Linley Hamilton

About this event

The Sofa Sessions presents LINLEY HAMILTON

Linley Hamilton - trumpet
Scott Flanigan - piano
Dave Redmond - bass
Cormac Larkin - drums

9pm / No Cover Charge / All Welcome! 

The Sofa Sessions is delighted to present the Billy Byrne's debut of Ireland's leading jazz trumpeter, Linley Hamilton. Described by the Irish Times as 'Belfast's jazz evangelist ... as a leader of his own groups, as a first-call session horn for the likes of Van Morrison and Jacqui Dankworth, as presenter of Jazz World on BBC Radio Ulster and as a tutor on the jazz course at Ulster University’s Magee campus in Derry', Linley recently released his third album, Making Other Arrangements, to critical acclaim.

He is joined for this very special concert by acclaimed Belfast pianist Scott Flanigan, top Dublin bassist Dave Redmond and Sofa Sessions resident drummer Cormac Larkin.

"a muscular soloist in the classic hard-bop tradition"

The Irish Times

About Linley Hamilton

Linley has been a part of the Irish music scene for over twenty years and since then he has juggled a career as a trumpet player with being a BBC Jazz Broadcaster and a Lecturer in Music at Ulster University Magee.

There have been many career highlights in the past with significant performances or recordings with Paul Brady, Van Morrison, Foy Vance, Eleanor McEvoy, Jacqui Dankworth, ASIWYFA, to name a few, but he is working just as hard as ever these days and is celebrating success with his own recent albums ‘In Transition’ and ‘Taylor Made’ with his quintet which features Johnny Taylor piano, Damien Evans bass, Julien Colarossi guitar and Dominic Mullen drums. The album is available on iTunes and Amazon and from www.lyterecords.com.

The last five years has seen a concerted effort to reroute himself in Jazz, having graduated from DIT Dublin with a 1st Class Masters in Jazz Performance and the celebrated Student Academic Medal, and followed that up with a PhD in Jazz Performance at Ulster University Magee...and is now Dr Linley Hamilton!!! The Radio Show is still going strong and has moved to a Friday night at 10pm on BBC Radio Ulster…the show called…Jazzworld with Linley Hamilton.

There are weekly interviews and last year alone such guests have included Liane Carroll, Vince Mendoza, Adam Nussbaum and John Goldsby. Recordings in the past year or two have seen Linley guest on albums by Ronnie Greer, Anthony Toner, Ex Magician, Malibu Shark Attack, ASIWYFA and Dana Masters.