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BBC NOW - Strauss, Webern, Mozart

Radio 3 Live in Concert Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW in music by Strauss, Webern and Mozart.

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Kit Downes Trio

Duration:
1 hour, 45 minutes
First broadcast:
Monday 19 July 2010

Jez Nelson presents hotly tipped pianist Kit Downes's trio, with drummer James Maddren and Calum Gourlay on double bass, recorded at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in May. Downes is a versatile player who, as part of a wave of twenty-something British musicians, has spent the past few years exploring new directions in jazz. Last heard on Jazz On 3 a few weeks ago playing organ in avant-blues-rock trio Troyka, he's also a member of the dark and explosive Golden Age of Steam. As a classic piano, bass and drums trio, Downes's own group makes more obvious reference to the jazz tradition than either of the above, but the group's sound looks forwards as well as back, and showcases Kit's voice as both a distinctive contemporary composer and an economical and thoughtful improviser.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Robert Abel & Peggy Sutton.

Music and featured items

13 items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
  • Phronesis Abraham’s New Gift

    Alive, Edition

  • Kit Downes Trio recorded at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 1 May 2010

    • Line up: Kit Downes (piano), Calum Gourlay (bass), James Maddren (drums)

    • Kit Downes Jump Minzi Jump

      Composer: Kit Downes

    • Kit Downes Fritzy Patsi

      Composer: Kit Downes

    • Kit Downes Skip James

      Composer: Kit Downes

    • Kit Downes Brixen

      Composer: Kit Downes

    • Kit Downes Foinas

      Composer: Kit Downes

  • Ethan Iverson interviews Gunther Schuller about his concept of Third Stream music

    • Miles Davis Nonet Moon Dreams

      Birth of the Cool, Capitol Jazz

    • The Modern Jazz Society The Queen’s Fancy

      A Concert Of Contemporary Music, Verve

    • The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra

      The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra, Atlantic

    • Image for Gunther Schuller

      Gunther Schuller All About Rosie

      The Birth of the Third Stream, Columbia

    • John Lewis Abstraction

      Jazz Abstractions, Atlantic

    • Image for Eric Dolphy

      Eric Dolphy Stormy Weather

      Candid Dolphy, Candid Records

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