularly plays with the RTE Concert Orchestra and the RTE Big Band.

In 2013, Ciarán founded the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra featuring Ireland’s finest jazz musicians with special guests performances by saxophonists Ernie Watts, Rick Margitza, trumpeter Anders Bergcantz and singers Cyrille Amiée, Christine Tobin and Buddy Greco to name but a few and successfully toured Ireland with this Big Band including television performances such as the Late Late Show.

His alto saxophone and clarinet also features on a number of Irish movie soundtracks. In 2011 Ciarán recorded an album of jazz standards with legendary jazz pianist George Mesterhazy and jazz guitarist David O’Rourke in Cape May New Jersey. Ciarán has been part of the Ballymun Music Programme for the past 24 years and has established and run many school and community bands as part of this. Ciarán achieved a First Class Honours Masters of Music (Performance – Jazz Improvisation) in 2015 from the Dublin Institute of Music (now TU Dublin).

Doors 8:30//Music 9pm