The Quay Arts Jazz Cafe has a great band lined up for June and there’ll be a great diner menu too.
Twenty-four-year-old drummer/composer David Lyttle has been hailed as one of the most significant musicians to have emerged in Ireland over the past decade.
He hails from a musical family with a background steeped in music, including early performances with ‘The Lyttle Family’, playing folk music on cello, bodhrán and lambeg drum.
This Ireland-based performer and composer’s overriding musical expression is through jazz and folk music genres. He self-taught on a drum kit, aged eight but also received classical training on cello.
In his teens his focus shifted to drums with a growing interest in jazz. A graduate of the University of Ulster, he has also studied under scholarship at the Banff Centre (Canada) and Skidmore Jazz Institute (New York).
He has worked all over the world, including the US, Canada, Britain and Europe and has collaborated widely with internationally acclaimed artists, including Greg Osby, David Liebman, Jean Toussaint, Tommy Smith, Soweto Kinch, Matt Penman, Jason Rebello, Jaleel Shaw, Dave Allen, Jamie Baum, Jonathan Kreisberg, Louis Stewart, Jacqui Dankworth, Ronan Guilfoyle and Michael Buckley, who is featured on his 2007 release ‘True Story’.
He remains true to his roots and still performs with his mother; two sisters and brother in the contemporary folk group ‘The Lyttle Family’, playing mostly double bass.
Quay Arts sees him on his Isle of Wight leg of an extensive tour playing with an international line-up of special guests from US and Europe.
What others have said:
“He drums with such discretion and awareness, adding quietly emphatic rim-shot propulsion…and allowing the music to breathe with a tonal sense that’s as refreshing as it is creative.”
– The Herald (Scotland)
“…his splendid debut CD True Story shows evidence of a rapidly maturing talent, who is already highly accomplished both as a musician and as a composer.”
– The Irish News
“Bidding fair for the title of Ireland’s hardest-working jazz musician, Belfast drummer David Lyttle has spent the last decade assiduously nurturing relationships with colleagues on the international scene, including leading groundbreaking American saxophonist Greg Osby and British firebrand Soweto Kinch.”
– The Sunday Tribune
“David Lyttle is one of the most exciting new talents on the jazz scene here.”
– The Newsletter
“Drummer, composer and bandleader David Lyttle has already become a key figure on the local scene.”
– The Irish News
“Lyttle has a maturity well beyond his years…He has been accredited by press and public alike as the man fit for spearheading the new wave of contemporary jazz artists emerging from the capital.”
– Culture Northern Ireland
Bits and Bobs:
Performance Date/Time: Fri 19 Jun Performance 8pm Bar & Menu from 6:30pm onwards
Location: Cafe Bar, Quay Arts
Ticket Price: £10 / *£9 (*Friends Concession) Box Office 01983 822490
