(Preview by Russell).
Veteran reeds player Chris Biscoe visits Sage
Gateshead on Thursday (Nov 28)
working with long-time collaborator Roger
Turner (drums) and Tyneside’s John
Pope (double bass). The
Collaborations Trio – Biscoe, Turner and a guest musician – tours Britain into December, stopping off in Glasgow
Turner’s
pedigree is first class – Lol Coxhill, Phil Minton, Cecil Taylor, Charles Gayle
and a whole lot more. John Pope, on home territory, got the gig thanks to
Turner’s attuned ear at an earlier Tyneside gig at which the bassist played a
support set. Recommendation, word of mouth, right place, right time, Pope takes
a quantum leap at Sage Gateshead. You can bet he’ll seize the opportunity!
As if Biscoe, Turner, Pope weren’t enough, how
about a double bill with Sonsale?
Yes, the new Anglo French quartet – conceived here on Tyneside – returns to the
region from a recent London Jazz Festival appearance before heading up to
GIOFest. The quartet – Derby’s Corey
Mwamba (vibes) a frequent visitor to Geordieland and fulsome in his praise
of Sage Gateshead, Gateshead’s own double bass supremo Andy Champion, Frenchman Valentin
Ceccaldi (cello) and compatriot Sylvain
Darrifourcq (drums) – hit it off on a date put together last year by Jazz
North East. The meeting of musically compatible minds determined to do it all again
and this 2013 reunion promises much. It will be interesting to see and hear
developments. Sage Gateshead tomorrow night is
the place to be to find out what’s been happening. For tickets tel: 0191 443
4661.
Russell.
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