Music
I play double bass, mostly jazz and Irish traditional music, with some orchestral and theatre work along the way. Over the years that has included the Hibernian Orchestra, the Dublin Baroque Players and the RTÉ National Concert Orchestra.
Selected performances
- An Evening with Brian Byrne and Friends, with Sharon Shannon, Rob Strong, Lucia Evans and others, 2021
- The Smashing Red Kite’s Blues, children’s theatre: The Ark, Dalkey Creates, Meath libraries and Galway Jazz Festival, 2017 to 2019
- Nafplion Music Festival, Greece, with Cormac Kenevey, 2019
- Angel of Broadway, RTÉ National Concert Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 2019
- Warrior, Karen Egan, Project Arts Centre, 2019
- Tina May and Phil Ware, JJ Smyth’s, 2016
- Linley Hamilton Quintet with the Ulster Orchestra, Derry, 2016
- Dana Masters with the BBC Ulster Orchestra, BBC Radio Ulster Gala Concert, 2015
- Stella Bass, The Music of Sondheim, Irish tour, 2015
- Emilie Conway Group, Dominican Republic tour, 2015
- Linley Hamilton, British tour, 2015
- Van Morrison, Belfast, 2013
- Cormac Kenevey Quartet: Down with Jazz, UCD Jazz Festival, Howth Jazz Festival, 2013 to 2016
- David Lyttle Trio with Tim Warfield, Terell Stafford and Soweto Kinch, 2009
- Honor Heffernan, tour of India, 2008
- Cora Smyth, Irish tour and Celtic Connections, Glasgow, 2008
- Seán Keane and Alan Kelly, American and European tours, 2001 to 2006
Selected recordings
- Cormac Kenevey, Turning Skies, 2018
- Emilie Conway, Dear World, 2016
- Karen Egan, Charlatanne, 2016
- Linley Hamilton, In Transition, 2015
- Brendan Marnell, Six of the Best, 2012
- Boylan/Buckley/Evans Trio, Soulful Days, 2010
- Kokia, Fairy Dance: Kokia Meets Ireland, 2008
- Tom O’Hare and Gunther Fischer, with Willie Jones III and Anthony Wonsey, 2007
- Chad Dughi, Phoenix Dog Songs, 2007
- Cafe Orchestra, The Kilworth Concert, 2006
- Cora and Breda Smyth, Cora & Breda Smyth, 2005
- Gerry O’Connor, No Place Like Home, 2004 (the Irish Times traditional/folk album of the year)
- Sharon Shannon and Dónal Lunny, My Palestine, 2003
Listen
My own trio, with Johnny Taylor on piano and Dominic Mullan on drums, on SoundCloud:
- Death by Definition, an original, recorded in 2012
- Just in Time, live at the International Bar, Dublin, October 2011
- Stiletto by Uri Caine, live at the International Bar, April 2011
And Cherokee, from one of my master’s performances: