Paul Dunmall - Duos '2024

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The first duo recording between towering free jazz saxophonist Paul Dunmall and
the highly creative saxophonist Kevin Figes, sees them perform ten improvised
pieces using an assortment of instruments, including various saxophones,
clarinets and flutes.

With no pre-composed themes or motifs, what you hear are two master musicians in
the moment of creativity. The wholly improvised conversations seem to encompass
and distil the history of jazz, moving between free and contemporary idioms with
folk and avant-garde influences drifting in and out of the pieces. The differing
configurations offer distinctive moods, tones and sounds. ‘Duos’
affords us the chance to enjoy a unique convergence of two brilliant musical
minds.

Paul Dunmall is widely recognised as one of the most powerful and distinctive
reed players to have emerged from the UK. He has been a leading figure in UK
free improvisation for decades, including 20 years in the ground-breaking
quartet Mujician.

Kevin Figes studied with Elton Dean and Tim Garland. In the early 1990s, he
moved to Bristol and began a long and fruitful association with Keith Tippett. A
supremely versatile musician, he has played everything from funk, Brazilian
music, jazz-rock and avant-garde music.

‘Duos’ is available on a limited edition 4-panel digipak CD with
sleeve notes by Daniel Spicer (The Wire / Jazzwise).

Paul Dunmall: tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute and alto flute
Kevin Figes: alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, flute and alto flute 

Tracklist:
1 The Chat
2 Tenor and Alto Saxophone #1
3 Clarinet and Alto Flute #1
4 Two Flutes #1
5 Two Soprano Saxophones
6 Two Alto Flutes
7 Baritone and Soprano Saxophone #1
8 Clarinet and Alto Flute #2
9 Tenor and Alto Saxophone #2
10 Two Flutes #2
11 Baritone and Soprano Saxophone #2

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