Ended the long weekend and started Tuesday after my swim with A Short Diary by Sebastian Rochford and Kit Downes released on ECM in 2023.

Tyran Grillo wrote on ECM Reviews:

"In 2019, Sebastian Rochford .. lost his father, Aberdeen poet Gerard Rochford. While mourning, the drummer found himself unable to staunch the melodies welling up from within. Recorded in collaboration with pianist Kit Downes at his childhood home in Scotland, A Short Diary reapproaches that music in dedication to his family and the man whose absence left an unfillable chasm...

Despite the heartache that permeates “This Tune Your Ears Will Never Hear,” it opens with bursts of light as if to fight off the darkness of death. This feeling continues throughout, even in titles one might not expect, such as “Night Of Quiet...”

https://ecmreviews.com/2025/01/14/sebastian-rochford-kit-downes-a-short-diary-ecm-2749/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udm69jYBStA&list=PLWwRgYynvV-bVb-SO9dWupEToztvlGReA&index=1

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Jazzpositionen zwischen Struktur und Freiheit: Dudek, Downes und Warelis bei der Cologne Jazzweek 2025

https://jazzpages.de/jazzpositionen-zwischen-struktur-und-freiheit-dudek-downes-und-warelis-bei-der-cologne-jazzweek-2025/

Guten Gewissens kann ich das morgige Konzert der Jazz-Fabrik Rüsselsheim in der Stadtkirche in Rüsselsheim empfehlen: Kit Downes ist dort an der Kirchenorgel zu hören und das hatte ich selbst schon als großartiges Musikerlebnis in Schwäbisch Hall (Photo/fs)...

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