AT SWING, TWO BIRDS,from innovative bassist Ronan Guilfoylewith seven original compositions.Completing the quartet are alto saxophonist Sam Norris, guitarist ChrisGuilfoyle (Ronan’s son) and highly experienced drummer Darren Beckett.The compositions feature typical jazz characteristics–swing, groove, blues, standard form, chord changes,solos, drum trades, shout choruses etc. within a typical rhythmic shapes, showing that innovation and jazz tradition are compatible, and the music can swing with non-standard time signatures and structures.The album title references Irish humourist Flann O’Brien’s classic book,At Swim Two Birds, while blending rhythmic and harmonic ideas from two Charlie Parker tunes.