As the ESB Dublin Jazz Week enters its final two days, what is still to come may well be among the most searching jazz of the week. Central to it is one of the music's finest living saxophonists, Joe Lovano. He plays tonight with the Guilfoyle-Nielsen-Guilfoyle Trio at Vicar Street. Sharing the bill with them there is an outstanding European quartet in Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloiemans, supported by a Finnish rhythm section led by the acclaimed pianist, Jarmo Savolainen. Lovano will also solo at the NCH tomorrow with the RTECO, conducted by Jim McNeely; also at the concert will be singer Kristina Fuchs and pianist and composer Floria Ross.
Previous jazz weeks have highlighted the unusual at a free concert in the Hugh Lane Gallery; this time it will be the turn of English saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian accordionist Stian Carstensen there at noon tomorrow. Late nights at Space Upstairs and Cube at the Project will be occupied by Christ Doran's New Bag, Steve Arguelles' Plush and Erik Truffaz. And there are masterclasses from Joe Lovano (John Field Room, NCH today 24pm) and the Passo a Passo Capoiera Dance Co (Space Upstairs, tomorrow 1-4pm)