Mario Pavone

Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po, veteran bassist/composer Mario Pavone’s 20th release as a leader/co-leader, is the recorded debut of his latest group, Orange Double Tenor. The sextet performs a new book of original music Pavone composed specifically for this line-up after receiving a commission from Chamber Music America’s 2009 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This studio recording of that music, which the band has been performing live throughout the Northeast since June 2010, is being released the week of Pavone’s 70th birthday.

PERSONNEL:

MARIO PAVONE, bass
TONY MALABI, tenor & soprano sax
JIMMY GREENE, tenor sax
DAVE BALLOU, trumpet, cornet
PETER MADSEN, piano
GERALD CLEAVER, drums
STEVEN BERNSTEIN, slide trumpet on track 12

TRACKS:

01. Continuing
02. East Arc
03. Poles
04. Nokimo
05. West of Crash
06. Half Dome (For Bill Dixon)
07. The Dom
08. Silver Point
09. Dome
10. T/Pi T/Po
11. Mid Code
12. 17 Note