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Genre: Electronica / Experimental / Jazz
Location london, UK
Profile Views: 173657
Last Login: 8/21/2012
Member Since 12/16/2005
Website kitdownes.com or kitdownes.wordpress.com
Record Label Basho Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
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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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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10 of 766MoreHope that music continues to feed your soul Kit.
Check us out at London's Jazz Café in January the 25th and 26th
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WE DON'T NEED MORE WELFARE FOR THE RICH Kit!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY ...
Don't be FOOLED by a man who would cut programs that
support the POOR and the MIDDLE CLASS, and give huge
TAX CUTS to the VERY WEALTHY among us!
PLEASE LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND
VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
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
Always BE THANKFUL for what we HAVE Kit!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GIVING THANKS ...
"You won't be HAPPY with MORE
until you're HAPPY with WHAT YOU'VE GOT."
~ Viki King
IT ISN'T WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET THAT
MAKES YOU THANKFUL ~ ITS WHAT YOU HAVE
IN YOUR HEART!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
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
Groove to some SWEET MUSIC Kit!
Jazz Legend Miles Davis
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS FROM MILES DAVIS ...
"Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."
"I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing."
"Do not fear mistakes, there are none."
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
“It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.”
~ Miles Davis
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
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
Don't let precious TIME SLIP THRU YOUR FINGERS Kit!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT TIME ...
My Dear Friend Kit,
“TIME is FREE, but it's PRICELESS.
You can't OWN it, but you can USE it.
You can't KEEP it, but you can SPEND it.
ONCE YOU'VE LOST IT
you can NEVER GET IT BACK.”
~ Harvey MacKay
THE GREAT PARADOX OF TIME ~
NONE OF US SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH OF IT
YET EACH OF US HAVE ALL THERE IS!
USE YOUR TIME WISELY MY FRIEND!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
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
Live a LIFE You Can Be PROUD OF Kit!
I AM RECORDING A BRAND NEW CD THIS SUMMER! WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LIFE ...
"My LIFE
is my MESSAGE."
~ Mahatma Ghandi
LIFE IS NOT MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF BREATHS
WE TAKE ~ BUT BY THE MOMENTS THAT TAKE
OUR BREATH AWAY!
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
Happy MEMORIAL DAY Kit!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY ...
"Let every nation know,
whether it wishes us well or ill,
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden,
meet any hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe ~ to assure
the survival and the success of liberty."
~ John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE ~ WE SALUTE THOSE WHO
HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
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
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
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
Be KIND Kit!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT KIND WORDS ...
"KIND WORDS
are SHORT and EASY TO SPEAK,
but their ECHOES
are TRULY ENDLESS ...."
~ Mother Teresa
KIND WORDS, GENTLE WORDS, QUIET WORDS
ARE AFTER ALL THE MOST POWERFUL WORDS!
TO A PERSON THAT IS HURTING - THEY MAY MEAN
THE WORLD!
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