As musicians work out how to respond to what, for now, is ‘the new normal’, bassist John Pope seems more active than most, recording an album with his quintet and performing a live stream with the band (sorry, you’ve just missed that…). Here he is talking to North East arts magazine ‘Narc’ about 5 of his favourite UK jazz musicians along with examples of each to listen to, and an excerpt from his quintet’s performance at last year’s Lancaster Jazz Festival.
http://narcmagazine.com/bunch-of-fives-john-pope/
