[ ECM / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 5 July 2024
Outpost of Dreams introduces a new duo. Norma Winstone, as always quietly innovative as jazz singer and lyricist, brings her vocal subtlety and poetic sensibility to new pieces by Kit Downes, and to compositions by Carla Bley, Ralph Towner, and John Taylor. The programme is completed with fresh perspectives on two traditional tunes, "Black Is The Colour" and "Rowing Home." Throughout Downes offers elegantly phrased accompaniment and adventurous interjections. "Outpost of Dreams" was recorded in Udine in April 2023.
1 El
2 Fly The Wind
3 Jesus Maria
4 Beneath An Evening Sky
5 Out Of The Dancing Sea
6 The Steppe
7 Nocturne
8 Black Is The Colour
9 In Search Of Sleep
10 Rowing Home