Kit Downes

TRIFOLD DIGIPACK EDITION

Medna Roso is a glorious recording featuring BBC Jazz Award-winning and Mercury nominated artist Kit Downes on organ, New Zealand saxophonist Hayden Chisholm – known for his distinct microtonal tuning system – contributing on alto saxophone, shruti box, analogue synthesizer, throat singing, and vocals from PJEV, a female a cappella vocal quintet from the Balkans, that preserves and cherishes traditional vocal music from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The traditional songs on the album represent these different regions, reflecting the distinct vocal styles that have developed over the passing centuries.

The combination of sounds echoed mightily and timelessly in the ancient acoustics of the Agneskirche, where the ensemble performed this spellbinding sold-out concert at the Cologne Jazz Week Festival in September 2021, which lives on now thanks to this pristine production issuing on Red Hook Records.

PERSONNEL:

• Kit Downes - (organ)
• Hayden Chisholm - (alto saxophone, shruti box, analogue synthesizer)

• PJEV:
• Jovana Lukic - (choir director / voice)
• Zvezdana Ostojic - (voice)
• Gloria Lindeman - (voice)
• Lana Hosni - (voice)
• Julijana Lesic - (voice)

TRACKS:

• 01. Introduction
• 02. Listaj goro ne žali be’ara
• 03. Interlude I
• 04. Ova brda i puste doline
• 05. Interlude II
• 06. Što si setna, nevesela
• 07. Oj djevojko, janje umiljato
• 08. Interlude III
• 09. Medna roso, gdje si zimovala
• 10. Interlude IV
• 11. Od kad seke nismo zapjevale
• 12. Interlude V
• 13. Službu služi Viden dobar junak
• 14. Interlude VI
• 15. Licki ojkan
• 16. Medna Roso