{"product_id":"5052442026303-duos","title":"Duos","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first duo recording between towering free jazz saxophonist Paul Dunmall and the highly creative saxophonist Kevin Figes, sees them perform ten improvised pieces using an assortment of instruments, including various saxophones, clarinets and flutes. With no pre-composed themes or motifs, what you hear are two master musicians in the moment of creativity. The wholly improvised conversations seem to encompass and distil the history of jazz, moving between free and contemporary idioms with folk and avant-garde influences drifting in and out of the pieces. The differing configurations offer distinctive moods, tones and sounds. 'Duos' affords us the chance to enjoy a unique convergence of two brilliant musical minds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Dunmall is widely recognised as one of the most powerful and distinctive reed players to have emerged from the UK. He has been a leading figure in UK free improvisation for decades, including 20 years in the ground-breaking quartet Mujician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Figes studied with Elton Dean and Tim Garland. In the early 1990s, he moved to Bristol and began a long and fruitful association with Keith Tippett. A supremely versatile musician, he has played everything from funk, Brazilian music, jazz-rock and avant-garde music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Duos' is available on a limited edition 4-panel digipak CD with sleeve notes by Daniel Spicer (The Wire \/ Jazzwise).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Dunmall: tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute and alto flute\u003cbr\u003eKevin Figes: alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, flute and alto flute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41825697497185,"sku":"5052442026303","price":12.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12769439_1132442_20241012013708.jpg?v=1728910763","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5052442026303-duos","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}