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Elton Dean: Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company
by Chris May
A vitally important platform for apartheid-era expatriate South African musicians, Ogun Records was founded in London in 1973 by the bassist Harry Miller, then in self-exile from South Africa, and his wife, Hazel Miller. Chris McGregor, Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo were among those recording with Ogun in the 1970s under their own names or as members of bands such as Isipingo and McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath. Alongside the South Africans, and often performing with them, ...
Continue ReadingPaul Dunmall / Paul Rogers / Tony Orrell: That's My Life
by John Sharpe
Contrary to the title, That's My Life is not a career retrospective for iconoclastic British reedman Paul Dunmall. In fact it hails from the archives, a live date from Bristol recorded way back in 1989. On being asked about this set in a radio program in 2023 honoring his upcoming 70th birthday, Dunmall commented that it sounded like a different person compared to how he played now, albeit one who was still quite accomplished, but who used a lot more ...
Continue ReadingPaul Rogers / Olaf Rupp / Frank Paul Schubert: Three Stories About Rain Sunlight And The Soil
by John Sharpe
It's always a pleasure to hear expat English bassist Paul Rogers, perhaps best known for his collaboration with reedman Paul Dunmall and the Mujician co-operative. This meeting with two stalwarts of the German improvised music scene in a Berlin studio imparts a particular delight. Guitarist Olaf Rupp boasts a healthy discography including performances with drummer Paul Lovens, reedman Peter Brötzmann and the conductions of Butch Morris, while saxophonist Frank Paul Schubert maintains a roster of forward looking outfits, among them ...
Continue ReadingPaul Rogers & Emil Gross (Peal): Bag of Screams
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il veterano bassista inglese Paul Rogers, membro storico del quartetto Mujician, e il ben più giovane percussionista austriaco Emil Gross, stilisticamente piuttosto onnivoro, compongono il duo protagonista di questo album, inciso a Vienna nel settembre 2016 e dedito alla pratica, decisamente diffusa, dell'improvvisazione totale. Il contrabbasso di Rogers, su suo stesso brevetto, prevede sette corde in luogo delle canoniche quattro, il che, specie negli archettati (frequenti), ha un suo indiscutibile peso nel generare una sonorità particolarmente corposa, ...
Continue ReadingPaul Rogers / Kevin Norton / Nick Didkovsky: The Bright Lights, The Big Time
by Glenn Astarita
This venture is actually the antithesis of what its title may intimate. It isn't the kind of thing you'd hear amid the glitz and glamour on Broadway. Even Kevin Norton suggests that listening with the lights turned off would perhaps heighten the overall experience. The music is firmly entrenched within the freer realm, yet it would be difficult to pigeonhole or stylize.
The trio navigates dark caverns laced with subtle diversions featuring Paul Rogers' pizzicato bass lines and ...
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