Dublin Interplay Ft. Tal Cohen & Michael Piolet

About this event

For one night only! The highly acclaimed pianist Tal Cohen (US) and drummer Michael Piolet (US) are coming to Arthur's to play with some of Ireland's most promising young jazz musicians.

Tal Cohen has played with some of the biggest names in jazz including Joe Lovano, Greg Osby and Jamie Oehlers and is curently touring the world promoting his latest album 'Gentle Giants'.

“Tal Cohen is one of the brightest stars playing the piano to come along in a long time and has the promise of being at the top of the curve changing our minds about music.”
–Terence Blanchard

“Tal Cohen is among the best of a very few young inspired pianist I’ve encountered in my travels… We played together at the first annual Perth Jazz Festival 2013…, Tal’s playing is full of passion, focus and creativity… He was a joy to share the stage with… “Joe Lovano

Michael Piolet, drums, was featured on the Stamps Jazz Quintet’s self-titled debut album on Summit Records. The Stamps Jazz Quintet was chosen as the “Jazz Group” winner in DownBeat magazine’s 34th Annual Student Music Awards. Michael Piolet performed in a variety of other jazz groups including the award-winning Frost Concert Jazz Band with flautist Nestor Torres and with saxophonist Dave Liebman.
Michael received coaching from jazz greats Benny Golson, Dave Holland, Carl Allen, Brian Lynch, Terence Blanchard and Dave Douglas.

Aleka is steadily making a name for herself in the Irish jazz scene. Having released her debut EP in November 2016, she has performed nationally and internationally with many different projects including Ruba Shamshoum, the Romanian Radio Big Band and Irish jazz guitar legend Tommy Halferty.

Chris Guilfoyle goes from strength to strength with his critically acclaimed band Umbra who have come back from successful concerts in Paris, Brussels and Rotterdam and also have new album coming out in September 2017. As well as leading Umbra he has recently toured with David Binney and Tom Rainey, and toured Australia with Ronan Guilfoyle

Barry Donohue is one of the most in demand young bassists on the Irish jazz scene. He spent a month living in Paris, honing his craft and performed with internationally renowned guitarist Nelson Veras, who he plans to work more with in the future. Barry is currently working on the debut album of his group Satori.

This once off gig is not too be missed. Expect high energy solos, thought provoking interaction and intriguing interpretations of jazz standards that can only be offered by musicians of this calibre.