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Hi Bev, He plays every week in the Wellington (Wednesdays) he used to play every Monday in Sheehan's off Grafton St but that gig is long since defunct. Its not a cert that he turns up for the Wednesday thing either.

Was it the Wellington on Baggot St Bridge? He just got back from the Cork jazz festival where he was playing opposite Bobby Wellins so he probably needed the rest

Hi Jim, Sorry about the delay in getting back to you on this! Problems with my computer etc. Joycenotes is a work explicitly based on Ulysses it was commissioned for the centenary of Joyce's birth 1982 and I think performed that year at the Cork jazz festival. The work is in the form of a suite (not unlike Milesian Source), the movements will be recognised from their titles as based on characters and motifs (from Joyce's 'Linati Schemata' for Ulysses) namely 'Bronze by Gold', 'Nighttown','Stephen','WB Murphy','Molly' I hope Im not leaving out anything here. The work is scored for 16 piece jazz band?? I think at the very least anyway.The recording I have was made in Norway in 1992 with a great line up of Scandinavian players. Louis has a thorough understanding of Joyce the movement is inexorably towards Molly amidst readings from the book in Norwegian which makes it a bit of a trip. It was released on the Villa label in Norway I think its hard to get.It is a completely different recording to Milesian Source in feel sound and lack of electric pianos etc. Brian Dunning went on to have a successful career as founder of Nightnoise a group which fused jazz and Celtic music I think. I now have two copies of Louis the First(!) Louis pulls off a brilliant solo on 'Conception' on the Shearing 1994 release with Nelson et al-check it out

Joycenotes (Villa 1993) is the pick of the nineties recordings made by Louis I dont know if its that widely available, however ;I got my copy on CD from the man himself. I have a copy of Louis the First on vinyl, does anyone know if its worth anything? I cant not mention the Livia album Alone Together its my favourite of all of Louis' a superlative live recording even thinking about it makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck! There are some stellar moments on Gift the recording done with Bill Charlap. Louis' solo on Line for Lyons should be studied by all aspiring jazz guitarists. No album has yet to capture Louis at the full extent of his powers , stuff like when, at a duo performance in Dublin a couple of years back with Gene Burtoncini, the latter held up his hands in astonishment....