View fullsize This @thmssmth album is so glorious, even I couldn’t wreck it with all the saxes and woodwinds I threw at it. It was a dream to play on. It’s always great to work with the supremely talented @iainarcher too. Repost: @thmssmth The album i
View fullsize This is going to be so much fun and completely unique (every time). It was fitting that we rehearsed in the very hall in Mohill that the ‘Down with Jazz’ movement started in, in 1934. Repost from @edwinaguckian: 🎺 THE GRALTON BIG BAN
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View fullsize Throwback to 2019. I got to play on A Nightmare Before Christmas with @dannyelfman, the original cast and @rteconcertorchestra. There’s a part in the film that features a character playing the sax badly. Various cast members excitedly came up
View fullsize Wah-Wah Bass Clarinet anyone? It’s always copious amounts of fun playing on an @olijulian soundtrack, but this one has to take the squiggly spaghetti. Saxophones, alto flutes, Dixieland clarinets, prog rock flutes and jazz Muggle-Wump flute
View fullsize I got asked back. There’s a first time for everything! It was an utter joy to produce this EP for the supremely talented @katharinetimoney with the fabulous team of @edwardsmusic @arniesomogyi @darrenabeckett & @echozoostudios Now all yo
View fullsize Dream gig! I played for the first minute of Demon Days with @gorillaz at @copperboxarena on Saturday and then got to watch the rest of the spectacle amidst the crowd. It was a treat to get to play and spend time with friends old and new @jaega_mg @
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View fullsize Onebassclarinet Castle and I are off to London for a gift of a gig. We couldn’t possibly tell you what it is at this stage though. Onebassclarinet must be the most swabbed bass clarinet in town. It had an audience gather around as it was exam
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View fullsize It’s weigh and measure your bass clarinet day. Don’t forget to weigh and measure yours. I like to take it for a little holiday every now and then, and the airline need to know so they can find just the perfect seats for us. Happily, I di
View fullsize The sign at the end of the Dublin St Patrick’s Parade made me very happy. We all need to hear this message from time to time. #stpatricksday #dublin #stopperforming
View fullsize Great photo from @alisontoonphotographer of my solo with @marillionofficial over the weekend at Port Zelande. It’s such a buzz to get on stage with the first band I ever saw live. Misplaced Childhood was the first album I bought on vinyl, and
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View fullsize Sax man to the rescue! There I was, minding my own business at 9am yesterday, when @sam.crowe texted me, saying he had a gig with @thisisberlioz in Dublin that night and their excellent sax player @sammilesmusic had the flu, so could I fill in. I ha
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View fullsize I’m an ex X-er (well, a dormant one for now). I had so much fun on there and met so many brilliant people over the years, but since the aftershave guy took over twitter, it’s been no craic at all, so I’m off. Here are some other
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