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All Said and Dun Paul Dunmall
Artwork Fay Stephens Loose Torque LT 016 Price (pounds sterling) £10.00 + p&p £1.95
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Paul Dunmall, Nick Stephens and Tony Marsh at Loose Torque Causes Vibrations, the Vortex Jazz Bar 12th March 2008 filmed by Helen Petts |
A hour of cohesive interplay, defined by three minds working in parallel with generous hearts. It’s improvisation, jazz, maybe it is only the will of sharing a common vision between gifted artists - and the audience is the element that profits from this kind of game….They just launch themselves into exploring the subtleties of a single phrase or a series of figurations, their combinations and contiguities, how everything works together until a climax is reached. Then the trio shifts towards something different, each and every time avoiding glittering lights and glamour in favour of a cross of noir-ish whispers and discreet presentiments. Massimo Ricci – Touching Extremes "......free improvisation, calmly and gently exploring the sounds and the rhythms. This is indeed not a blowfest, there is no aggression or harshness to be heard, but rather musical openness, tentative explorations and huge amounts of musical feeling. And it's especially the latter which is really becoming Dunmall's trademark, his tone is warm, buttery, rounded, yet the end result and the overall tonality and atmosphere superbly co-created by the rhythm section. Stephens and Marsh are extremely sensitive and precise musicians, contributing to the overall subtlety and expressiveness of this album." Stef Gijssels http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com "When Dunmall breaks
out the New Thing rhetoric, the rhythm section is right there to support
him and when the volume drops, interjections crackle and dance around
each other with sinewy grace"
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Much of what one might
want most in a music is apparent in a Salvation Army band: it’s the
utopian combination of collective will, spiritual message and community good.
The same dynamic is apparent in this version of free improvisation, a group
dialogue with strong roots in the jazz tradition......While Dunmall can proceed
with the intensity of a quest, the engine of his line is rooted in melody
and the idea of variation. It’s also a flexible trajectory, shifting
with the impulses of the moment and the input of his partners. There’s
reflection and wit, aside and extended conversation, with moods from playful
to intense - Stuart Broomer, Point Of Departure.
http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD15/PoD15MoreMoments3.html
