Faye
MacCalman (tenor saxophone) & John Pope (double bass)
(Review
by Russell/photo courtesy of Mike Tilley.)
Final year music
student Faye MacCalman (tenor saxophone) teamed up with bassist John Pope to
present two sets of accessible post-bop material to an appreciative –and
occasionally noisy – Saturday night crowd at the Jazz Café. The first set began
earlier than usual as John Pope had to be home and in bed by half past ten. Not
true – he had another gig across town starting at ten thirty!
Faye MacCalman’s
measured, low register tenor playing suggested late period Trane. The set list
referenced Ornette and Sun Ra via Bird, Oliver Nelson and Mingus. John Pope has
his ear to the ground – not literally, at least not during gigs – and seized
the opportunity to work with MacCalman having heard her perform as a music
student. A contingent of
The second set
opened in top gear – Cherokee went
‘whoosh’ as JP’s solo disappeared into the distance. Impressive. MacCalman’s
tenor impressed on Monk’s Bye-Ya.
JP’s cross-town gig beckoned (£££). MacCalman and Pope said: Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat. Faye MacCalman returns
to the Jazz Café with her quartet on May 21 in support to the free jazz duo of
Sarah Gail Brand and Mark Sanders.
Russell.
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