"The music of last year's Mercury Prize nominee is neither flamboyant nor attention-craving, that is simply not Downes' way; but it does speak increasingly for itself. And on the evidence of Saturday's concert at Kings Place, to launch the new CD "Quiet Tiger," it is developing in new and fascinating directions".
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"Downes is a choosy, patient storyteller, and if one of his distinctive original themes only requires a handful of notes and a lot of spaces, he leaves it like that.”
John Fordham, The Guardian ****
John Fordham, The Guardian ****
Rising piano star Kit Downes’ debut album Golden (Basho) is a refreshingly unselfconscious navigation of the trio format which fizzes from the opening “Jump Minzi Jump” to the lush textures of the title track. Tribune
Kit Downes - Piano
Calum Gourlay - Double Bass
James Maddren - Drums
with James Allsopp reeds and Adrien Dennefeld cello
http://www.kitdownes.com
