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Kit Downes

British pianist Kit Downes digs out his favourite, lesser-known examples of great improvisation. Plus creative modern arrangements from Austrian bassist and composer Gina Schwarz.

British pianist, composer and organist Kit Downes’ work is widely known on the UK jazz scene - from his groove-based group Troyka to the spectral soundscapes on his most recent release for the ECM label. Kit shares his three favourite, lesser-known examples of great improvisation with tracks by American guitarist Mary Halvorson, vocalist Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad and South African pianist Bheki Mseleku.

Also in the show, creative modern arrangements from the Austrian bassist and composer Gina Schwarz, and the Italian cellist Francesco Guerri blurs the line between contemporary classical music and free improvisation.

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Sun 15 Mar 2020 00:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jure Pukl

    Broken Circles

    • Broken Circles.
    • Whirlwind Recordings.

  • Aruán Ortiz

    Marímbula's Mood

    • Inside Rhythmic Falls.
    • Intakt Records.

  • Kit Downes

    Circinus

    • Dreamlife Of Debris.
    • ECM Records.

  • Mary Halvorson

    Sadness

    • Meltframe.
    • Firehouse 12 Records.

  • Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad

    Test:Vov

  • Bheki Mseleku

    Introduction to Celebration (Excerpt)

    • Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1992.

  • Sarah Gail Brand, Steve Beresford, John Edwards & Mark Sanders

    Let's Go

    • All Will Be Said, All To Do Again.

  • Gina Schwarz

    Via Terra

    • Pannonica.

  • Francesco Guerri

    Mimmi resisti

    • Su Mimmi Non Si Spara.
    • RARE NOISE RECORDS.

  • Black Top

    Carried Way Beyond

    • #Two.
    • Babel.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Mar 2020 00:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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