Paul Dunmall Octet

Paul Dunmall Octet: Great Divide

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2001

One must respect the impressive experience shared among the players on Great Divide. In various groups led by Paul Dunmall and Elton Dean, as well as Keith Tippett's Mujician, the musicians in Dunmall's current Octet have committed a lot of fine music to record. Great Divide continues in this offbeat tradition, offering a series of pieces framing wide-open improvisation within loosely structured contexts. Rather than convening all eight musicians for unremittingly dense interaction, Dunmall prefers to compose heads for the ...

Paul Dunmall Octet: BeBop Starburst

by Glenn Astarita
February 1, 1999

“BeBop Starburst” is the 2nd release by the brilliant British saxophonist Paul Dunmall and his Octet. All constituents of the extraordinary free jazz band Mujician (see February 1999 Modern Jazz Reviews) appear on this project; however, this is not Mujician plus “4” as some might expect. “BeBop Starburst” aggressively takes on its own identity from the onset.

Dunmall, co-founder and member of the critically acclaimed band Mujician maintains the patented swift pace and “free-style” approach yet explores crafty and fertile ...