Death announced of Cork Jazz Festival co-founder Pearse Harvey 

Pearse Harvey was one of the core trio who helped establish the festival in its early days 

Pearse Harvey, centre, pictured with Tom Cotter and Pat Horgan at a reception mark the 40th Guinness Cork Jazz festival. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The death has been announced of Cork Jazz Festival co-founder Pearse Harvey, after a long illness.

 When Metropole Hotel marketing manager Jim Mountjoy came up with the idea of a jazz festival back in 1978 to take advantage of the new bank holiday, Harvey was one of the people he turned to for music expertise.