Jerry O'Sullivan is an American musician. O'Sullivan was born in

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. As a youngster he learned Great Highland bagpipes. Following a visit to his cousins in

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he took up

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. He became a member of Green Fields of America in the 1980s, rubbing shoulders with

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and Mick Moloney. He has appeared on over 90 albums, including

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's '' Heartsongs: Live from Home'', Susan McKeown's ''Bones'', and two albums by Eileen Ivers – ''Wild Blue'' (1996) and ''Crossing the Bridge'' (1999). He has recorded five solo albums, including ''The Invasion'' in 1987, ''The Gift'' in 1998, and ''O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrell'' in 2005. ''O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrell: Volume II'' was recorded in February 2008 in

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, with baroque cellist Audrey Sabattier-Cienniwa and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa playing

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

. It was released in July 2010. O'Sullivan in 2018 self-released ''The Killasser Flute / An Fheadóg Mhór Chill Lasrach,'' a collection of flute music he recorded after receiving two flutes as gifts from Killasser-based flutemaker Michael Cronnolly.

Discography

As leader

* ''The Invasion'' (1987) * ''The Gift'' (1998) * ''O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrell'' (2005) * ''O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrell: Volume II'' (2010) * ''The Killasser Flute / An Fheadóg Mhór Chill Lasrach'' (2018)

As sideman

* ''Live in America'' by Green Fields of America (1989) * ''Four Marys'' by Rebecca Pidgeon (1999) * ''Crossing the Bridge'' by

(1999) * ''Celtic Solstice'' by

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* ''The Border of Heaven'' by Connie Dover (2000) * '' Copper: Original Soundtrack'' by Brian Keane (2013)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Jerry American male musicians American flautists Great Highland bagpipe players Irish male uilleann pipers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Green Linnet Records artists American people of Irish descent 20th-century Irish uilleann pipers 21st-century Irish uilleann pipers