New artist of the week: Zaska

Plus songs to hear from Bibio and Sim Simma Soundsystem

‘I remember Gay Byrne one night referring to me simply as ‘bass’ ’

Jazz composer Ronan Guilfoyle reflects on his father, his influences and session work

The best jazz gigs this week: Pat Metheny’s first Irish concert

Also: piano trio series, Miles Davis vinyl listening club and the Latin American songexplored

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‘Dublin felt like home straight away’

Cote Calmet Bello arrived in Ireland in 2010. He believes Ireland is more open than his home country of Peru

Jazz degree strikes a chord with students

Newpark Music Centre' s respected jazz programme, which offers a rich and broad musical education, will transfer to DCU in September

Tommy Halferty & Izumi Kimura – Maelstrom review: engrossing chamber music

Julien & John: Street Life review - both easy to listen to and satisfyingly complex

How David Liebman got the keys to the jazz kingdom

As a teenager, Liebman saw Coltrane play and was hooked. More than 50 years on, the saxophonist and jazz evangelist can’t believe that he rose to fill the shoes of his idol