Mario Pavone

Mario Pavone ( born November 11, 1940 in Waterbury / Connecticut ) is an American bassist of the Creative Jazz.

Life and work

The trained engineer Pavone had no formal musical training in his youth. With the jazz he first came in 1958 while studying at the University of Connecticut in touch, since 1962, he played bass himself. He took lessons from Bertram Turetzky and in 1965 began his career as a professional musician.

In 1968 he undertook a European tour with Paul Bley, with whom he worked until 1972. With him and Barry Altschul, he played the album in 1968 Canada one. In the early 1970s he performed with vibraphonist Bobby Naughton and was a member of Bill Dixon Orchestra of the Streets, and John Fischer interface. In 1975 he founded in New Heaven with Bobby Naughton, Wadada Leo Smith, Gerry Hemingway, Wes Brown, Dwight Andrews and others the Creative Music Improvisers Forum ( CMIF ). In 1979 Digit, his first album as a leader.

In 1980, his eighteen -year-long collaboration with Thomas Chapin. His most important formation with Chapin was a trio with drummer Michael Sarin. He also worked as Cole vein with Anthony Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith, Marty Ehrlich and Michael Musillami. Around 1990, he started the " implementation of highly complex own projects, the compassionate, turned out to him mainly as the creator in its seriousness to the Third Stream compositions reminiscent of jazz - Modern and contemporary music. "

According to Chapin's death in 1998, he appeared exclusively use their own formations. Only in 2001 he participated in the recording of the debut album of his son Michael Pavone Trio. He also participates in the organization of the Litchfield Jazz Festival and Litchfield Summer Jazz Camp.

Discography

  • Digit, 1979
  • Shodo, 1981
  • Bill Dixon: November 1981 1981
  • Bill Dixon: Thoughts, 1985
  • Bill Dixon: Son of Sisyphus, 1988
  • Sharpeville, 1988
  • Thomas Chapin: Third Force, 1990
  • Thomas Chapin: Insomnia, 1991
  • Thomas Chapin: Anima, 1992
  • Toulon Days, 1992
  • Nine Duets with Anthony Braxton, 1993
  • Seven standards with Anthony Braxton, 1994
  • Thomas Chapin: Menagerie Dreams, 1994
  • Song for ( Septet ), 1995
  • Thomas Chapin: Haywire, 1996
  • Dancer 's Tales, 1997
  • Thomas Chapin: Sky Piece, 1998
  • Thomas Chapin: Night Bird Song, 1999
  • Thomas Chapin: Alive, 1999
  • Remembering Thomas, 1999
  • Op - Ed by Michael Musillami, 2000
  • Motion Poetry with Michael Musillami, 2001
  • Totem Blues, 2001
  • Myth, 2002
  • Pivot with Michael Musillami, 2002
  • Orange, 2003
  • Boom, 2004
  • Deez to Blues, 2006
  • Thomas Chapin: Ride, 2006
  • Trio Arc, 2008
  • Ancestors, 2008
  • Arc Suite T / Pi T / Po, 2010

Lexigraphic entries

  • Wolf Kampmann: Reclam Jazz Encyclopedia Stuttgart 2003; ISBN 3-15-010528-5
Waterbury (Connecticut) John Fischer (pianist)
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