Cologne Jazzweek: Kit Downes – SNAP II

In the organizer's words:

Two and a half years ago, British pianist, organist, composer and bandleader Kit Downes realized the first episode of his "Dr. Snap" project for the "Reflex" concert series at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. At the time, he called together a number of instrumentalist friends from Europe to stage a large-scale improvisational piece of music that alternated between a written-out template and free-flowing music. For Cologne Jazzweek, Downes, who is this year's "Artist In Residence" for the festival, is planning a sequel as "Snap II". Compared to the Bimhuis project, Downes has streamlined the line-up somewhat. This time, he has grouped some well-known soloists around his "Exhaust" trio with the Berlin-based, Argentinian-born Camila Nebbia on tenor saxophone, his compatriot Andrew Lisle on drums and him on organ; together they boldly plunge into a torrential maelstrom of condensed sound clusters and fragmented melodies, buzzing grooves and pulsating rhythms.

Camila Nebbia - tenor sax
Otis Sandsjo - tenor sax
Ketija Ringa Karahona - fl
Marta Warelis - p
John Edwards - b
Andrew Lisle - dr
Kit Downes - org

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