Discography

 
 

Released on Stoney Lane Records, 2025 (SLR2004)

Xhosa Cole Quartet - On a modern genuis vol. 1

Creative arrangements of Thelonious Monk compositions recorded live at 1000 trades, Birmingham, featuring Xhosa Cole on tenor saxophone, Steve Saunders on guitar, Josh Vadiveloo on double bass, Nathan England-Jones on drums and Liberty Styles tap dancing.

An unusual lineup features a dynamically empathic guitarist in Steve Saunders
— John Fordham, THE GUARDIAN
 

Released on 577 Records (Brooklyn, New York), 2023 (5917)

Paul dunmall new quartet - world without

Freely improvised music featuring Paul Dunmall on saxophones, Steve Saunders on guitar, Dave Kane on bass and Miles Levin on drums. Recorded at Sansom Studios, Birmingham, UK.

[Saunders’] extended solo spots and dialogues with spitting, snaking saxophone lines are utterly exhilarating, avant rock adjacent formations
— Antonio Poscic, THE QUIETUS
 

Released on Discus Music, 2023 (148CD)

Paul Dunmall Ensemble - it’s a matter of fact

Improvised music and compositions, featuring Paul Dunmall on saxophones, Charlotte Keefe on trumpet, Richard Foote on trombone, Julie Tippets on vocals, Steve Saunders on guitar, James Owston on bass and Jim Bashford on drums. Recorded at Sansom Studios, Birmingham, UK.

giving way to the solo outing of Saunders, a guitarist capable of concreteness but also of drawing abstract canvases concluded by a festive collective finale
— MUSICA JAZZ
 

Released on Birmingham Music Archive, 2022 (BMA/OR/01)

Various - on record

Recorded with the Xhosa Cole Quartet ft. Soweto Kinch for this record celebrating Birmingham’s musical heritage, recorded specially for the Commonwealth Games 2022. The track is entitled ‘Hangin’ with Mr Hamilton’ (see music video below). Limited edition of 1000 vinyls, featuring global icons such as UB40.

A multi-artist, multi genre sonic love letter to Birmingham, UK
— BIRMINGHAM MUSIC ARCHIVE
 

Released on Discus Music, 2022 (134CD)

PAUL DUNMALL QUINTET - YES TOMORROW

Improvised music with all compositions by Paul Dunmall, featuring Paul on alto & tenor saxophones, Richard Foote on trombone, Steve Saunders on guitar, James Owston on bass and Jim Bashford on drums. Recorded at Sansom Studios, Birmingham, UK.

It’s a bold move from Dunmall, brilliantly executed by a talented band on fine, fiery form
— Daniel Spicer, JAZZWISE
 

Released on FMR Records, 2020 (FMRCD 596)

PAUL DUNMALL SEXTET - COSMIC DREAM PROJECTION

Improvised music and compositions, featuring Paul Dunmall on alto & tenor saxophones & flute, Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Richard Foote on trombone, Steve Saunders on guitar, James Owston on bass and Jim Bashford on drums. Recorded at Sansom Studios, Birmingham, UK.

The title track is actually a blues, greasy and stinging with an impressive, nasty, gut-wrenching guitar solo from Mr. Saunders
— Bruce Lee Gallanter, DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY
 

Video

 

Fully improvised music with Paul Dunmall on saxophones, Steve Saunders on guitar, Dave Kane on double bass and Miles Levin on drums. Filmed live at Sansom Studios, Birmingham.

Recording and music video produced for the Commonwealth Games 2022 by the Xhosa Cole Quartet, featuring Xhosa on tenor saxophone, Soweto Kinch on alto saxophone, Steve Saunders on guitar, Josh Vadiveloo on bass and Jim Bashford on drums.

TIMEBEING (for two improvisers), commissioned by ‘Centrala Space’ and composed by Steve, performed here by Steve on guitar and electronics and Christos Stylianides on trumpet and electronics.

Steve’s electronic trio GLITCH, improvising around his own compositions featuring Chris Mapp on bass and electronics and Euan Palmer on drums.