Paul Rogers
Wikimp3 information about the music of Paul Rogers. On our website we have 40 albums and 14 collections of artist Paul Rogers. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist.
Biography
[Edit]One of Europe's finest bassists and a busy free improvisation player comparable to John Edwards and Barry Guy, Paul Rogers is mostly known for his long-standing tenure in the free improv quartet Mujician. A player of finesse and feeling, he has appeared on dozens of albums, performing with Paul Dunmall, John Stevens, Daunik Lazro, Michel Doneda, Evan Parker, Ramon Lopez, and Ivo Perelman to name but a few. He released his first solo album in 1995.
Rogers was born in Chester, Wales, 1956. He picked up his first acoustic guitar at the age of 12 and a bass guitar at 14. He bought his first double bass three years later and after mastering its rudiments, took off to London to become a jazz musician. Mike Osborne (who worked with Keith Tippett at the time) introduced him to the free jazz community. For the next eight years or so, Rogers multiplied sideman duties, performing with most musicians circumscribed to the British jazz triangle formed by Tippett, Mike Westbrook, and Elton Dean, including the first's sextet (1978) and the last's quintet (1979). He also improvised with members of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble.
1984 marks a change in his career. After years of shifting through collaborators, he began to develop a lasting relationship with drummer Tony Levin within two trios with Alan Skidmore and Paul Dunmall. The latter group evolved into Mujician with the addition of Tippett in 1988, but it would have to wait a few more years before imposing itself. Meanwhile, Rogers spent 18 months in New York, playing with Gerry Hemingway, Don Byron, and Tom Cora, among others, but making very few recordings. Back in England in late 1989 his recording career really took off with Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company, Jon Lloyd's Syzygy, and a tour with drummer Pip Pyle's group Equip'Out. There he met pianist Sophia Domancich, who became his life companion, and with whom he has since recorded a handful of albums.
1992 saw the release of Mujician's The Journey, the first of many albums on the U.S. label Cuneiform. From then onward, the group would provide Rogers with his best exposure and critical acclaim (causing funny mix-ups among critics between him and Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers). His first album of double bass solos, Heron Moon, came out in 1995. Four years later he led an augmented lineup of Domancich's trio on Time of Brightness. A second CD of solo performances, Listen, appeared in 2002. Since the late ‘90s, Rogers has lived in France and, although still involved, has been performing regularly with Parisian jazzmen like Louis Sclavis and Ramon Lopez. ~ François Couture, Rovi
Title: Asynchronous
Artist: Paul Rogers, Paul Lytton, Paul Dunmall, Fred Van Hove
Genre: Jazz, Alternative
Title: Mumuksuta
Artist: Paul Rogers, Tony Levin, Tony Hymas, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Neil Metcalfe
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Blown Away (CD2: Long Single Mix)
Artist: Paul Rogers, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Daniel Carter, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Roy Campbell
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Not a Bit Like Coco
Artist: Paul Rogers, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Neil Metcalfe
Genre: Jazz
Title: Remembrance (CD2)
Artist: Paul Rogers, Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Title: Blown Away (CD1)
Artist: Paul Rogers, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Daniel Carter, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Roy Campbell
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Elton
Artist: Paul Rogers, Roger Sanchez, Levin Waters, Tony Levin, Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall
Genre: Free Jazz
Title: The Clouds Turned Silver
Artist: Paul Rogers, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Title: Deep Joy (CD3)
Artist: Paul Rogers, Tony Levin, Paul Dunmall
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Deep Joy (CD4)
Artist: Paul Rogers, Tony Levin, Paul Dunmall
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: All That Tradition
Artist: Paul Rogers, Elton Dean, Mark Sanders, Howard Riley
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Alternative
Title: Bladik
Artist: Paul Rogers, Tony Levin, Elton Dean, Keith Tippett, Roswell Rudd, Paul Dunmall, Paul Dunmall Octet
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Alternative
Title: Peace and Joy
Artist: Paul Rogers, Hamid Drake, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs
Genre: Jazz, Alternative
Title: It's Abit Nocturnal
Artist: Paul Rogers, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Neil Metcalfe
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sun Inside
Artist: Paul Rogers, Dunmsll, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Neil Metcalfe
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Company 91, Vol. 1
Artist: Paul Rogers, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Buckethead, Pat Thomas, Paul Lovens, Yves Robert, Alexander Balanescu, Vanessa Mackness
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Alternative
Title: Deep Joy (CD2)
Artist: Paul Rogers, Tony Levin, Paul Dunmall
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Deep Joy (CD1)
Artist: Paul Rogers, Tony Levin, Paul Dunmall
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
Title: Future Fidelity
Artist: Paul Rogers, Stuart Roslyn, Peter Tong
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: 100 Hits Blues Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Deep Dish - Toronto # 025 Global Underground (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: GU025 - Deep Dish: Toronto (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: 100 Hits Blues Rock (CD1)
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: 100 Hits Blues Rock (CD2)
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: Rock'n'Roll Children (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Rock'n'Roll Children (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Renaissance Anthems 2002 (CD3)
Genre: Ambient, Electronica, House, Progressive House, Club/Dance
Title: Mr. Big: Influences & Connections, Volume 1
Genre: Hard Rock
Title: Balance 002: Kasey Taylor
Genre: Progressive House
Title: Global Underground # 25 Deep Dish - Toronto
Genre: House
Title: Deep Dish Toronto 025
Genre: House
Title: The # 1 Dad 3CD (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Featuring albums
Title: Harry Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Martin Phipps
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Global Underground #35: Nick Warren (Lima)
Artist: Nick Warren
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, House, Trance, Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Bop
Title: Global Underground #25: Deep Dish - Toronto
Artist: Deep Dish
Genre: Electronica, House, Techno, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Global Underground #35: Nick Warren - Lima
Artist: Nick Warren
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, House, Trance, Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Bop