Ian and Nigel Date are coming to Crosshaven for a special performance as part of their 2006 world tour that has seen them travel from Ireland to Australia. They have been a huge hit at international jazz festivals and concerts. They are also the top billing at the Manouche Gypsy Jazz Festival to be held in Brisbane on the weekend of the 18th and 19th November in Australia.
Ian Date has long been regarded as one of Australia’s great guitar players. Ian has played all over the world making numerous television, radio, festival and concert hall performances. He has shared the stage with many great musicians including Benny Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Martin Taylor, Don Burrows, Fapy Lafertin, Tom Baker and James Morrison.
Critics have described his playing as masterful, lyrical and always melodic.
Since 2002 he has lived in County Cork, Ireland. Ian produces and arranges music for film, records and performs regularly throughout the Emerald Isle and Europe. He has also been commissioned to write an opera for the 2007 season in Cork.
Younger brother Nigel is based in Sydney and works as a freelance guitarist. He has been involved in numerous jazz and other music ensembles throughout Australia in recent years. These include The Straight Back Fellows, Peppermint T, Glass, George Washingmachine and the String Band, The Jews Brothers, Neil Duncan’s The Ticklers and many more.
Together the brothers play the Gypsy Jazz style created by Django Reinhardt, the legendary Gypsy guitarist of France in the 1930’s. They also play a lot more besides. The music of New Orleans, classic jazz, blues, latin and Irish.
The Date Brothers will thrill with dazzling guitar and will take you on a musical journey.
€12 in @ 7.30pm, including a glass of nice wine. money well spent
For further information:
Art Haven Gallery, Lower Road,Crosshaven,Co. Cork
t: 00 353 21 4833601e: info@havenartists.comw: www.havenartists.comb: http://arthaven.blogspot.com/
