PAUL DUNMALL & TONY BIANCO - Homage to John Coltrane
SLAM Records – SLAMCD 296 – Double album
Paul Dunmall, tenor, soprano saxes; Tony Bianco, drums
‘Homage…..’ is the third album in a series from Dunmall and Bianco which has celebrated the music of John Coltrane and it completes the exercise. ‘Thank You to John Coltrane’ (SLAMCD 290) was recorded on November 27th 2011 and was a study of a few of the tenor man’s essential themes. ‘Tribute to Coltrane’ (SLAMCD 292) followed in 2013, complementing its forerunner and examining more deeply the saxophonist’s later, freer music. This final album is full of energy and passion, driving from start to finish, Tony Bianco’s liquid drumming sitting nicely along with Dunmall’s clearly defined and obdurate manifestations.
American drummer Tony Bianco has lived in London since the 90s and has a lot of experience immersed in the European avant-garde and free improv. Elton Dean, Dave Liebman and Evan Parker have all featured in that experience as indeed they have in Paul Dunmall’s background, along with Keith Tippett and many others.
This is a very fine album indeed and if you lean towards the great Coltrane, you will not be disappointed with this exciting revelation.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
SLAM Records – SLAMCD 296 – Double album
Paul Dunmall, tenor, soprano saxes; Tony Bianco, drums
‘Homage…..’ is the third album in a series from Dunmall and Bianco which has celebrated the music of John Coltrane and it completes the exercise. ‘Thank You to John Coltrane’ (SLAMCD 290) was recorded on November 27th 2011 and was a study of a few of the tenor man’s essential themes. ‘Tribute to Coltrane’ (SLAMCD 292) followed in 2013, complementing its forerunner and examining more deeply the saxophonist’s later, freer music. This final album is full of energy and passion, driving from start to finish, Tony Bianco’s liquid drumming sitting nicely along with Dunmall’s clearly defined and obdurate manifestations.
American drummer Tony Bianco has lived in London since the 90s and has a lot of experience immersed in the European avant-garde and free improv. Elton Dean, Dave Liebman and Evan Parker have all featured in that experience as indeed they have in Paul Dunmall’s background, along with Keith Tippett and many others.
This is a very fine album indeed and if you lean towards the great Coltrane, you will not be disappointed with this exciting revelation.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
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