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Kit Downes's latest album brings us jazz – but not as we know it

'Downes stays at the centre of the music and, while sax player Tom Challenger is never far away, the other players move in and out of orbit'

Freya Parr

Published: December 12, 2019 at 12:58 pm

'Downes stays at the centre of the music and, while sax player Tom Challenger is never far away, the other players move in and out of orbit'

Kit Downes Downes: Dreamlife of Debris Kit Downes (piano, organ), Tom Challenger (saxophone); Lucy Railton (cello); Stian Westerhuis (guitar); Sebastian Rochford (drums) ECM 2632 44:44 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

Kit Downes's latest album brings us jazz – but not as we know it

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