Jeff Ballard Fairgrounds Plays One-off Irish Gig

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2013
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It��s not every day that Dun Laoghaire plays host to one of the world��s greatest jazz drummers, so music fans are in for a tremendous evening on Wednesday 10th July when drummer

Jeff Ballard

drums
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Ballard swings by The Pavilion Theater with his band Fairgrounds, for one night only.

Modern Drummer, the world��s premier drum magazine has said of Ballard: ��This much is unanimously agreed upon: In the hierarchy of jazz drummers, Jeff Ballard has climbed so high he can clearly see the summit.�� High praise indeed. Ballard��s CV is second to none, and by the time he arrived in New York he already had a three-year stint with pianist/singer

Ray Charles

piano and vocals
1930 - 2004

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Charles under his belt.

Since moving to jazz HQ, the Californian sticksman has also played with saxophonists

Joshua Redman

saxophone
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Joshua Redman and

Tim Garland

clarinet, bass
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Garland, composer/bandleader

Maria Schneider

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Schneider, guitarists

Pat Metheny

guitar
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Pat Metheny and

Kurt Rosenwinkel

guitar
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Rosenwinkel, pianists

Danilo Pérez

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Danilo P��rez,

Chick Corea

piano
1941 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Chick Corea��and since 2005��

Brad Mehldau

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Mehldau. In short, Ballard has brought his dynamic polyrhythms to a who��s who of the greatest names in contemporary jazz.

One of the most technically gifted and musical of post

Tony Williams

drums
1945 - 1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Williams drummers, Ballard co-leads the collective

FLY

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">FLY, alongside bassist

Larry Grenadier

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Larry Grenadier and saxophonist

Mark Turner

saxophone, tenor
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Turner. And from co-leader to outright leader, Ballard brings with him to the Pavilion Theatre an absolutely stellar band - guitarist

Lionel Loueke

guitar
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Lionel Loueke, pianist Tigran Hamasayan and bassist

Reid Anderson

bass
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Reid Anderson.

Benin-born Louke has been described as a ��genius virtuoso�� by the New York Times. This most versatile of guitarists has played with trumpeter

Terence Blanchard

trumpet
b.1962

" data-original-title="" title="">Terence Blanchard and pianist

Herbie Hancock

piano
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock and is a leader in his own right. His album Heritage (Blue Note, 2012) has garnered widespread critical acclaim.

Anderson is one third of

The Bad Plus

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2000

" data-original-title="" title="">The Bad Plus, one of the most original of modern trios, whose fusion of jazz and rock is as vital as it is genre-defying. Reid is also a composer of note, and recently premiered The Rough Mixes �C a collaboration between chamber orchestra, percussion and electronics.

Hamasyan is one of the most exciting of up-and-coming jazz pianists, drawing glowing praise from the likes of Hancock, Corea and Mehldau. Hamasyan has played with oud player

Dhafer Youssef

oud

" data-original-title="" title="">Dhafer Youssef and percussionist

Trilok Gurtu

tablas
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Trilok Gurtu, who has said of the young Armenian: ��He plays piano like a raga, the next

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett.�� Downbeat described his album A Fable (Verve International, 2012) as ��poetic and haunting��.

Dun Laoghaire residents and those who make the short trip from Dublin or Bray are in for a special treat �C the birth of what on paper looks likely to be one of the most exciting jazz quartets in a generation. Don��t miss Jeff Ballard Fairgrounds�� only gig in Ireland.

For tickets phone the box office on 01 231 2929 or visit the Pavilion Theatre��s website.

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