For those of us who's heads generally tend to only go so far as the clouds here's a quick astronomy revision course concerning the Equinox (I'll keep it brief): The Equinox is the time at which day and night are of equal length. It is a time of balance within a continually shifting process, and a period of stability in between extremes. So, with that in mind, we now turn our attention to an Equinox of another kind – an Equinox of the musical variety.

The four members of the jazz quartet Equinox are like minded in their desire to balance opposing musical forces; tension and resolution, dissonance and consonance, innovation and tradition. The quartet consists of three Americans and an Irishman, all coming from different backgrounds, yet all working together to express a common sense of balance and harmony.

Based in The Netherlands, where all the band members have made their home, the four members of the Equinox are steeped in the jazz tradition, which continually informs their search for personal avenues of expression in improvisation and composition. Among the band's strengths is a vast and wide ranging repertoire that includes originals by all band members, modern and classic jazz pieces, and choice American songbook standards. Equinox will be touring Ireland in May of 2008 in a project devoted to performing the music of the great composer and Pianist Thelonious Monk. They play the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh today (Thursday, May 1).

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