Norma Winstone & Kit Downes

One of Britain's finest and most versatile vocal talents and lyricists, Norma Winstone became a notable figure on the British jazz scene during the sixties when she shared the bill at Ronnie Scott’s with Roland Kirk. Since, she has regularly collaborated with the likes of Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, and Dave Holland amongst others, and became known for evolving her own wordless approach to improvisation.

Together with pianist Kit Downes, Norma will bring her poetic sensibilities to new pieces by Downes as well as compositions by Carla Bley, Ralph Towner, and John Taylor, alongside fresh perspectives on two traditional tunes, ‘Black Is The Colour’ and ‘Rowing Home’.

'I’m looking for words that are already in the music. Always. That’s how I work. And if the words do come, it’s as if they were always there.' - Norma Winstone