| Festival Archive | | Bray Jazz - north Wicklow's international jazz festival - is now in its 11th year, and has developed a reputation for featuring fresh, innovative jazz from overseas, as well as from within Ireland. | | | | | | | Bray Jazz 2010 Featured: | Wolfgang Muthspiel & Larry Grenadier (Austria/USA)
Wayne Krantz Trio(USA)
John Etheridge & Sweet Chorus (UK)
as well as: Paschal Schumacher & Jef Neve (Belgium/Luxembourg), Michael Buckley's Dublin Standard Time, Tarab (Irl/Italy), Cissokho System (Senegal), Trio Correntes (Brazil), Sean Og and Justin Carroll, Ariel Hernandez & Dermot Dunne (Argentina/Irl), Trygve Seim & Frode Haltle (Norway), Alex Mathias Quartet, Newpark Afro-Cuban Orchestra, and Chas Meredith Quartet. | | DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF OUR 2010 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME HERE | | |
| | | Bray Jazz 2009 Featured: | Stefon Harris & Blackout (USA)
Mathias Eick Quartet (Norway)
Sylvain Luc's Trio Sud (France)
as well as: Boi Akih (Holland/Indonesia), Zahr (Irl/Italy), Paolo Angeli (Sardinia), Rez Abbasi Quartet (USA), Eri Yamamoto Trio (USA/Japan), Hot Club of Dublin, Carmel McCreagh Quartet, Juldah Camara & Justin Adams (Gambia/UK), Orquestra do Fuba (Brazil), Yurodny (Irl), Soweto Kinch & David Lyttle Trio (UK/Irl), and Hugh Buckley Quartet. | | DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF OUR 2009 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME HERE | | | |
| | | Bray Jazz 2008 Featured: | Mare Nostrum (Sweden/France/Italy)
Orchestra National de Jazz (France)
Maceo Parker Band (featuring Dennis Rollins) (USA)
as well as: Liu Fang (China), Zahr (Italy), Norma Winstone & Tommy Halferty (UK/Irl), Dafnis Prieto Sextet (USA), Togetherness (Irl), Carmen Souza Band (Cape Verde), Ibrahim Electric (Denmark), Cormac Kenevey (Irl), Fuzzy Logic & Tom Arthurs (Irl/UK), Touche (Denmark), Havana Son (Irl/Cuba), The Myles Electric Tribute (Irl), Yurodny, and much more.... | | DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF OUR 2008 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME HERE | | | |
|  | | Bray Jazz 2007 Featured: | Dave Douglas & Keystone (USA)
New Jungle Orchestra (Denmark)
Louis Sclavis L'Imperfait des Langues (France)
as well as: Debashish Bhattacharya (Ind), Der Rote Bereich (Ger), Ben Allison Quartet (USA), Angelo DeBarre Quartet (Fr), Sirius B (Brazil/UK), ZOiD, Havana Son, Organics Invitational, North Strand Klezmer Band, Mikkel Plough Quartet, White Rocket, and much more. | | DOWNLOAD A COPY OF OUR 2007 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME HERE | |
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Bray Jazz 2006 Featured: | The Andrew Hill Quartet (USA)
Andy Sheppard Quartet & The Gwilym Simcock Quintet(UK)
Nguyen Le's Bakida trio (France)
as well as: Bob Brozman (US), David Berkman Quartet (US), New Cool Collective (NL), Soweto Kinch (UK), Niwel Tsumbu (Congo), Sexteto Cafe (Colombia), Halferty's French Connection (Irl/France), The Company (Irl), Mike Nielsen & Ben Dwyer (Irl), and more. | | DOWNLOAD A COPY OF OUR 2006 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME HERE |  | IMAGE GALLERY COMING SOON |  |
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|  | | Bray Jazz 2005 Featured: | Rene Marie Quartet (USA)
Joey De Francesco Trio (USA)
Henri Texier's Strada Quintet (France)
as well as: The Jason Rebello Trio (UK), Colin Steele Quintet (UK), The Eva Quartet (Bulgaria), Nfale Kouyate & Dunyakan (West Africa), The Baghdaddies (UK), Ernie Payne (USA), Ariel Hernandez and Dermot Dunne, Havana Son, Zrazy, Spectrum, and more. | | IMAGE GALLERY COMING SOON | |
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| | |  | | Bray Jazz 2004 Featured: | In a celebration of the EU accession by ten new member states :
The Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Poland)
Zoltan Lantos (Hungary) & Khanda
Hedvig Hanson Band (Estonia)
Emil Viklicky Trio (Czech Republic)
Andreas Georgiou Quartet (Cyprus)
as well as: Phil Ware Trio (UK/Irl), Emil Viklicky Trio (Czech Republic), Fuzzy Logic, Green Juice (UK), Havana Che (Irl/Cuba)
The Swinging Lovers (Fr/Irl), Peter Moore & Raindogs, Fadi Hatoum's Arabian Band, Ariel Hernandez & Dermot Dunne, Jamie Oehlers & Mike Nielsen, and more | | IMAGE GALLERY COMING SOON | |
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| | |  | | Bray Jazz 2003 Featured: | George Colligan Quartet (USA)
Steve Coleman & Five Elements (USA)
Yusa (Cuba)
Seydina Wade & Oumar Sow (Senegal)
The Scottish Guitar Quartet (Scotland)
as well as: The Guilfoyle Neilsen Trio, Orpheus, Brian Dunning's Puck Fair, Havana 'Che, Dopamine, Hot Jazz Biscuits, Linley Hamilton Quintet (N.I.), Organics & Special guests, and Mandalla.
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| | |  | | Bray Jazz 2002 Featured: | The Scott Colley Group USA)
The Mike Stein Band (USA)
Monica Vasconcelos & Nois (Brazil)
as well as:
The Honor Heffernan Quartet, The Tommy Halferty Trio, Ellen Cranitch & Anne Marie O'Farrell, Conor Guilfoyle & Daire O'Brien, The Richie Buckley Quartet, Marie Tecce & the Jazz Exiles, Nigel Mooney's Big Hip Operation, Havana Che, The Carmel McCreagh Band.
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|  | | Bray Jazz 2001 Featured: | Alex Wilson's Anglo Cubano (Cuba/UK)
Jim Black's Alas No Axis (USA)
The Tommy Smith Quartet (Scotland)
as well as:
Michael Buckley's Invitation, The Louis Stewart Quartet, Organix, The Phil Ware Trio, Phil McDermott's Quintessential Groove, Roy Carroll's Trouble Perpetrator, Tommy Halferty/Mike Nielsen, Nigel Mooney's Hip Operation, Cool Running.
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|  | | Bray Jazz 2000 Featured: | Claire Martin Band UK)
The Night in Havana Orchestra (Irl/Cuba)
The Ray Gelato Giants (UK)
as well as:
The Justin Carroll Three, The Sofas, Frankly Sinatra, Paddy Cole Allstars, Derek O'Connor Quartet, Mia Parsons & The Nigel Mooney Quartet, Rock Fox, Noel Kelehan , Swing Nouveau , Mary Stokes Band, Isotope (The Hugh Buckley Quartet), Louis Stewart Quartet.
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