Paul Dunlea & Scott Flanigan

About this event

Two of Ireland’s most creative and prolific improvisers join forces for a powerful and intimate duo concert at Scott’s Jazz Club. Cork Trombonist Paul Dunlea, a master of the instrument and in demand across the world, and Scott Flanigan, one of Ireland’s most in-demand keyboardists, have worked together in numerous settings but for this special concert they will have the stage to themselves to explore music by artists as diverse as Miles Davis, Paul McCartney and Simon & Garfunkel.

Although at home in a variety of musical styles, Cork trombonist/composer/arranger Paul Dunlea concentrates primarily on Jazz and Improvisation. This has furthered his reputation as one of Irelands most in demand trombonists. Dunlea has performed/toured/recorded with the likes of Mick Flannery, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Bryce Dressner (The National), Lewis Nash, Peter Washington,Billy Drummond, Greg Gisbert,Tim Ries, David O' Rourke's O' Rourkestra, Marshall Gilkes, Ryan Keberle, and Taylor Eigsti.

Recently Dunlea performed alongside some of the biggest names in the New York Jazz scene commemorating the music of Frank Sinatra. The band, led by Irish born guitarist David O’ Rourke, played 8 sell out shows at the famous Jazz Standard Club.

Hailing from Belfast, Scott Flanigan is one of the foremost keyboard players on the Irish jazz scene. Scott has shared a stage with the likes of Van Morrison and the Ulster Orchestra, along with jazz heavyweights Rob Luft, Ant Law, Jim Mullen, Jean Toussaint and Dave O’Higgins, and is a recent nominee at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Scott is also a recognised composer, with recent commissions from Moving On Music and the PRS Foundation, and runs the popular Scott’s Jazz Club, a weekly jazz club in East Belfast bringing the best of Irish jazz to local audiences.

Equally at home in academia as well as the bandstand, Scott received his BMus degree from Ulster University and his MMus in Jazz Performance from Dublin Institute of Technology. Scott has just completed his Ph.D in Jazz Performance at Ulster University, where he researched innovative learning methods for artist-level jazz musicians.

Scott is also in demand as a teacher of jazz harmony and improvisation, lecturing in jazz piano at Cork School of Music and at Queens University Belfast, alongside a busy teaching schedule both online and at home in Belfast.