Listen to Métier.

With a line-up that convenes five of the strongest jazz musicians in Ireland today to play their own compositions, Métier is a potent assembly. Their appearance during The Future of Music conference underlines the commitment of the International Association of Music Information Centres to music of all genres and reminds us that talking is all very well, but music is the universal language that we all believe in and work for.

Métier, as Jazz Ensemble in Association with Dublin's Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county council, have been able to achieve that rare thing in today's music world, an opportunity to play, work together, and grow artistically and musically. Michael Buckley (saxophones), Joe O'Callaghan (guitar), Justin Carroll (piano) and Sean Carpio (drums) join the group's leader, bassist and composer Ronan Guilfoyle, in a quintet that bristles with creative energy. Métier's international appearances have included the London Jazz Festival and European Jazz Nights (Norway).