David Lyttle Group ft Tyrell Stafford

David Lyttle Group ft Tyrell Stafford

Drummer David Lyttle has been a major name in Irish jazz for almost ten years, starting out with jazz great Louis Stewart and going on to establish long-term associations with Soweto Kinch, Andreas Varady, Jean Toussaint and Jason Rebello.  Lyttle has performed in fifteen countries and attracted mainstream attention with his 2012 crossover hiphop/jazz album 'Interlude'. He returns to JJ's with a straight-ahead sextet featuring Grammy-winning US trumpet icon Terell Stafford in their third tour together. Stafford is known for his work with the Village Vanguard Orchestra, McCoy Tyner, the Clayton Brothers, Diana Krall and Christian McBride, as well as his extensive solo career which includes eight albums. The band also features US tenor saxophonist Meilana Gillard who moved to Belfast in 2012 following an impressive New York career that included stints in Christian McBride and Charlie Persip's big bands, London alto saxophonist Tom Harrison who's known for his band Dagda, Leeds pianist Jamil Sheriff who is the head of jazz at Leeds College of Music and Dublin bassist Damian Evans. Doors open at      9:00 pm. Admission €15.