This is the last in IMC’s Monday nights at Whelans, and we’re sad to see them go. They’re not going out with a whimper though, as they have Guilfoyle-Nielsen Trio & PHISQA performing for a night of jazz. See what you think below…

Improvised Music Company present –

Guilfoyle-Nielsen Trio  & PHISQA

8pm, Monday 22nd Sept

Whelans, Wexford St, Dublin 2

Tickets 10euro available here.

You can’t keep a good band down, and guitarist Mike Nielsen and the brothers Guilfoyle are ready again to ply their intense, rhythmically adventurous approach to jazz and improvisation. Their chemistry is undeniable, creating a collective intensity and brawn that few Irish groups before or since have matched, and developed over formative musical experiences together that go back to the early 90’s. Ronan Guilfoyle is director of the jazz department at Newpark Music Centre in Dublin and has performed extensively worldwide with high profile artists such as Kenny Werner, Dave Liebman and Brad Mehldau. Conor Guilfoyle is Ireland’s leading contemporary jazz drummer, and a leading exponent of Afro-Cuban drumming. Mike Nielsen is currently Director of Jazz Performance at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, with an impressive career having played with Kenny Wheeler, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman amongst many others. Get ready for one of the most invigorating experiences Irish jazz has to offer!

“One of the best and most original jazz talents ever produced in this country”  THE IRISH TIMES on Mike Nielsen
For their part, Phisqa demonstrate just how much has changed over those two decades, with four different nationalities in their Dublin based line up – Peruvian, Argentinian, Italian and Irish. The common thread is Afro Latin rhythms, woven into a vivid tapestry of sparkling writing and energetic soloists throughout, merging the rich textures of Peruvian rhythms with the finesse and spontaneity of jazz.

“Phisqa’s essential ingredients; infectious rhythms, rising/falling waves of intensity, strong melodic hooks and fine soloing” The Irish Times