Mujician

The improvising quartet Mujician was formed in 1988. Mujician's members are Paul Dunmall (reeds), Tony Levin (percussion), Paul Rogers (bass), and Keith Tippett (piano). Dunmall was classically trained on clarinet. Levin (not the King Crimson member) studied drums and jazz from age 13 and became a professional at 17. Rogers is self-taught. Tippett has played with his 50-piece ensemble, Centipede, and was a studio member of King Crimson from 1970 through 1972. The group has performed at music festivals in England and Italy, and played with improvisers in Tbilisi, GA, in 1991. Mujician's first CD, The Journey, consisted of a single hour-long track recorded before a large festival audience. Their second release, Poem About the Hero, contains five improvisations from two to 30 minutes in length, recorded before a small, invited audience. Colours Fulfilled followed in 1998, their first studio recording. The group has remained active, but they're taking more time between issuing recordings. The collaborative Bristol Concert was recorded in 1991 (but not released until 2000), so the actual follow up to Colours Fulfilled (Spacetime) wasn't recorded until 2001. Five years later saw the release of There's No Going Back Now. ~ Jim Dorsch, Rovi