Trish Clowes Quartet
At a glance
About this event
Music Network presents British saxophonist Trish Clowes' My Iris project. Save the date for this intriguing quartet fronted by the adventurous Trish Clowes, BASCA British Composer Award winner and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
An agile improviser and songwriter in the mould of Wayne Shorter, Clowes has been much lauded for her melodic imagination and ”magisterial” tone. Previously known for genre-bending collaborations with improvising string quartets and orchestras, her take on jazz is playful, engaging – and hugely accomplished.
Clowes is joined by a trio of long-term collaborators showcasing original tunes from the saxophonist’s highly-acclaimed fourth album My Iris: the impeccable James Maddren on drums, award-winning Troyka guitarist Chris Montague, and keyboard virtuoso Ross Stanley, who has played with such jazz luminaries as Dennis Rollins, Guy Barker, Ian Shaw, Stan Sulzmann and John Parricelli, as well as being a regular member of the Jim Mullen Organ Trio.
Trish Clowes, saxophones
Chris Montague, guitar
Ross Stanley, piano, hammond organ
James Maddren, drums
"Awesome foursome"
- The Observer
"Trish Clowes is a fiercely talented jazz saxophonist"
- The Telegraph
"Musical wizardry"
- All About Jazz [on My Iris]
"Whatever planet Trish Clowes and her band were on when they recorded this, I want to be there!"
- BBC Radio 3 [on My Iris]
Location
High Street
Venue details
The state-of-the-art building was opened in 2008 as a fitting home for the award-winning Wexford Festival Opera, as well as being built as an all-year-round multi-disciplinary performance art-form theatre. It has recently been granted further official recognition by being designated Ireland's National Opera House by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, announced at the start of the 63rd Wexford Festival Opera, in October of 2014, by the Minister for Arts Heather Humphreys.
