Mujician - Blackheath 1989

Keith Tippett   piano

Paul Dunmall   bari, tenor, sop saxes
Paul Rogers    bass
Tony Levin    drums

1. Live 47:53

Greenwich Jazz Festival
Blackheath Concert Halls.
13 June 1989
Live cassette recording by Andy Isham

One that almost got away and it's quite a performance!
Merry Christmas everyone.

MUJICIAN - LEICESTER 1989

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - saxophones and clarinet
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. Second set   69:25

Phoenix Theatre, Leicester , UK  18th Novemember 1989

MUJICIAN - GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL 1989

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - clarinet, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

First set
1. 28:10
2. 19:23

Second set
1. 30:40
2. 26:10

Gloucester Guildhall, 15th April 1989
Recording by Stu.

With thanks to my generous friends Mauro, dogon a.d., Peter, Sergio, Vanderbrotz.

MUJICIAN - Exeter 1989 Set 2

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor, baritone and soprano saxophones, penny whistle
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 25:22
2. 18:48

Exeter and Devon Arts Centre, 11th November 1989

For Tantris, Sotise, Kinabalu, Nick, Ernst, Milos, Softnucleus

The real deal.

MUJICIAN - B.M.I. Birmingham 1989. Set 2

The hits keep coming...

KEITH TIPPETT - piano, music box
PAUL DUNMALL - penny whistles, tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

 

SET 2

1. 26:04

2. 23:37

Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham.  14th January 1989

MUJICIAN - B.M.I. Birmingham 1989. Set 1

KEITH TIPPETT - piano, music box
PAUL DUNMALL - penny whistles, tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

Set 1
1. 45:24

Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham.  14th January 1989

The very first concert under the name Mujician.  What Keith Tippett does in the first ten minutes, taking it down to an exquisite, hear-a-pin-drop, almost-stop, is a beautiful thing.

Special.

Nice recording by Stu.

MUJICIAN - BARBICAN FOYER. LONDON 1995

PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 28:05
2.  7:38

Barbican Foyer, London.  8th May 1995  afternoon

May Bank Holiday in 1995 was moved to the second Monday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.  So that's why it felt like a Sunday.  It was a mini jazz fest, I think, in the foyer of the Barbican.  Mujician were just one of several bands playing.  So there were loads of people who'd come out, sitting on the floor, kids running round.  I managed to hunker down near the piano and got this amazing cassette recording.  Enjoy.

MUJICIAN - THE CUSTARD FACTORY, BIRMINGHAM 1995

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 44:22

The Custard Factory, Birmingham. 5th May 1995

I love Keith Tippett's less-is-more feature.

MUJICIAN TRIO - Rare Music Club, 20 Nov 1992 Sets 2&3

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor and soprano saxophones
TONY LEVIN - drums

Set 2  37:20
Set 3  13:28

Rare Music Club, Bristol  20th November 1992

O yes!  A rarer rare rarity than any rare record.  I thought I'd posted all the best stuff but.....let's just say I like this a lot - supply your own superlatives. Enjoy.

MUJICIAN - PENZANCE 1989 Set 2

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. Set Two  48:27

The Acorn, Penzance.  10 November 1989

And here we go...over the sea to Skye!

MUJICIAN - PENZANCE 1989 Set 1

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. Set one 43:27

The Acorn, Penzance.  10 November 1989

Classic!

MUJICIAN TRIO - INN ON THE GREEN, 1995

MUJICIAN TRIO

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 18.33
2. 30.55

Inn on the Green, Wentnor.  26 March 1995

Quality cassette recording.  Enjoy.

MUJICIAN - Bobby Brown's, Nottingham 1990 (Re-post)

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - soprano and tenor saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

Set 1
1. 71:50

Set 2
1. 44:21

Bobby Brown's, Nottingham.  21 March 1990

A couple of people have asked for a re-up of this but I'm posting it anew, joining up what was two half tracks on set one. Totally together and musical from the off.  Amazing free improvisation!!

MUJICIAN - Brecon 1993

KEITH TIPPETT, piano
TONY LEVIN, drums
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano sax
PAUL ROGERS, bass

1. 38:43 (feedback interruption @ 16:51)
2. 31:52

Brecon Jazz Festival.  14th August 1993

MUJICIAN - Second set. Torrington. 1993

PAUL DUNMALL, tenor, baritone and soprano saxophone
KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. Second set  51:54

Live at The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington.  11 September 1993

MUJICIAN. Half Moon Theatre, London. 1989

KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL ROGERS, bass
PAUL DUNMALL, clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophones
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 52:12

Half Moon Theatre, London E1.  Jazz Lunarcy Festival. 12th November 1989

MUJICIAN - Four Bars Inn, Cardiff 1988

PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano sax
KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. First set  38:40
2. Second set (inc)  46:43

Four Bars Inn, Cardiff.  11th July 1988

OK, so the band wasn’t actually called Mujician at this point.  But it soon would be.  Keith Tippett and Paul Dunmall had played a few gigs with Tony Levin and Chris Bolton at Tony’s Jazz Club Friday at the Bartons Arms in Birmingham.  Paul Rogers had played in Tenor Tonic with Dunmall and Levin and the Keith Tippett Sextet but had recently been away in America.  On his return Dunmall arranged some duet gigs and one of them in Cardiff added Tippett and Levin, advertised as the Paul Dunmall/Keith Tippett Quartet.  So this is really Mujician's very first gig and it’s fresh and exciting and utterly magical in its musical coming together.  Luckily Bruce was in Cardiff that night with his tape recorder – so it’s BIG THANKS to him for the opportunity to enjoy an hour or so of history in the making.

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Mujician on Cuneiform

MUJICIAN - Band on the Wall. 1997

KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano saxophone
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 17:21
2. 11:04
3. 08:01
4. 10:33

Band on the Wall, Manchester.  22 May 1997

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

MUJICIAN - Toronto 1999

KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor saxophone, ocarina, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 61:03
2. 07:40

Music Gallery, Toronto.  21 May 1999

For Onx and Nick

M U J I C I A N - Liverpool 1989

Whooooooa!  I thought this tape was a write-off but no - here is an absolute gem from the truly marvellous Mujician that was.  The most musical of free improvising groups - time, no time, exquisite beauty, intensity, incredible interaction - it's all here.  Check out Tippett's flight at about 12 minutes in with bass and drums and wish, like me, that they had worked as a trio too.  Dunmall leaves his tenor in the case and wows on baritone and soprano.  Listening to this has reminded me just how fantastic this group was.  Take thirty seven minutes and have a listen and let me know what you think.

TONY LEVIN, drums
KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL ROGERS, bass
PAUL DUNMALL, baritone and soprano sax

1. Hearts beat me.   37:03

Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.  13th November 1989

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