Linley Hamilton

Linley Patrick Hamilton is a musician, educator and broadcaster from Northern Ireland. He is a Dr. of Jazz Performance and retired Lecturer of Music at Ulster University Magee. He presented Jazz World with Linley Hamilton on BBC Radio Ulster and leads his own jazz quintet playing trumpet and flugelhorn. Hamilton's associations as a session musician include Van Morrison, Jacqui Dankworth, Andrew Strong and Paul Brady. He has 6 studio albums and is curator of the internationally acclaimed Jazz venue, Magy’s Farm in County Down, Northern Ireland. His current band is made up of Adam Nussbaum drums, Mark Egan 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 and lamb Sanctuary at their farm.