Linley Hamilton (born 17 March 1965) is a musician, educator and broadcaster from

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. He is a Dr. of Jazz Performance and Lecturer of Music at Ulster University Magee. He presents ''Jazz World with Linley Hamilton'' on

BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Ulster ( ga, BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the BBC. It was established on New Year's Day 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of BBC Radio 4. It is ...

and leads his own jazz quintet playing trumpet and

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

. Hamilton's associations as a session musician include

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, Andrew Strong and

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. He has 5 studio albums and is curator of the internationally acclaimed Jazz venue, Magy’s Farm in Co. Down, Northern Ireland. His current band is made up of

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drums,

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bass, Cian Boylan piano and Derek DOC O’Connor. His wife Maggie is an author specialising in nature writing and they host a mini-Donkey Sanctuary at their farm.

Discography

*''Up To Now'' (2003) *''Taylor Made'' (2011) *''In Transition'' (2014) *''Making other Arrangements'' (2018) *''For the Record'' (2020)'' * Ginger’s Hollow (2023)

Featured on

*''Oh What a World'' (

) (2000) *''Songbook'' (

) (2002) *''Detour Ahead'' (

) (2003) *''Hawana Way'' (

) (2003) *''Two of Us'' ( Dana Masters) *''Shadows Linger'' (John Donegan Sextet) *''In Another Lifetime'' (Swift)

References

External links

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''Jazz World with Linley Hamilton''
(BBC Radio Ulster) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Linley 1965 births Living people Jazz musicians from Northern Ireland