Discography

new album 'Lost Something' out soon


“If you've never been to see a live jazz performance because you feel the genre is out of date, then a trip to see the Bourne, Davis, Kane trio will catch you up to speed.” (Flavorpill)

"Move over, EST; out of our way, The so called Bad Plus; don't make us laugh, Brad 'Meldrew' Meldau.
On the strength of this, BDK go to work with aggressive good humour. No wonder there's an old photo of steel-workers on the back of this, for the trio have a gritty Lagan-built reliability that doesn't preclude moments of real beauty, like the wind-down on Steven Davis's "Melt". The drummer's responsible for one other original, "De Selby's Earth", and bassist Dave Kane for a couple more, including the fine title track. Matthew Bourne (not that Matthew Bourne) plays piano and sampler with rugged individualism. One slightly worrying thing. In the group photo, Dave Kane has three arms. "Lost something?". Brian Morton's review of 'Lost Something' (The Wire)

“This high octane, hectic, rampaging trio of musicians play jazz that is new, contemporary, fresh and fun.” (www.secxtra.com)

Matthew Bourne, Steve Davis and David Kane are all adventurous musicians and composers in their own right. Alone, they have wowed critics, broken boundaries and challenged conventions. Together, they have produced an album of democratic interactiveness pooling their unique resources to create an admirably unified sound.

The trio has been performing on the live circuit for several years and their gigs have become quite a theatrical affair (it's not unheard of for enthused crowds to be caught up in singing renditions of the ‘Cheers' theme-tune). Such moments sit alongside deconstructions of popular jazz standards to the recorded output of Jack Jones and Johnny Mathis.

Steve Davis: “There's definitely a sense of fun which underpins what we do. We've purposefully not wanted to create something that's overly academic, it's more important to us that the barrier is broken down between the audience.”

Acclaimed pianist Matthew Bourne is famed for his use of wickedly humorous samples, unusual sound effects (such as wind up chattering teeth) and wry political references. Bourne has been known to swat grand pianos with bath towels or tickle the ivories with his tiptoes. Such antics have earned Bourne a Perrier Young Jazz Musician Award, BBC Jazz Award for Innovation, and the IJFO International Jazz Award as well as commissions from Serious, The British Council, Jazz on 3, Leeds Fuse Festival Faber Music and pianist Joanna MacGregor to name a few. On ‘Lost Something', Bourne peppers graceful passages with random bursts of exploratory and inventive play.

But whilst Bourne's playing shines on ‘Lost Something' he takes a back seat in the writing stakes. Hotly tipped bassist Dave Kane who featured in Jazzwise's ‘Who To Look Out For In 2008' and Irish drummer and Trinity graduate Steve Davis are responsible for the strong original compositions. These swing from delicate, contemporary musings (Melt and De Selby's Earth) to restless and agitated flurries (In Between). Samples from directors Kurosawa and Polanski give an exploration of ‘Round Midnight' an eerie filmic effect.

Dave Kane has worked with many leading figures on the improvised music scene, including Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Alex Maguire, Mark Sanders, Elton Dean, Simon Picard, Paul Hession, Jim Dvorjak, Gail Brand and Mick Beck. He has also composed music for contemporary dance and theatre productions and was involved in this year's ‘Take 5' artist development scheme. Further performance projects include ‘Basket Case' with James Allsopp & Tim Giles and his own ‘Ensemble DK'.

Steve Davis has worked with players such as Django Bates, Julien Seigal, Dylan Bates, Annie Whitehead, Ben Castle, Tom Arthurs, Martin Speak, Mark Lockheart, Paul Dunmall, Jakie Dankworth and Mike Walker. He also plays with ‘The Brian Irvine Ensemble'.

‘Bourne, Davis, Kane' seek to challenge and entertain audiences with their energetic and fast-paced live shows. With the official release of ‘Lost Something' they may have found the magic formula.

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Matthew Bourne

Born on October 6th, 1977 in the Red Lion Pub, Avebury, Wiltshire Matthew had by the age of 9 taken up the Trombone, moved house four times and wound up living in a small village situated amongst the Cotswold Hills. In 1989, Bourne attended Kingham Hill School – situated miles from anywhere amongst more beautiful Cotswold surroundings and began playing ‘Cello in the following year. After seeing Frank Sinatra play on television in 1993, Bourne began to teach himself the piano. The rapid progress on ‘Cello and Piano lead to the elbowing-out of the Trombone altogether. It was however Brass teacher, Garry Page that imparted some important insights into harmony and space that helped shape Bourne's approach. These insights together with the masterful teachings of 'Cello tutor and lifelong mentor George Sidebottom, provided Bourne with a musical appreciation beyond his years. Bourne began to tackle the language of Jazz in 1995. In the course of the following years at Leeds College of Music, Bourne began to distance himself from his contemporaries focus on more traditional approaches, and explored instead the world of contemporary classical composition and the avant-garde. Throughout his last year at college Bourne received guidance from Jonty Stockdale, who managed to convince him that he wasn't crazy, and that it was ok to scream and play the Piano with his feet if he wanted to. It was this approach that was exhibited at the Perrier Young Jazz Awards, 2001. He then attracted the attention of Serious International Music Producers - who subsequently exposed Bourne's surreal and unique solo piano concerts to promoters and audiences on an international scale. During this period Bourne also worked as a cleaner, night porter, driver's mate, fruit picker and farm labourer whilst being continually mistaken for the choreographer of the same name. The frequency and exposure of Bourne's solo work was closely observed by various creative organisations and has formed close working relationships with Luxton Cultural Associates, The British Council, The PRSF Foundation, CMN and the IJFO. Bourne has been commissioned to perform & produce music for FuseLeeds, Michael Tippett Foundation, London Jazz Festival, The Italian Instabile Orchestra, BBC Radio 3, Jazz on 3, Conservatoires UK, Faber Music and Pianist Joanna MacGregor. Currently, Bourne is Artist in Residence at Leeds College of Music where he lectures in Composition and Piano and continues to perform internationally as a solo artist and in collaboration with others.

