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Album: Quiet Tiger

Released: 7 Mar 2011

Label: Basho Records

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Genre: Electronica / Experimental / Jazz
Location london, UK
Profile Views: 159619
Last Login: 16/03/2012
Member Since 16/12/2005
Website kitdownes.com or kitdownes.wordpress.com
Record Label Basho Records
Type of Label Indie
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After studying at both the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music - Kit now plays regularly with his own trio, Stan Sulzman, Troyka, The Golden Age of Steam, Sam Crockatt and Clark Tracey - and has played with Joe Locke, Gilad Atzmon, Empirical, Gerard Presencer, Seb Rochford, Ian Ballamy, Peter Ind, Gwyneth Herbert, John Warren and Eugene Skeef. He has also performed with leading British bands Fraud, Asaf Sirkis’ Inner Noise, Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble, Acoustic Ladyland, Nostalgia 77, 2000 Black, Silhouette Brown and Dennis Rollins’ Badbone and Co. He has also worked with up and coming Composer / Songwriter Micachu, with whome he recorded in Abbey Road for Matthew Herbert, recorded for BBC Radio 6 and played at the Sonar Music Festival ’07 in Barcelona. Kit’s work with Empirical has taken him to The North Sea Jazz Festival, The JVC Festivals in New York, Montreal and Newport, and Vancouver Jazz Festival. Empirical won ‘Best Album of the Year 2007’ in Jazzwise and the EBU Award at the North Sea Festival. Kit won the BBC ‘Rising Star’ Award in 2008 and was nominated for a British Jazz Award in both 2008 and 2009, he also won one of 'Yamaha Jazz Scolarship' Awards in 2009. Having been together since their first year at the Royal Academy of Music, the 'Kit Downes Trio' have been playing together since 2005. Their music concentrates on walking the fine line between improvisation and composition through an eclectic mix of influences. The band, featuring Calum Gourlay (Tommy Smith, Martin Speake, Tom Cawley) on bass and James Maddren (Marc Copland, Stan Sulzmann, Gwilym Simcock) on drums, has always been interested in making it's music accessible, whilst not sacrificing any of it's intellect - and doing so through new and original music. It has done this at the London Jazz Festival 2008 and 2009, Ronnie Scotts British Jazz Festival, BBC Radio 3 Live Broadcast, Glasgow Jazz Festival and Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Inspired by a wide range of influences, ranging from Bela Bartok to Keith Jarrett to Rufus Wainwright, the trio endeavors to both celebrate the classic piano trio tradition as well as develop it. They released their first album 'Golden' on Basho Records in November 2009 which was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Music Award. The second album 'Quiet Tiger' is due out in March 2011. Kit is also a member of the F-IRE Collective. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Myspace Editor.. - ..Hot Comments.. - ..Image Hosting.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Calum Gourlay - bass, James Maddren -drums .. (+ James Allsopp - tenor saxophone/bass clarinet, Adrien Dennefeld - cello, Josh Arceleo - tenor saxophone)....Bookings - Clive Johnson (clive@timeandtalentagency.co.uk)....Label - Basho Music (bashomusic@btinternet.com)
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  - Richard Harris
    
    Sending LOVE to you Kit!
    
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT AGE ...
    
    "AGE is a case of MIND over MATTER.
    
    If YOU DON'T MIND ~
    
    It DON'T MATTER."
    
    ~ Leroy "Satchel" Paige
    
    Satchel Paige was a baseball player whose pitching made him a legend in his own lifetime. He was elected to the BASEBALL HALL OF FAME in 1971, the first player to be inducted from the Negro leagues.
    
    He was the OLDEST ROOKIE to ever play Major League Baseball, and the first black pitcher, at the age of 42. He played with the St. Louis Browns until the age of 47, and was signed to a contract with the Kansas City Athletics at the age of 59. Satchel pitched his last game in organized baseball at the age of 60.
    
    WE DON'T STOP PLAYING BECAUSE WE GROW OLD.
    
    WE GROW OLD BECAUSE WE STOP PLAYING!
    
    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
    
    Richard
    
    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
    
    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
    
    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
    
    1 month ago
  - Richard Harris
    
    Hi Kit!
    
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT COMMITTEES ...
    
    "COMMITTEE ~
    
    a GROUP OF PEOPLE who individually CAN DO NOTHING
    
    but AS A GROUP decide that NOTHING CAN BE DONE."
    
    ~ Fred Allen
    
    A COMMITTEE CAN MAKE A DECISION THAT IS
    
    DUMBER THAN ANY OF ITS MEMBERS!
    
    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
    
    Richard
    
    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
    
    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
    
    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
    
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After studying at both the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music - Kit now plays regularly with his own trio, Stan Sulzman, Troyka, The Golden Age of Steam, Sam Crockatt and Clark Tracey - and has played with Joe Locke, Gilad Atzmon, Empirical, Gerard Presencer, Seb Rochford, Ian Ballamy, Peter Ind, Gwyneth Herbert, John Warren and Eugene Skeef. He has also performed with leading British bands Fraud, Asaf Sirkis’ Inner Noise, Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble, Acoustic Ladyland, Nostalgia 77, 2000 Black, Silhouette Brown and Dennis Rollins’ Badbone and Co. He has also worked with up and coming Composer / Songwriter Micachu, with whome he recorded in Abbey Road for Matthew Herbert, recorded for BBC Radio 6 and played at the Sonar Music Festival ’07 in Barcelona. Kit’s work with Empirical has taken him to The North Sea Jazz Festival, The JVC Festivals in New York, Montreal and Newport, and Vancouver Jazz Festival. Empirical won ‘Best Album of the Year 2007’ in Jazzwise and the EBU Award at the North Sea Festival. Kit won the BBC ‘Rising Star’ Award in 2008 and was nominated for a British Jazz Award in both 2008 and 2009, he also won one of 'Yamaha Jazz Scolarship' Awards in 2009. Having been together since their first year at the Royal Academy of Music, the 'Kit Downes Trio' have been playing together since 2005. Their music concentrates on walking the fine line between improvisation and composition through an eclectic mix of influences. The band, featuring Calum Gourlay (Tommy Smith, Martin Speake, Tom Cawley) on bass and James Maddren (Marc Copland, Stan Sulzmann, Gwilym Simcock) on drums, has always been interested in making it's music accessible, whilst not sacrificing any of it's intellect - and doing so through new and original music. It has done this at the London Jazz Festival 2008 and 2009, Ronnie Scotts British Jazz Festival, BBC Radio 3 Live Broadcast, Glasgow Jazz Festival and Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Inspired by a wide range of influences, ranging from Bela Bartok to Keith Jarrett to Rufus Wainwright, the trio endeavors to both celebrate the classic piano trio tradition as well as develop it. They released their first album 'Golden' on Basho Records in November 2009 which was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Music Award. The second album 'Quiet Tiger' is due out in March 2011. Kit is also a member of the F-IRE Collective.

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Calum Gourlay - bass, James Maddren -drums .. (+ James Allsopp - tenor saxophone/bass clarinet, Adrien Dennefeld - cello, Josh Arceleo - tenor saxophone)....Bookings - Clive Johnson (clive@timeandtalentagency.co.uk)....Label - Basho Music (bashomusic@btinternet.com)