Jazz Articles about Paul Dunmall

Philip Gibbs / Paul Dunmall / Tony Hymas / Paul Rogers / Neil Metcalfe / Tony Levin: Mumuksuta

by John Sharpe
February 12, 2011

With over 60 releases by the end of 2010 on his own Duns Limited Edition label, reedman Paul Dunmall has been trying to slow down. That yet another new issue turns up regardless is testament to the quality contained therein. Derived from yoga teachings, the title Mumuksuta translates as a burning desire to realize the Self within. While it's hard to say whether the participants have succeeded in freeing themselves of earthly desires, they certainly manage to perform without ego. ...

Paul Dunmall: Identical Sunsets

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 13, 2010

If history is to be served properly, saxophonist Paul Dunmall's Identical Sunsets reaches, with much nervous energy, that part of the sonic universe that John Coltrane reached in the last months of his playing career. In the stellar regions of that universe, the heart--and, therefore, Dunmall's instrument of choice (in this case, the tenor saxophone)--does not beat as it does on earth. It fibrillates as life reaches a rarefied plane--the life of an artist who must now bow to the ...

Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco and Dave Kane at the Vortex, London, UK

by John Sharpe
February 3, 2010

Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco and Dave Kane The Vortex London, England January 19, 2010

The band was smoking, they were burning, they were on fire. Just some of the expressions used to denote a truly affecting jazz experience, but not to be taken literally. So imagine the concern of the patrons in north London's Vortex jazz venue as smoke was spotted curling up from the amplifier of bassist Dave Kane not ...

Profound Sound Trio: Opus De Life

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 22, 2009

Ne capitano davvero di tutti i colori al Vision Festival e paraggi. Capita, per esempio, che un sassofonista inglese come Paul Dunmall, in una torrida notte newyorchese di metà giugno, si ritrovi a dividere il palco con due giganti del black free come Henry Grimes e Andrew Cyrille. Capita poi, fortunatamente, che qualcuno decida di ricavare un disco dai nastri di quella serata, Margaret Davis Grimes, compagna del redivivo contrabbassista, e che la Porter Records di Luke Mosling prenda a ...

Paul Dunmall - Matthew Bourne - Dave Kane - Steve Davis: Moment to Moment

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 9, 2009

E' musica che procede ad ondate, alcune improvvise, violente, che ti stordiscono quando meno te lo aspetti, altre che si preannunciano, partono da lontano, montano lentamente, lanciano segnali, e quando stanno per investirti si dissolvono improvvisamente, quasi senza lasciar traccia della loro presenza. Tra un'ondata e l'altra la musica ribolle, come la schiuma che si forma con la risacca e si dissolve dopo aver cercato freneticamente una via di fuga. Un giovane trio che sta facendo parlare di sé, e ...

Paul Dunmall Sun Quartet: Ancient and Future Airs

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 24, 2009

Per un curioso gioco di specchi, di immagini e di significati riflessi, i titoli dei due brani presenti in Ancient and Future Airs ingarbugliano le aspettative degli ascoltatori. Perché il chilometrico (quarantanove minuti) “Ancient Airs" di antico ha ben poco mentre “Future Airs" sembra un tuffo nel passato con le sue cadenze da madrigale. Come a dire nella musica abbandoniamo criteri di analisi classicamente cronologici o consequenziali e accettiamo piuttosto un'idea di circolarità. “Ancient Airs" è una sorta di suite ...

The Paul Dunmall Trio at the Vortex, London

by John Sharpe
July 16, 2009

Paul Dunmall/Nick Stephens/Tony Marsh The Vortex London, England May 19, 2009

British reedman Paul Dunmall breaks bread with a wide range of collaborators. While the ensuing documentation is less prolific than say Anthony Braxton's or Steve Lacy's in either's heyday, there is rarely overlap in personnel on consecutive discs. Saxophone, bass and drums have proved a particularly fertile configuration for Dunmall, borne out by his Deep Joy trio (Duns Limited Edition, 2004) with Paul ...