the music
Steeped in the tradition of New Orleans Jazz, THE APEX repertoire includes material from Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, George Lewis, Kid Ory, Bunk Johnston et al.

Marches, spirtuals, rags, blues, stomps and pop tunes from the jazz age are all present in a well balanced and entertaining programme.

Without compromising artistic integrity, THE APEX JAZZ BAND presents its music in an enjoyable manner and this has contributed greatly to the ever increasing popularity.

on the road - at home and abroad
Throughout the years the THE APEX has appeared all over Ireland at festivals, concerts and jazz club sessions and has made numerous radio and TV appearances for BBC, Ulster Television and RTE... including the Late, Late Show (RTE & C4), Jazz Parade (BBC Radio 2) and The Kelly Show (UTV).

For a long time the band stayed at home, content in accompanying the big jazz stars brought over from the UK and USA... international household names such as Sammy Price, Alton Purnell, George Masso, Dick Wellstood, Monty Sunshine, Pat Halcox, Roy Wiliams, John Barnes, Cy Laurie, Sammy Rimmington, Ian Wheeler plus the late, great Ken Colyer. They all guested with THE APEX, some on a regular basis.

However, as our reputation spread, requests increased for the band to travel for apperances outside Ireland. Consequently, during the past number of years we have been heard in:

SCOTLAND	Glasgow, Isle of Bute, Girvan, Edinburgh and Kirkcubright Festivals
ENGLAND	Birmingham, Northamption, Bristol, Cottingham, South Shields, London (100 Club), Keswick, Bude, Upton and Hexham Festivals
HOLLAND	Den Bosch, Gorinchem and Den Haag
GERMANY	Dr Jazz, Dusseldorf
USA	First ever Northern Ireland band to star at the famous Sacramento Jazz Jubilee... invited back to Sacramento for the third time in May 1997. Also appeared at the New Orleans Jazz Society of North California in San Francisco.