Jazz Articles about Paul Dunmall

Tony Bianco and Paul Dunmall at the Vortex in London

by John Sharpe
February 9, 2009

Tony Bianco/Paul Dunmall Duo Vortex Jazz Bar London, England January 25, 2009

It was billed as a trio, but in retrospect it was hard to see how a bassist could fit in with the powerhouse duo of U.S. expat drummer Tony Bianco and English reed explorer Paul Dunmall. As it happened, bassist John Edwards was in demand gigging elsewhere, leaving his two colleagues to put on a mesmerizing performance at London's Vortex Jazz ...

Paul Dunmall: The Golden Lake; High Birds, Vol. 1 & 2; Deep See & Occasional Rain

by Marc Medwin
June 8, 2008

Paul Dunmall/Tony Levin/Miles Levin The Golden Lake DUNS 2007 Paul Dunmall/Rozemarie Heggen/Alan Purves High birds Vol. 1 & 2 DUNS 2007 Paul Dunmall/Tony Orrell/Jim Barr Deep See FMR 2007 Paul Dunmall/Peter Brandt Occasional Rain FMR 2007

Paul Dunmall

by Andrey Henkin
December 14, 2006

“I think what's actually happened in free improvisation...there's nothing that's barred. We want to use it all. We want everything. We want melody, we want time, we want abstraction, we want no time, we want the whole package so that you are truly free to play what you want. Musicians do not usually tend to have mottos or slogans but the above statement just about encapsulates the career of saxophonist Paul Dunmall. One of the second generation, ...

Paul Dunmall/Paul Lytton/Stevie Wishart: In Your Shell Like

by AAJ Staff
January 26, 2006

By Ken Waxman

Neo-cons and other tin-eared types who harp on free music's so-called break with tradition should listen carefully to the first track on this CD. You want tradition? Here are the sounds of two British musicians creating top-rank improvisations using instruments that cast the saxophone and drum sets favored by the neo-boppers into the realm of recent novelties. London-based Paul Dunmall confines his playing to the border bagpipes, while Brussels-based Stevie Wishart extracts unique timbres from the hurdy-gurdy. ...

Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band: I Wish You Peace

by AAJ Staff
November 20, 2005

By Ken Waxman

Unquestionably a 50th birthday present to himself--and his listeners--I Wish You Peace may be viewed as an attempt by British saxophonist Paul Dunmall to sum up his musical experiences after a half century of life. Yet it's as much a reflection of the present and future as the past.

Writing the three-part suite at a time when the war in Iraq was in full battle mode, Dunmall's spiritual preoccupations seem a bit overcome ...

Paul Dunmall with Paul Lytton & Stevie Wishart: In Your Shell Like

by John Eyles
April 22, 2005

Paul Dunmall releases continue to pour out at a prodigious rate--about one a month on his own Duns label and others--and it's difficult to keep track of them all.

In addition to his work on saxophones, Dunmall continues to raise the profile of the border bagpipes as an instrument for improvisation. Although at first they may have been considered an interesting novelty--and maybe evidence of his past associations with folk musicians--bagpipes must now be considered one of Dunmall's ...

Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Kevin Norton: Rylickolum: For Your Pleasure

by Rex Butters
June 1, 2004

Saxophonist Paul Dunmall and bassist Paul Rogers share a longtime association playing European improvised music. With Keith Tippett and Tony Levin they complete the quartet known as Mujician. Dunmall also plays with singer Richard Thompson. With guitarist Phillip Gibb, Rogers and Dunmall comprise Moksha. With percussionist Ken Norton, an Anthony Braxton alumnus, they form a long-travelled trio that took time out here to document intimate empathy and free imagination.

The title track begins portentiously with struck chimes, Rogers softly grinding ...