Conor Guilfoyle Quartet : The music of Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

Conor Guilfoyle Quartet presents the music of Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker.

West coast jazz or cool jazz as it became known, was a response to the frenetic sounds of bebop and hardbop that was being played in New York. With it’s California cool and emphasis on the arrangements rather than just the soloist, it was associated with the beach culture of the emerging young artists of the 1950s.

No other band evokes this sound and era more than the Mulligan/Baker quartet, which used neither piano or guitar, something that was unique for the time and still rare today. Add in the interweaving lines of the baritone sax and trumpet, and you get a unique texture that still sounds fresh.

This new quartet, all of whom are members of Conor’s renowned octet will rework these classic arrangements on March 22nd at Arthur’s jazz and blues club.

Led by Conor it includes Kelan Walsh on Baritone, Bill Blackmore on trumpet and Barry Rycraft on bass.

So expect a night of swinging music, slick arrangements and fine soloing from some of Ireland’s leading jazz musicians.

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