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I snapped this up after listening to the first twenty seconds of Marriage in India, it felt the same as finding an original copy of A Love Supreme for £1 in a charity shop back in the day.
"This is what I've been looking for - don't let it get away."
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This album, That's My Life, was more than ten years in the making. But the seeds were planted long before that. Saxophonist Paul Dunmall and Drummer Tony Orrell met in 1979 in a Bristol-based band Spirit Level. Bristol would later become famous for cultural icons like Massive Attack, Portishead and Banks, but it had always been a magnet for creatives who didn’t want to live in London—offering artistic enclaves in the provinces’ mellower surroundings. This included the jazz that Orrell and Dunmall were exploring in their youth. While the British jazz scene has been defined by its parochial side, and lives in the shadows of America’s tradition—many musicians were drawn to powerful expressions of the exiled South African Blue Notes and Brotherhood of Breath, Keith Tippett, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Oxley and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. Decades later, this recording documents the trio’s reunion as Paul Rogers returned from the States. They all shine as musicians, Orrell's drums moving confidently between ambitious rhythms, Rogers lending smooth, sexy basslines and Dunmall's saxophone simply on fire. The performance built on decades of collaboration, and remarkably varied lives, producing a delightful, delicious performance. Although critics (and music writers) tend to control the history of the music, often requiring neat categorization, musicians’ lives are as integral to their expression as formal training. In this case, that expression is as richly textured as the lives they've lived. Aptly named, That’s My Life, will be available on CD and digitally in January 2023.
credits
released January 3, 2023
Paul Dunmall: Soprano saxophone
Paul Rogers: Double bass
Tony Orrell: Drums
Recorded live July 1st, 1989 at The Albert Inn, Bristol, England, UK by Andy Isham
Post production: Chris Trent
Mastered by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound, NYC
Photo by Reuben Radding
Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali
All music by Paul Dunmall (PRS)
577 Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York operating since 2001
577 Records is proud to be celebrating its 22 year anniversary. The label has been producing music since 2001 and has
released albums featuring the work of artists from New York and around the world.
The name comes from the address of the house where these concerts first took place (577 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York).
100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums goes to the musicians....more
supported by 68 fans who also own “That’s My Life”
This record really hits that sweet spot of calm stimulation. Lush, fat, rolling synths form the foundation for controlled but passionate and thoughtful playing and listening from everyone. Meditative and energetic...and always bad-ass. ps0m