Paul Rogers (bassist)

Paul Rogers
Background information
Born	(1956-04-20) 20 April 1956 (age 69)
Origin	Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Genres	Free improvisation
Occupation	Bassist
Instrument	Double bass
Labels	Setola di Maiale, Emanem

Paul Rogers (born 20 April 1956) is an English bassist. ^[1]

Career

He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. ^[2] Rogers is best known as a member of improvising jazz group Mujician, ^[3] but has also released a number of solo records. ^[2] He also composed a suite, with assistance form an Arts Council grant, which was intended for three saxophgones, flute, bass and drums. The piece Anglo American Sketches toured nationally in 1990 to some acclaim. ^[2]

Selected discography

• 1986 – Gheim (Emanem) with Paul Rutherford
• 1989 – Listen (Emanem) solo ^[4]
• 1995 – Heron Moon (Rare Music) solo
• 1996 – Rogues (Emanem) with Paul Rutherford
• 1998 – The First Full Turn (Emanem) with RoTToR (Paul Rutherford, Julie Tippett, Keith Tippett, Rogers)
• 2001 – The Ayes Have It (Emanem) with Evan Parker
• 2007 – Being (Amor Fati) solo
• 2007 – Two Loose (FMR) with Edward Perraud
• 2009 – Tetralogy (Emanem) with Paul Rutherford
• 2017 – In Backward Times (Emanem) with Paul Rutherford
• 2018 – Bag of Screams (Setola di Maiale) with Emil Gross

References

1. Couture, François. Paul Rogers at AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-01-05.
2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 396. ISBN   0-85112-674-X.
3. "Mujician". Cuneiform Records. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
4. "Paul Rogers Listen Review". BBC . Retrieved 2018-01-05.