Jackson's Morning Brush - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	80	AABB'BB'DDCC	D Major

Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1919	15#1	[PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes).
1921	2.9#1	[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).
1936	10#1	[HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).
1938	16#1	[OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
~1967	13#1	[SprklDwn] Hughie Gillespie and Frank Kelly. The Sparkling Dawn. Hughie Gillespie (fiddle), Frank Kelly (fiddle).
~1974	1#2	[SE 3] Séamus Ennis. The Wandering Minstrel. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~1974	13#2	[GP] The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. Seamus Ennis.
~1975	9#2	[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).
~1980	13#1	[MMlny 2] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar). For this tune: (banjo).
~2000	18#1	[BICM] Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Dun Na Ri Ceili Band.
~2002	2#2	[BRny 2] Brian Rooney. Leitrim to London. Brian Rooney (fiddle, accordion).
~2002	16#1	[RBPOL 2] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle).
~2004	6#1	[OMcD 1] Oisín Mac Diarmada. Ar an bhFidil. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, whistle). For this tune: with John C. (fiddle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Wandering Minstrel	SE 3, GP
Ballykeal Jig	SK 1
Shandon Bells	BRny 2

Played before	On Albums
Rambling Pitchfork	MC, SprklDwn, OMcD 1
Doherty's Fancy	HG
Paddy in London	OTPR
Return to Burton Road	MMlny 2
Rakes of Kildare	BICM
Pipe on the Hob	RBPOL 2

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #899 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #146 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 135 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. [available]
As tune #104 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 23 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #9 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 77 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #37 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 33 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As jig #61 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #241 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903

Tune ID#911 (Jackson's Morning Brush)

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Bibliography