Dave Kane

Composer/ Bassist Dave Kane was born in a small town called Bangor in County Down in Northern Ireland. At age 16 he bought an electric bass guitar from a catholic priest for 50 pounds, and began moving his fingers up and down the ' E ' string in local punk and alternative bands. With aspirations of eventually playing on the other 3 strings of the bass, Kane began studying music at a local college with the internationally acclaimed composer and bandleader Brian Irvine ( much respect!). As a direct result of hanging out with Irvine, Kane began to explore the idioms of free improvisation, contemporary jazz, classical music, funk, metal, red wine and general mayhem! Further exploration was required, so Kane rowed across the irish channel on his double bass and studied Contemporary music (essay writing!) at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. Unfortunately there were no influential teachers there like Irvine, so he learnt how to use a library and subsequently encountered the music of John Cage, Edgar Varese, Cecil Taylor, Barry Guy, John Coltrane, Iannis Xenakis, Charles Mingus, Frank Zappa and John Zorn. Upon graduating from University Kane lived and worked in London for a while trying to get his 'shit together' and playing free music with some British Jazz legends including; Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Elton Dean, Evan Parker, Tony Levin, Mark Sanders, Paul Rogers, Alex Maguire and many other heads! Currently based in Leeds, Kane is a founder member of L.I.M.A. (Leeds Improvised Music Association) and the musical director/ composer for the L.I.M.A orchestra. An ever expanding large improv orchestra featuring some of the UK's finest young musicians inc, Matthew Bourne, Chris Sharkey, Christophe De Bezenac, Petter Fadnes. Other projects include; The internationally acclaimed Bourne/ Davis/ Kane. Dave Kane ( solo double bass + voice ). The Shank Trio (featuring saxophonist James Allsopp and drummer Tim Giles). Didrik Ingvaldsen's Quartet Alpha. Dave Kane's Rabbit Project.

Steve Davis

STEVE 'DAKIZ' DAVIS has been active in such fields in the UK and Europe. Steve was born in Belfast and is known as much for his jazz drumming as his free improvisational style of playing.  He started having a strange interest in hitting things to get a sound out of them around the age of 12, and he has continued this obsession ever since. He gained a BA(hons) in contemporary music from Leeds University in 2000, and a Distinction,  in a Post-Graduate Diploma in Jazz from Trinity school of Music London 2003. After this Steve studied at the Skidmore Jazz Institute in New York, on a Arts Council funded Scholarship. Among his teachers are Keith Copeland, Dave Hassell, Martin France,Paul Clarvis and Ed Shaugnessey. In 2003 he toured with the European Jazz Orchestra, playing 25 dates throughout all the member states; Denmark,Switzerland,Italy,Germany and so on. Living in London for the last 3 years he has been playing drums with the cream of Londons jazz community, players such as EVAN PARKER, DJANGO BATES, JULIAN SEIGAL, DYLAN BATES, ANNIE WHITEHEAD, BEN CASTLE, TOM ARTHURS, MARTIN SPEAK, MARK LOCKHEART, PAUL DUNMALL, JAKIE DANKWORTH, MIKE WALKER, NORMA WINSTON and has also performed with many european and american musicians, CHRIS WEISENDANGER, DOMINIQUE DI PIAZZA,  DICK OATS, CURTIS FULLER, ALAN VACHE, BRUNNO TOMMASSO, BRIAN IRVINE, MARC RIBOT, JOE MORRIS, RUFUS RIED, GREG BURKE. He continues to concentrate on these and many other projects with the likes of MATHEW BOURNE, DAVE KANE, PAUL DUNMALL, DJANGO BATES, BRIAN IRVINE,  and his own London based band 'HYPNOTOAD' who just finished a tour of Ireland 2004. Most recently working with Irish musicians MICHAEL BUCKLEY and MIKE NEILSEN. TEACHING Recently Steve has been lecturing at Queens University Belfast, N.Ireland.  He is teaching Performance/Composition. Steve is also teaching at the ‘Sligo Jazz Project.'