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New trio with great Spanish musicians - Gonzalo Del Val on drums and saxophonist Gabriel Amargant
New trio with two great Spanish musicians - Gonzalo Del Val on drums, and the saxophonist Gabriel Amargant
On Wednesday 26th of October, at the Workman’s Club, Ronan presents the debut of Bemusement Arcade, his innovative new quartet, devoted to expanding the rhythmic language of jazz via the tradition of blues, swing and standards.
Joining Ronan in this adventure are three brilliant young musicians; Sam Norris, who at only 24 is already recognised as one of the UK’s most exciting young saxophonists; Chris Guilfoyle who has already established himself as one of Ireland’s leading guitarists, and Darren Beckett, the powerhouse Belfast drummer who carved out an international career based in New York, and now in the UK.
Bemusement Arcade will be going into the studio to record their first album in the days following this concert, which will take place in the intimate setting of the Vintage Room in the Workman’s Club. Come and join them for this trip into a new landscape – expect grooves, blues, swing and lots of rhythmic intrigue!
Ronan Guilfoyle – bass
Sam Norris – alto
Chris Guilfoyle – guitar
Darren Beckett - drums
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Teaching at the International Rhythm Studies Association conference
My new bass!!
Playing my new bass!
With Rudresh Mahanthappa in Brooklyn
With Lindsey Horner in Woodstock
With (left to right) Carlos Ezequiel, Pekka Pylkkanen and George Constrafouris in Hong Kong
With the great guitarist Nguyen Le after our duo concert in Paris
With two of Europe's greatest jazz musicians the drummer Eric Ineke (left) and the saxophonist John
With the great pianist George Contrafouris in Japan
My custom built acoustic bass guitar
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(from left) Mike Nielsen, Michael Buckley, Lieb and myself playing recently at a great gig in Dublin
And relaxing afterwards............
Myself and good friends and colleagues Julian Arguelles and Izumi Kimura who had just given the Dubl
Dave Liebman shows Mike how he wants triple slash polychords played on the guitar - much to the bemu
Lieb also has some advice for Conor on how he wants the drums played!
Myself, Lieb, Ralph Peterson, and Greek saxophonist Dimitrious Vassilakis contemplate the ages at th
Taken in 2002 in Toronto at a recording session with Tanya Kalmanovitch's 'Hut Five" featuring Tanya
The master Mridangam player and founder of the Karnataka College of Percussion, T.A.S. Mani - you c
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A more recent photo of the trio - taken in 2002 at JJ Smyths
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