AUSTIN DURACK - Drops of Jazz (2012)
This album for release in February 2012 is Austin's follow up to his A Guitar Journey which was one of the most played instrumental guitar CDs on Irish radio in recent years. Drops Of Jazz features Austin on Acoustic, Jazz and Spanish guitars with some of Irelands finest musicians including Niamh Dunne (Beoga) and Declan Masterson (Movin' Hearts, Patrick Street, Riverdance etc).
The C D features six of Austin's originals including the title track plus his guitar versions of Imelda May's, Big Bad Handsome Man, Bob Dylan's, Blind Willie McTell, Cole Porter's, Everytime We Say Goodbye (with vocals by Limerick jazz singer Judy O Connor), George Gershwin's, Summertime and other classic tunes. Antonio Carlos Jobim's, Girl From Ipanema also features with vocals by Gearóid Ó Murchú who wrote a lyric 'as Gaeilge' for the song.
Ireland's most famous broadcaster and TV personality Gay Byrne played Brother Can You Spare A Dime from the album on his Lyric FM show on
Sunday January 29th 2012.
You can listen to the music and Gay's appraisal of Austin as a guitarist and composer at 22.48 minutes into the programme;
http://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer...
Prior to it's full release the CD has also been played on RTE Radio 1 (Compostela By Starlight) ,on 2XM (99 Miles From LA) and on Sean Brophy's Dublin South jazz programme Jazz Spec ( Drops Of Jazz and A Boogie Blues).
| Watch Austin performing a solo version of Theme From Don Juan De Marco (known to some as "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" per the Bryan Adams vocal version) as he does on the new album. |