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Celtic Jazz Blooms in the Arizona Desert with New CD Release Celtic...

April 21 2005 Celtic Jazz is alive and flourishing in the Arizona desert William Wallace meets Wyatt Earp no less This is not as strange as it sounds Celtic Lines is the new CD from Subterranean Jazz This is the 3rd CD release from the Phoenixbased improvisers Celtic Lines features some traditional Celtic music but also refers to a thread flowing through the music rather than a blend of pure Celtic and jazz
We wanted to do something that was original and also something that was true to who we were said Jimmy Peggie the group's bassist Tom Clohessy and I are the main songwriters and we both have strong ties to Ireland and Scotland It seemed only natural that our heritage would surface in our music The goal was to convey something that was both personal and honest '
The music herein is best described as jazz with an undercurrent of Celtic sensibility The grooves are international or oblivious to genre but you can also hear some dub reggae end even some Latin grooves influenced perhaps by the reggae clubs of Edinburgh or 'Come Dancing' on the BBC on a Sunday night
My familys roots are in County Clare and Limerick said Tom Clohessy In 1974 I was over in England at the Cambridge Folk Festival and saw Planxty from Ireland and the harpist Alan Stivell from Brittany Hearing them was like coming home and I took to everything connected with them like a fish to water
Jimmy Peggie was born in Perth in Scotland Along with his work with Subterranean Jazz he has recorded in a number of different musical situations including Irish band the Clare Voyants and also with Irish singer Brid Dower
The CD can be purchased online from distributors Bathtub Music at wwwbathtubmusiccom Their two previously released CDs Subway Sonnets and Subterranean are also available there
About Subterranean Jazz
Subterranean Jazz is a Phoenix Arizona jazz group playing original improvisational music which highlights danceable grooves from around the world while maintaining the creative edge of straightahead jazz The quartet features Tom Clohessy on tenor sax Jimmy Peggie on double bass Dave Sorensen on drums and Jeff Lauffer on guitar Their website is httpwwwsubjazzcom

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