Quintet led by Newcastle based bassist, composer and improviser John pope and featuring Jamies Stockbridge (alto sax), Faye MacCalman (tenor sax, clarinet), Graham Hardy (trumpet, pocket trumpet) and Johnny Hunter (drums). Debut album “Mixed With Glass” released on the New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings imprint in January 2021.
"Pope and his colleagues strike an almost perfect balance between composition and improvisation and between form and freedom. There’s also an essential energy and joyousness about the performances. "
ALBUM
"I love the way that this group treads the fine line between the written and the improvised, and the spirited manner in which they do it. "
ALBUM