After years of tireless residencies, and a regular slot as the latenight jam band at the Cork Jazz Festival, the launch of their debut album, First Light (Music Network) last year confirmed their arrival as a force to be reckoned with. And quite apart from their success as a unit, each of the members individually has been making their mark on the scene. Carroll is much in demand as a pianist and keyboardist and when not playing with Organics, he can be heard leading his own projects such as Triple Piglet and Mouth Organ, and conspiring with his brother Roy in the riotous Trouble Penetrator. Brady has had a very busy year as one-third of the much-lauded Phil Ware Trio, who launched their debut album in Dublin in April. He also set up the new musicians collective, The Living Room Project. Moriarty not only plays the guitar - he also makes them.

It is an instrument of his own creation that he plays on stage and for the last couple of years he has played it in a duo with Louis Stewart in a series of concerts.

The group will be the jazz element of the very promising �igse Arts Festival in Carlow on 15 June and then they go to Scotland where they will be appearing in the Glasgow Jazz Festival on a distinguished programme that also includes Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Tord Gustavssen and Julian Arguelles.

The concert in Carlow is notable also because it will showcase Organics' very fruitful collaboration with Richie Buckley which has blossomed over the last year. Tenor saxophonist Buckley is well known to Irish jazz audiences and is one of those rare musicians who has a broad appeal whilst still enjoying the respect of his peers. He has had a long association with another of Ireland's leading saxophonists, Van Morrison - with whom Buckley has toured and recorded over many years - as well as various other popular musicians, including Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and Barry Manilow. He has also enjoyed a burgeoning career as a film composer, supplying the music for several high-profile documentaries, and John Boorman's The General.

But the best way to see Buckley is still on a small stage playing jazz as only he can. With a very fluent style and a complete mastery of the instrument's history, Buckely's saxophone makes the sort of sound that puts a smile on your face. Catch him at �igse with Organics, or get down to the regular Thursday night session in JJ Smyths, one of Dublin's longest standing and most popular residencies.