Practicing Doxy. Not my best attempt but time to move forward I think.

Jazz Practice: Doxy (Sonny Rollins)

Three nice old reels. The first is associated with Hughie Travers, the second being the evergreen 'Bucks of Oranmore' and finishing with a tune called, I think, The Capel House. I believe old John Kelly was the source for it but I learnt it from the band 'Fingal' years back and have probably since changed a phrase or two.

Hajime Takahashi is playing guitar accompaniment. We got into a nice buzz doing this set.

Traver's No. 2, The Bucks & The Capel House

Three old reels we used to play together.

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin

Earl's Chair, The Virginia, Mistress on the Floor

Another set of reels. The Mountain Road is 5-part version, they way it was originally written. Miss McDonald's is a good old Donegal tune.

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin

*The Mountain Road composed by Michael Gorman


Mayor Harrison's Fedora, Mountain Road, Miss McDonald's

Slip Jigs this time. The first one is the melody of a common sean-nós song. We wanted to try these a slight bit slower than usual.

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin


Na Ceannabhain Bhana, O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick

A fiddle and guitar duet from Tony Comeau and Ciaran McLoughlin. This is a set of Donegal highlands. Clearly Tony has been influenced by some of Donegal's great fiddlers!

The Cat that Kittled in Jamie's Wig, The Low Highland, Con Cassidy's

A Liz Carroll tune. We decided to play this one on its own as it was difficult to find a tune with a similar "jump" to it.

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin 

That's Right Too

Two really kicking reels that we enjoy playing at a lively tempo. The first is a Donegal version of the common number "The Maids of Castlebar".

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin

McFarley's, Musical Priest

We dropped the Gravel Walks into a lower key of D minor, chopped off that last two parts and dotted the rhythm to make it sound like a highland. Following that is a West Clare reel associated with Bobby Casey.

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin

Gravel Walks, Tuttle's

Although Irish music is mostly what we play together, we do enjoy deviating to other music genres. This jam spurred out of a conversation about Japanese prostitutes and took its own course from there - completely on the spot. I picked up the mandolin for this one.

Fiddle/Violin: Tony Comeau
Mandolin: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin

Improv Jam

This is the last set that Tony, Ciaran and myself recorded as a trio on that winter night in Limerick. We decided to give this a blast before we headed for the infamous Lodge nightclub. The first two are solid Coleman standards and the last is a Scottish reel which has been gaining popularity in recent years.

Fiddle: Tony Comeau
Banjo: Paddy Cummins
Guitar: Ciaran McLoughlin

Morning Dew, Woman of the House, Donald Blue

Banjo, mandolin, guitar. Irish traditional, bluegrass, old-time. And trying my best to learn jazz.

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