Spyro Gyra | Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2019
At a glance
About this event
Spyro Gyra is an unlikely story of a group with humble beginnings in Buffalo, NY who has continued to reach an international audience for over forty years, resulting in sales of over 10 million albums, achieving one Platinum and two Gold albums.
They have played over five thousand shows on six continents. They have accomplished this due to a forward looking approach combined with the work ethic of an underdog, always challenging themselves to do something new while never resting on past success. It has proven to be a recipe for longevity for this jazz group while music in general has gone in and out of styles in ever shorter cycles. They released their last, their 30th, album of new material The Rhinebeck Sessions in 2013, which Jazztimes called 'inspired'. Travis Rogers of the Jazz Journalists Association picked it for Jazz Album Of The Year. Something Else Reviews called it 'Their finest album since their early 80s heyday' and made it a TopTwenty pick for the year. George Harris of the Jazz Weekly enthused, 'I gotta tell ya, these guys still sound GREAT."
In addition to bandleader Jay Beckenstein (saxophones), the group is made up of Tom Schuman (keyboards), Julio Fernandez (guitars), Scott Ambush (bass) and newcomer Lionel Cordew on drums.Tom Schuman made his first appearance on the band's eponmymous debut forty years ago. Julio Fernandez joined the band in 1984 and Scott Ambush joined in 1992.
Location
15 MacCurtain Street
Venue details
The Everyman is a non-profit company that produces and presents the best in Irish and international performance for Cork and Irish audiences. Our mission is to be indispensable to all of the communities we serve: audiences, artists (local, national, international), employees and suppliers, while remaining rooted in, and inextricably linked to, Cork.
Our beautiful theatre is 650-seat listed building and a jewel of late Victorian architecture, celebrating its 120th birthday in 2017. The building is steeped in history and the auditorium is a favourite with audiences and performers alike for its intimacy and atmosphere.
