After three critically acclaimed tours & festival performances throughout Ireland. Drummer & Composer Kevin Brady continues his collaboration with the innovative U.S. pianist  Bill Carrothers. Brady has many years of experience playing with some of lreland's most prominent trios including the hammond organ trio Organics and the Phil Ware Trio.

“Of recent years Brady has become one of the most dynamic forces in the Irish jazz scene” SUNDAY TRIBUNE.

 Bill Carrothers is quite exceptional in this setting, having recorded with many acclaimed trios. Performed & Recorded with luminaries such as Gary Peacock, Billy Higgins, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller...

“Carrothers' a relentlessly inventive pianist with harmonic sophistication has to be heard to be believed." CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

This is a rare opportunity for audiences to listen to some fine exponents of the jazz piano trio as some of Ireland's leading talents perform with one of the USA's great modern improvising musicians. The music performed will feature compositions from their critically acclaimed debut release entitled ‘Common Ground’ and their latest recording ‘Zeitgeist‘. The trio’s new recording will be released  & distributed worldwide by the renowned jazz label Fresh Sounds New Talent. The trio  begin their promotional tour in Ireland & Europe from May 2009 onwards. For more information on performances please visit the concerts page above. www.kevinbrady.ie

KEVIN BRADY
Dublin based drummer Kevin Brady has been performing professionally for many years with the Hammond organ group Organics and is also a member of the critically acclaimed piano trio led by Phil Ware. He has studied drums/percussion at the Drummers Collective in New York, where his teachers were Kim Plainfield and Bobby Sanabrias; previous teachers have included Jeff Ballard, Ben Perowsky, Matt Wilson, Elliot Zigmund and Keith Copeland. Kevin has performed at numerous jazz clubs & festivals throughout the world and has performed with International jazz musicians like: Ronnie Cuber (Baritone Sax.) Ulf Wakenius (Guitar) Ian Shaw (Vocalist/Pianist), Jesse Davis (Saxophone) Guy Barker ( Trumpet ) Jim Mullen (guitar), Bobby Watson (alto) Tim Ries (Saxophone) Jason Rigby (Sax) Giovanni Mirabassi (Piano) Ron Anthony (Guitar) Michael Buckley (Sax) on the home front he has worked with Van Morrison, jazz guitarist Louis Stewart, vocalist Honor Heffernan and more recently with Choice Music Award nominee Dave Geraghty (BellX1). In 2008, he was selected to perform with the European Colours Jazz Orchestra in Italy. Brady recently became an endorsed artist with the Cymbal manufacturer Bosphorus Cymbals

BILL CARROTHERS
Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for over 25 years. Carrothers headlined the prestigious Rising Star Tour throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has been a leader on nine recordings, all of which have received critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the greatest names in jazz, including Joe Beck, Scott Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Eric Gravatt, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy Higgins, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans,

DAVE REDMOND
David began playing electric bass at the age of 16 and played in a rock band, he continued to study music throughout his early years.He  attended The Newpark Music Centre, Dublin for three years (!999-2002) where he began studying double bass and received the Associate in Jazz Double Bass Performance, awarded by the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the summer of 2003 he continued his studies and travelled to New York to The School for Improvisational Music and studied under Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Don Byron and other leading jazz musicians. In 2005, he studied with bassist Drew Gress and in 2007 with Ben Allison. Redmond has performed with visiting artists such as Bob Dorough, Keith Copeland, Dave Leibman, Jason Rigby, Bobby Wellins, Guy Barker, Ian Shaw, Jacqui Dankworth, Scott Hamilton, and Jim Mullen. He has peformed at numerous festivals and clubs in throughout the World such as Ronnie Scotts and Pizza Express (London), Mexico (Tour with Phil Ware trio), N.Y.C, Dubai and Abu Dhabi (Cormac Kenevey Quartet), Switzerland, Hungry, (Yurodny) and Spain.