Paul Dunmall sarà presente in quartetto con Percy Pursglove, James Owston e Jim Bashford al festoso Westport Sound in programma per il terzo anno a Malmesbury, nel North Wiltshire (Regno Unito), per iniziativa di Richard Wiltshire e Janinka Diverio in affettuoso ricordo di Keith Tippett. Tre giorni da oggi a domenica fitti di incontri e concerti in varie sedi attorno all'ormai celebre Three Cups Inn, dove risiede appunto il pianoforte che fu di Tippett: ci saranno tra gli altri anche Stick in the Wheel, Angharad Davies, Alexander Hawkins, Mark Sanders, Phil Durrant, Colin Webster e Rachel Musson.

Dice Janinka: "The original ethos for the event was to, in some way, keep Keith’s influence alive in our home town but has since become about offering opportunities to artists and audiences to experience contemporary music, jazz, improv and electronica. Many of the artists from the Bristol scene and beyond have collaborated with Keith and have been inspired by him and his memory and spirit will weave its way through our events and programming."

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Paul Dunmall sarà presto protagonista di due altre uscite discografiche curate da Jazz in Britain, in attesa il prossimo anno del volume biografico scritto da Martin Phillips, già autore di quello su Keith Tippett: "So far Jazz In Britain has released three albums in collaboration with Paul Dunmall, all recordings from the archives ie: Mujician 'In Concerts', Tenor Tonic 'That’s Our Life' and Danny Thompson’s Whatever 'On The Road'. But on the near horizon we will be releasing two albums of new music from Paul… the first is an astonishing live performance of John Coltrane’s Meditations from the 100th Anniversary Coltrane Celebration Concert in Birmingham in late September; the second will be a quartet (Paul, Sophia Domancich, James Owston and Miles Levin) playing new compositions of Paul’s, recorded the day after the Coltrane concert. And Jazz In Britain will be publishing a biography of Paul Dunmall next year as well!"

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E' già pronto per Discus Music ma uscirà ufficialmente solo tra qualche settimana: The Heart Centre è l'album in cui, tra le altre cose, Paul Dunmall rivolge un pensiero deferente a Miles Davis, non tanto per la ricorrenza quest'anno del centenario, ma per l'importanza che per lui - allora diciassettenne - ebbe l'ascolto di In A Silent Way. E c'è proprio In A Silent Way / It’s About That Time in apertura di programma, cui seguono poco dopo Freedom Jazz Dance di Eddie Harris e in conclusione - ma solo per un cenno - Politician di Jack Bruce e Pete Brown: registrato quest'estate a Birmingham con Alex Bonney, Steve Saunders, Andrew Woodhead, Nick Jurd, Will Glaser e Martin Archer.

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