eb, b, *1958 IE, Dublin
Musician of Jazz
Ronan Guilfoyle is one of Ireland’s best known jazz musicians. He studied bass and improvisation with Dave Holland in Banff, Canada, and as a bass player he has performed extensively in Europe, Asia and the USA. He is director of the jazz department at Newpark Music Centre in Dublin and has taught extensively in many schools in Ireland and abroad and lectured on improvisation for the International Music Council of UNESCO. As a composer he has written music for theatre, television, film and numerous jazz ensembles as well as for orchestra and chamber groups. Awards include the Julius Hemphill Composition Award in 1997 for Devsirme. He is also brother to renowned drummer Conor Guilfoyle and Drum & Bass artist DJ Dara
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Divisions | The Trio, Jonas Johansen / Lars Møller / Ronan Guilfoyle | 2013 | Album |
Live In Dublin | Julian Argüelles, Ronan Guilfoyle, Jim Black | 2006 | Album |
Round Trip | Keith Copeland, Tommy Halferty, Ronan Guilfoyle | 1997 | Album |
Devsirme | Ronan Guilfoyle | 1997 | Album |
Six by Two | Simon Nabatov, Ronan Guilfoyle | 1988 | Album |
Ronan Guilfoyle's Lingua Franca Jazz, Folk and World |