Ancestors (Mario Pavone album)

Ancestors is an album by bassist/composer Mario Pavone recorded in 2008 and released on the Playscape label.[1]

Ancestors
Studio album by
Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet
Released2008
RecordedJanuary 15, 2008
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn, NY
GenreJazz
LabelPlayscape
PSR#011508
ProducerMario Pavone
Mario Pavone chronology
Trio Arc
(2008)		 Ancestors
(2008)		 Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po
(2010)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
All About Jazz[4]
All About Jazz[5]
PopMatters[6]

Most critics acclaimed the album. Allmusic stated "Bassist Mario Pavone just keeps on keeping on with yet another fine recording in his expanding and substantive discography ... While Pavone's recordings are generally reliable and pointedly original, this effort is close to his very best, and deserves consideration for best jazz CD of 2008".[2] On All About Jazz Marc Corroto said "It might be cliche to say that the recording Ancestors by Mario Pavone's Double Tenor Quintet has caught lightning in a bottle, but this is indeed a potent feat of extraordinary music making ... Pavone's energy and pace may be challenging, but trying to keep up is a thing of beauty".[3] On the same site Troy Collins called it "one of Pavone's most uncompromising and passionate recordings. For those inclined towards more adventurous fare, this is essential listening"[4] and Nic Jones observed The very idea of a two-tenor front line is potentially fraught with complication but Pavone has been scrupulous with regards to who occupies the roles. There's enough contrast in the respective approaches of Jimmy Greene and Tony Malaby to ensure that the feeling of sameness doesn't set in. Malaby's work is the more fractious of the two whilst Greene, working a freer seam than the one he might be more readily associated with, brings to his work a kind of agitated grace which is symptomatic of a multi-faceted musician who's really coming into his own"[5] For JazzTimes, Chris Kelsey wrote "Mario Pavone is a splendid composer and bandleader, as well. His group plays a highly evolved postbop, his compositions (arranged by Steven Bernstein, Dave Ballou and Michael Musillami) combining odd-time vamps, intricate melodies and knotty chord progressions with an open-ended modality that provides the soloists maximum freedom ... The band does a terrific job of interpreting Pavone’s highly complex tunes. This is sophisticated, exciting musi".[7] PopMatters critic Michael Kabran, however, was less enthused stating "Pavone’s second career as a bandleader and composer has by-and-large resulted in music that is intellectually stimulating and technically challenging but ultimately devoid of feeling. Pavone’s latest effort, Ancestors, is no exception ... This is jazz and so there is certainly spontaneity: the drums crackle; the horns squawk and blare; and the bass pulses. But it all sounds exactly like you’d expect it to sound, the aural equivalent of a textbook on modern jazz techniques. The rest of Ancestors can be similarly characterized. As an intellectual exercise, the album is first rate. As a work of great emotional depth, it leaves something to be desired".[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Mario Pavone.

  1. "Ancestors" - 9:27
  2. "Strata Blue" - 5:50
  3. "Tomes" - 6:00
  4. "Iskmix" - 7:08
  5. "Arc for Puppy" - 7:56
  6. "Beige Structure" - 1:20
  7. "Pachuca" - 5:32
  8. "Andrew" - 7:55

Personnel
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References
  1. Mario Pavone discography, accessed January 3, 2017
  2. Nastos, Michael G.. Ancestors – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  3. Corroto, M., All About Jazz Review, October 28, 2008
  4. Collins, T., All About Jazz Review, October 29, 2008
  5. Jones, N., All About Jazz Review, November 1, 2008
  6. Kabran, M., PopMatters Review, February 4, 2009
  7. Kelsey, C., JazzTimes Review Archived 2017-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, December 2008
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