{"id":11775,"date":"2021-07-08T17:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=11775"},"modified":"2021-07-08T17:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:42:47","slug":"swing-into-summer-sunday-jazz-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2021\/07\/08\/swing-into-summer-sunday-jazz-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing into Summer Sunday Jazz Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a respected and much-loved member of the Irish jazz scene suffered a major illness, the jazz community rallied round to support him in the best way they know \u2013 a gala fundraising concert, streaming to audiences all over the globe this Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phil Ware is one of the Irish jazz\u2019s most celebrated musicians, a much-respected pianist and an inspirational teacher, who led his own trio to national and international acclaim, as well as playing with some of Ireland\u2019s – and the world\u2019s \u2013 leading jazz musicians, including Louis Stewart, Peter Bernstein, Perico Sambeat, Bobby Wellins, Honor Heffernan and Ian Shaw.<\/p>\n

In June 2020, Phil suffered a rare form of stroke \u2013 which left him severely disabled, unable to speak or to move the right side of his body. In that moment, Phil\u2019s life was changed forever. Following surgery at Beaumont Hospital, and weeks of specialist care at the Mater Hospital, Phil was transferred to the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook to begin a long journey of rehabilitation and recovery.<\/p>\n

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Over the last year, Phil has made remarkable progress, thanks to the great professional care he has received from doctors, nurses, therapists and support workers in the Irish healthcare system. He has also been supported by many of his friends and colleagues in music who have united in solidarity and friendship at this most challenging time.<\/p>\n

Phil\u2019s speech is slowly returning and he has regained some movement in his right side, and while it is still unlikely that he will ever regain his former abilities as a performer, his doctors are hopeful that with the right kind of treatment and rehabilitation, he may make further gains in the coming months and years.<\/p>\n

To help Phil recover and to support his needs into the future, a group of his closest friends, led by renowned vocalist Honor Heffernan and Phil\u2019s half-sister Alison Cooke, established The Phil Ware Trust so that those who wanted to support Phil\u2019s recovery could donate to an official, properly governed fund, which has created an extraordinary response.<\/p>\n

As part of this fundraising effort, a group of Phil\u2019s former students, came together to raise money in a very fitting way \u2013 a benefit concert, featuring many musicians who have been influenced and inspired by Phil. As a teacher in Dublin City University\u2019s jazz programme, Phil inspired many young musicians, and is noted as the teacher who never accepts anything less than the best, but always believes in his students to create the best.<\/p>\n

Three organisations in the jazz community came together to bring the concert to life – Improvised Music Company, Jazz Ireland, and the Dublin Jazz Co-op, with the support of Rock Jam. With the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the event was planned as a virtual one, with a line-up of some of Dublin\u2019s finest musicians streaming a swinging afternoon of Sunday jazz, presented by DJ and jazz aficionado Billy \u00d3 Hanluain<\/a><\/span>. Fortunately, this also means that it will be accessible to audiences wherever they are in the world.<\/p>\n

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