Norma Winstone & Kit Downes

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025 at 07:30 pm UTC+01:00

Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, CF10 3ER Cardiff, United Kingdom | Cardiff

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Publisher/HostRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
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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
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Yn un o dalentau lleisiol a thelynegwyr gorau a mwyaf amryddawn Prydain, daeth Norma Winstone yn ffigwr nodedig ar y sîn jazz ym Mhrydain yn ystod y chwedegau pan rannodd y bil yn Ronnie Scott's gyda Roland Kirk. Ers hynny, mae hi wedi cydweithio'n aml gyda cherddorion fel Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, a Dave Holland ymhlith eraill, a daeth yn adnabyddus am ddatblygu ei hagwedd ddi-eiriau ei hun wrth fyrfyfyrio.
Ynghyd â’r pianydd Kit Downes, bydd Norma yn dod â’i theimladrwydd barddonol i ddarnau newydd gan Downes yn ogystal â chyfansoddiadau gan Carla Bley, Ralph Towner, a John Taylor, gyda safbwyntiau ffres ar ddwy alaw draddodiadol, 'Black Is The Colour, a 'Rowing Home'.
'Rydw i'n chwilio am eiriau sydd eisoes yn y gerddoriaeth. Bob tro. Dyna sut rwy'n gweithio. Ac os yw'r geiriau'n dod, mae fel pe baent yno bob amser.' - Norma Winstone
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