Mario Pavone

Mario Pavone (born November 11, 1940) is an American jazz bassist.

Mario Pavone
Mario Pavone performing in Somerville Massachusetts on May 12, 2018
Background information
Born (1940-11-11) November 11, 1940
Waterbury, Connecticut
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDouble bass
Years active1960s–present
LabelsKnitting Factory
Associated actsThomas Chapin, Anthony Braxton
Websitemariopavone.com

Career

He began performing in 1965.[1] He was a member of Paul Bley's trio during 1968–72 and Bill Dixon's trio during the 1980s. He also performed with Barry Altschul, Wadada Leo Smith, and Gerry Hemingway.

In 1979 Pavone recorded his first album as a leader. He co-led a group with Anthony Braxton in the early 1990s, with Braxton on piano rather than his usual saxophones. In 1980 he began an 18-year musical relationship with saxophonist Thomas Chapin. With drummer Michael Sarin, the group recorded seven albums for Knitting Factory Records, which also released an eight-CD box set of these albums plus a live recording following Chapin's death in 1998. His groups have included Matt Wilson, Gerald Cleaver, Peter Madsen, Joshua Redman, Tony Malaby, Dave Douglas, Steven Bernstein, George Schuller, Craig Taborn, and Jimmy Greene.

Discography

As leader
  • Digit (Alacra, 1979)
  • Shodo (Alacra, 1981)
  • Sharpeville (Alacra, 1988)
  • Toulon Days (New World/CounterCurrents, 1992)
  • Song for (Septet) (New World/CounterCurrents, 1994)
  • Dancers Tales (Knitting Factory, 1997)
  • Totem Blues (Knitting Factory, 2000)
  • Remembering Thomas (Knitting Factory, 1999)
  • Motion Poetry (Playscape, 2000)
  • OpEd (Playscape, 2001)
  • Mythos (Playscape, 2002)
  • Orange (Playscape, 2003)
  • Boom (Playscape, 2004)
  • Deez to Blues (Playscape, 2006)
  • Ancestors (Playscape, 2008)
  • Trio Arc (Playscape, 2008)
  • Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (Playscape, 2010)
  • Arc Trio (Playscape, 2013)
  • Street Songs (Playscape, 2014)
  • Blue Dialect (Clean Feed, 2015)
  • Chrome (Playscape, 2017)
  • Vertical (Clean Feed, 2017)
  • Philosophy (Clean Feed, 2019)

As sideman

With Anthony Braxton

With Thomas Chapin

  • The Bell of the Heart (Alacra, 1981)
  • Third Force (Knitting Factory, 1991)
  • Anima (Knitting Factory, 1992)
  • Insomnia (Knitting Factory, 1993)
  • Menagerie Dreams (Knitting Factory, 1995)
  • Haywire (Knitting Factory, 1996)
  • Sky Piece (Knitting Factory, 1997)
  • Night Bird Song (Knitting Factory, 1999)
  • Ride (Playscape, 2006)

With Bill Dixon

With others

References
  1. Layne, Joslyn. "Mario Pavone". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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