Regarded as the most important and influential musician on the Irish jazz scene,
saxophonist / flautist and composer Michael Buckley has been playing professionally
since the age of six when critics hailed him as a child prodigy. Born in Dublin city in
1971 Michael first came to prominence on an International level when, aged 10, he
played flute with the legendary saxophonist George Coleman in the National Concert
Hall. Though largely self-taught, his obvious talent has been developed by his father
Dick Buckley, and such legends as Milt Hinton. Buckley has found his own unique voice
playing both on saxophone and flute.
The last two years alone 2012 Buckley has been collaborating with the world jazz
Orchestra where michael was representing Ireland, also the Edinburgh jazz festival
Orchestra led by Tim Hagans, Dave Liebman , John Abercrombie, Joey Baron , Jason
Rebello,Nils Wolgram , Tom Rainey , Chander Sardjoe , to name but a few.
Now in his early 40s, Buckley is rapidly becoming the most important producer of his
generation, with countless albums from jazz to traditional to hip hop .Michael is making
a name for him self internationally as a producer and engineer.
Buckley has also performed and toured in recent years with The Mingus Big Band,
Jason Moran, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Edward Simon, Jason Rebello, Pete King, Badal Roy,
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Grant Stewart, Ingrid Jensen, Guy Barker, Greg Burk,
Damon Brown, Kevin Dean, , Florian Ross, soloist with the BBC big band, Albert Sanz,
and Gerard Presencer among others. As well as frequent radio spots, Michael has made
numerous television appearances, regularly works on film and television scores and
recently collaborated on recordings with Donovan, the Cranberrys, Jerry Lee Louis,
Johnny Mattis ,also This year michael has been playing and to
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