Peter Dobai quartet featuring Rostislav Fras
At a glance
About this event
Peter Dobai is a well established saxophonist on the Irish jazz scene.He is a regular attendant of Irish and International festivals with his projects.This time he is accompanied by:
Gonzalo del Val on drums,
Derek White on double bass,
Darragh Henessy on piano,
featuring one of the major saxophone talents of Czech republic:
Rostislav Fras on tenor saxophone
About Rostislav Fras:
A multifaceted saxophonist Rostislav Fraš(1975) graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague and the Jazz Institute of the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.
Already during his studies at the conservatory he quickly emerged as a vital element on the Prague jazz scene, where he became a popular sideman, leader of his own groups and gradually an acclaimed composer. In addition to its own projects, he regularly performs as a member of the Gustav Brom Czech Radio Big Band, The East European Artsemble, Matúš Jakabčic CZ-SK Bigband and many others. He has performed or recorded with world-renown musicians such as Peter Erskine, Jeff ''Tain'' Watts, Antonio Farao, Maria Schneider,
George Mraz, Fred Wesley, Duško Gojkovič or Kalman Olah.
The newest Fraš’s international project is a quartet consisting of top-notch Czech musicians with special guests – a world-renown Italian pianist Antonio Farao, who has been able to stay at an absolute cutting edge of European (and beyond) jazz music for many years, and the legendary drummer Jeff „Tain“ Watts! Rostislav Fraš teaches at J.Ježek Conservatory&College in Prague and at Jazz Department of Janáček Academy in Brno.
Location
28 Thomas St
Venue details
Arthur's is the nearest pub on the route to The Guinness Storehouse, one of the city's foremost tourist attractions. It is popular both with locals and tourists. Naturally it has the freshest pint of Guinness in all of Ireland.
