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Trio Biscoe/Moore/Turner
Roger Turner and Chris Biscoe have played together since the 1960s, though it’s only in the 2000s that they have regularly gigged. N.O.Moore recently recorded with Roger, and the inspiring soundscape he brings to performance suggested him as a new voice to amplify this enduring partnership.
Formed in 2025, the Trio draws freely on the jazz tradition and elements of contemporary music, the blues, and their wide-ranging imaginations.
Formed in 2025, the Trio draws freely on the jazz tradition and elements of contemporary music, the blues, and their wide-ranging imaginations.
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Trio Biscoe/Moore/Turner
photo: Adrian Northover
photo: Adrian Northover
Roger Turner – drums and percussion
'one of the giants of free improvisation’ …..’totally upended the cliché that great British drummers are rare to non-existent. ' The Wire 2008
'one of the giants of free improvisation’ …..’totally upended the cliché that great British drummers are rare to non-existent. ' The Wire 2008
Roger’s first collaborations were with London improvisers John Russell, Steve Beresford, Nigel Coombes, Gary Todd; he went on to found the workers’ music association series, with concerts involving Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Paul Rutherford, Jon Rose, Lol Coxhill.
Investigations into percussion with voice included the duo with Annette Peacock, working with her open-form song compositions, Phil Minton, Maggie Nichols, Ute Wassermann, Isabelle Duthoit and Tenko. Investigations into percussion with piano also continued with work with Irene Schweizer, Fred van Hove, Matthew Bourne, Pat Thomas.....
2000 to now has also seen numerous tours mainly throughout Europe and Scandinavia, the USA, Canada, Russia, and Japan, and the UK with the tradition trio, konk pack, the recedents, Fred Frith, Charles Gayle, Roy Campbell, the Phil Minton quartet, Alex Ward, Pat Thomas, 6ix, Axel Dorner, Arnaud Riviere, Eugene Chadbourne, Yukihiro Isso, Joelle Leandre, Alexander Frangenheim, Philipp Wachsmann............…
Music-making with international musicians in ad hoc and group collaborations since the 70’s include Toshinori Kondo, Trio’z with Carlos Zingaro and Tom Cora, Evan Parker, Turner's All Saints quartet with Ab Baars, William Parker, Shelley Hirsch, Barry Guy, Barre Philips, Paul Rutherford, Gunter Christmann, Alan Tomlinson, Marilyn Crispell, Frederic Rzewski, Henry Grimes and Cecil Taylor.
N.O.Moore – guitar and electronic instruments
N.O. Moore developed his musical ideas during workshops with Eddie Prevost and has gone on to partner John Butcher, Rachel Musson, Henry Kaiser, John Edwards, Jason Yarde, Binker Golding, Sue Lynch, Alan Wilkinson, Steve Noble and Steve Beresford. He can now be heard on a number of recordings, including Nous (with Prévost and Jason Yarde) on Matchless, and The Secret Handshake with Danger (with Henry Kaiser, Binker Golding, Olie Brice, and Prévost) on 577. He has recently launched the DXDY Recordings label to present improvised and electronic musics.
N.O. Moore developed his musical ideas during workshops with Eddie Prevost and has gone on to partner John Butcher, Rachel Musson, Henry Kaiser, John Edwards, Jason Yarde, Binker Golding, Sue Lynch, Alan Wilkinson, Steve Noble and Steve Beresford. He can now be heard on a number of recordings, including Nous (with Prévost and Jason Yarde) on Matchless, and The Secret Handshake with Danger (with Henry Kaiser, Binker Golding, Olie Brice, and Prévost) on 577. He has recently launched the DXDY Recordings label to present improvised and electronic musics.
‘Moore shifts fluidly from argumentatively fractured jazz licks to spacey atmospherics to mad cat hisses; the appositeness of his contributions belies the sparseness of his recorded discography’ The Wire (Bill Meyer)
Chris Biscoe - alto/soprano sax, alto clarinet
Growing up in an era when jazz was in a period of ferment and change, Chris Biscoe is one of the players who bridge the worlds of jazz, free jazz and improvised music.
He has appeared as a soloist on more than 50 albums, including records with George Russell, Mike Westbrook, Andy Sheppard, The Brotherhood of Breath, Liam Noble, Tony Kofi and Allison Neale. Major tours include the Hermeto Pascoal Big Band, The New York Composers Orchestra, Orchestre National de Jazz, and the David Murray Big Band. His who’s who of playing partners includes Lol Coxhill, Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker, Rachel Musson, Dewey Redman, Elton Dean, Paul Rutherford, Veryan Weston, Tony Marsh, Barry Guy, Vincent Courtois and Yves Robert.
Growing up in an era when jazz was in a period of ferment and change, Chris Biscoe is one of the players who bridge the worlds of jazz, free jazz and improvised music.
He has appeared as a soloist on more than 50 albums, including records with George Russell, Mike Westbrook, Andy Sheppard, The Brotherhood of Breath, Liam Noble, Tony Kofi and Allison Neale. Major tours include the Hermeto Pascoal Big Band, The New York Composers Orchestra, Orchestre National de Jazz, and the David Murray Big Band. His who’s who of playing partners includes Lol Coxhill, Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker, Rachel Musson, Dewey Redman, Elton Dean, Paul Rutherford, Veryan Weston, Tony Marsh, Barry Guy, Vincent Courtois and Yves Robert.
‘Biscoe’s ability to bridge sound worlds as different as Evan Parker’s and Charlie Parker’s makes him one of the most formidable European saxophonists’
John Fordham, The Guardian
John Fordham, The Guardian
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