Chris
Biscoe (alto & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet), John Pope (double bass)
& Roger Turner (drums)
(Review by Russell).
Lunchtime, King’s Hall, free
admission, a freely improvised performance. Hall a little more than half full
(a number of students absent – they must have met their mandatory number of
concert attendances for the semester and were still in bed). Tyneside’s John
Pope, a recent graduate of Newcastle
University
Chris Biscoe (reeds) and Roger Turner (percussion) have played more
free jazz gigs than Pope has had hot dinners! For the first of three pieces
Biscoe played alto saxophone. Roger Turner, obscured from view by rows of
attentive listeners, sounded just like Roger Turner – scuffling across the
snare, bells a-ringing, a snap of the wrist changing direction, building
momentum. Pope intermittently picked up the bow, adding new textures. A second
piece heard Biscoe’s quicksilver soprano work and it became clear the young man
of the trio felt at home in this company. Biscoe’s bass clarinet closed the
concert with a flourish as the trio shook the ivory towers around them with
some spirited playing. Portraits of the institution’s big wigs from down the
years looked down on the scene. Who knows what they made of it all? Perhaps
some of the present day luminaries will make it to Sage Gateshead tonight to hear
Biscoe & Co or if you will, the Collaborations Trio, in a double bill with
Sonsale.
Russell.
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