Darren McCarthy was born in West Cork, Ireland in 1983. Studied double bass under Zoltan Dekany (Charlie Hayden,Jeff Berlin,Alfonso Jackson) at Leeds College Of Music. Darren was bass player with the Duke Ellington Repertory Orchestra led by Anthony Faulkner for three years and the LCM Big band in his final year guided by Al Wood.

In 2005 Performed in the UK Premier of Duke Ellington's 'a drum is a woman' in the BBC's ..The Venue.. (**** The Guardian). Darren has performed two consecutive years running at the Leeds International Jazz Conference and at the 2005 Cork Jazz Festival with the Richard Turner Quartet, Melissa Stott Quintet and the Zac Crawford Trio. Has performed with Oscar Winner Glen Hansard, Grammy nominee Andrew Phillpott (Depeche Mode),double golden globe nominee Maurice Seezer (50Cent, Bono, Gavin Friday, Andrea Corr) legendary Irish singer songwriter Fergus O' Farrell, Tina May, Lee Gibson, Dave Cliff (Lee Konitz, BT Jazz Award 1998) and also shared a bill with Dennis Rollins.

In 2006 Darren graduated from the Leeds College of Music with first degree honors in Jazz and Contemporary Music.Has toured Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Ireland England and New York. In 2007 Darren recorded for the Russian film Paragraph 78 has also composed and performed for an Irish television documentary. Other television credits include a hour long special 'Other Voices' concert with Interference and Glen Hansard, recorded in December 2007. In May 2008 Darren performed with Glen Hansard (Oscar Winner for 'Best Song' in February 2008) and Interference at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. He is now based in Berlin.

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