Sean Payne Quartet
Sean Payne – Saxophone
Kit Downes – Piano
Freddie Jensen – Bass
James Maddren – Drums
After recently recording and touring extensively with the new Clark Tracey Quintet, Sean brings his quartet back to the Vortex performing some brand new music. The quartet features Kit Downes on Piano, Freddie Jensen on Bass and James Maddren on Drums.
Wright/Downes Duo
Lewis Wright – Vibraphone
Kit Downes – Piano
Lewis Wright is an award-winning British vibraphonist, composer and drummer based in London. As a vibraphonist, he was nominated for Rising Star in the 2016 Downbeat International Critics Poll, was awarded Ensemble of the Year in the 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards with Empirical and was awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians prize in 2011. He has performed at venues such as the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall and has been a featured soloist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Centre Orchestra. For this gig, Wright is joined by virtuoso pianist Kit Downes, whom Wright has known and performed with since childhood.