Artist: Paul Dunmall & Philip Gibbs
Title: Master Musicians of Mu
Cat Number: SLAMCD241
Year released: 2000
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386024125
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Unique free jazz duo performances from Paul Dunmall – border pipes (track 1, 5), soprano saxophone (2, 8, 9), tenor comemeuse (3), double bamboo pipe (4), tenor saxophone (6), soprano comemeuse (7) and Philip Gibbs – acoustic & electric guitars. Recorded at Victoria Room Studio, Bristol, 12 Nov 1999 & 21 Jan 2000.
“Formidable reed player Paul Dunmall.” – Julian Cowley, The Wire
“On the saxophone pieces – which, according to Bruce Coates’s notes, are ‘more directly dialogical’ – the roles are clear: guitar accompanies horn. On tenor, Dunmall’s pointed sound and rapid-fire lines build up around an electric guitar that moves from Bill Frisell’s work on The Big Gundown to wildly eccentric rockabilly. But then the duo allows a spare, simple beauty to emerge; they’re unafraid of momentary pleasures, a beautiful tone, perhaps or a lyrical line. Gibbs is a hardy companion; part-time percussionist, melodist, and rhythm-maker, without much prompting he’s driving the pieces along, incessantly feeding Dunmall volleys or whispers, fuzz or cleanly plucked strings, whatever the moment needs.” – Greg Buium, Cadence