David Lyttle & Phil Robson Duo - International Jazz Day

About this event

Streaming live from The Ardhowen Theatre this Friday for International Jazz Day is a new duo, David Lyttle on drums and Phil Robson on guitar.

The Livestream will be available on The Ardhowen Theatre Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ardhowentheatre/

David Lyttle

Described by Rolling Stone magazine as "one of the best, robust listening experiences you're likely to have all year" and by The Independent as "the best in jazz coming out of Ireland today", David Lyttle is a MOBO Award nominated jazz drummer and composer.

Starting out as a child performer at the age of four with his family band, he first reached a national audience as a jazz drummer in the band of legendary Irish jazz guitarist Louis Stewart, before going on to perform around the globe and collaborate with the arts world's upper echelon, including jazz giants Joe Lovano and Kurt Rosenwinkel, hip hop visionaries Talib Kweli and Soweto Kinch and film great Liam Neeson.

David has brought his unique performance concepts to the U.S., where he carried out a coast-to-coast residency in his red Cadillac DeVille, performing jazz for cowboys, UFO tourists, bikers and the unsuspecting public; and China where he spent six weeks as the British Council's Musician In Residence and made a further two visits with his solo 'Tapes & Drums'. He has performed in the groups of jazz icons of today such as David Kikoski and Jesse van Ruller, and his work has been written about in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Examiner.

Phil Robson

Winner of ‘Jazz CD Of The Year’ in the 2015 Parliamentary Jazz Awards for Partisans – ‘Swamp’.

Winner of ‘Best Jazz Musician Of The Year’ in the 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Awards

“Phil Robson’s music, on a first hearing, always gives me that feeling I haven’t yet heard right the way through it to the other side. Yes, there are moments of beauty, external allure, yes there is variety. But there is also a depth which brings one back wanting to revisit, to hear more and more….. unmissable.” londonjazznews.com

UK born & currently based between Ireland and NYC, Phil Robson is internationally regarded as a highly versatile and creative player who appears in all kinds of diverse settings, as well as being a being a renowned bandleader & composer.

International Jazz Day

Established by the General Conference of UNESCO in 2011 at the initiative of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock, and recognized by the United Nations General Assembly, International Jazz Day brings together countries and communities worldwide every 30 April to celebrate jazz and highlight the music’s important role in encouraging dialogue, combating discrimination and promoting human dignity.

International Jazz Day has become a global movement reaching more than two billion people annually on all seven continents, including Antarctica, through education and community outreach, performances, radio, television and streaming, along with electronic, print and social media. The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is UNESCO’s official partner in the organization and promotion of International Jazz Day.