Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band

Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band: I Wish You Peace

by Jerry D'Souza
March 10, 2005

When Paul Dunmall turned fifty in 2003, the BBC stepped in with the gift of a recording with his big band. Dunmall takes his bandmates from Mujician, Keith Tippett, Tony Levin, and Paul Rogers, and he expands the rhythm section and the front line. The result is an exhilarating album that gets its adrenaline from the three distinct parts that Dunmall spins into one compelling tale.

A drone rises to greet the tenor saxophone of Dunmall on “Part ...