Kit Downes

Kit Downes is a British jazz and classical composer, organist and pianist, known for a clean playing style no matter the setting. His compositions lean heavily on polychromatic investigation and timbral discipline. He also plays cello. He began his career as a founding member of the jazz group Troyka, and is a first-call sideman. He led a jazz piano trio for 2009's Mercury Prize-nominated Quiet Tiger. 2013's Light from Old Stars crisscrossed modern jazz, vintage blues, and global rhythms. His 2018 ECM debut Obsidian, showcased his skills on church pipe organs in original compo...