Downes / O'Brien / O’Donovan Trio

About this event

DCU Jazz Society and Improvised Music Company Presents:

Kit Downes (Nopher T. DeCrow) - Piano
Cormac OBrien - Double Bass
Shane O'Donovan - Drums

Admission: €10 or €5 for DCU Jazz Society Members

Cormac OBrien and Kit Downes have had a long musical association, starting out as sidemen in the same band and eventually founding the quartet Gamerz, alongside Matt Halpin and Shane O'Donovan. They appear in trio format this time, joined again by Shane O'Donovan in the cosy surrounds of the Cobalt Cafe.

Kit Downes is a BBC Jazz Award winning, Mercury Music Award nominated, solo recording artist for ECM Records. He has toured the world with artists such as Squarepusher, Thomas Strønen, Aidan O'Rourke and Django Bates and written commissions for Cheltenham Music Festival, London Contemporary Orchestra, Stavanger Konserthus, Cologne Philharmonie, BBC Radio 3 and the Wellcome Trust.

Cormac O’Brien is one of Dublin’s most prominent double bass players and he has performed and recorded with many of Ireland’s finest musicians, such as Louis Stewart, Tommy Halferty, Michael Buckley, Hugh Buckley, The Kai Big Band, The Zoid Ensemble, Lunfardia, Yurodny, Jack L and Mary Coughlan. He has also played with a range of international artists such as Bobby Watson, Pete Churchill, Marshall Gilkes, Rick Margitza, Ryan Quigley,John Riley, Bruce Adams and many more.

Shane is a Dublin based drummer and producer. Currently very active on the Dublin jazz scene, Shane is involved in a number of projects alongside some of Ireland's leading jazz musicians. These include OKO; Multiverse; Rhythm Method; Kavorka; The Dublin City Jazz Orchestra. He has also worked with many top international musicians such as Ernie Watts, Rick Margitza, Ian Shaw, Guy Barker, John Stowell, Greg Osby, Greg Burke, and Jamie Oehlers, to name a few. Shane also teaches drums and jazz performance on the Bachelor of Arts in Jazz and Contemporary Music degree at DCU