Pastels (album)

1976 studio album by Ron Carter

Pastels

Studio album by

Ron Carter

Released| 1976
Recorded| October 18 & 19, 1976
Studio| Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre| Hard bop, post-bop
Length| 37:08
Label| Milestone
M-9073
Producer| Retrac
Ron Carter chronology
| Yellow & Green
(1976)  | Pastels
(1976)  | Piccolo
(1977)

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Pastels is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Fantasy Studios in California in 1976 and released on the Milestone label.[1][2]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2½ stars saying "Some tremendous playing... though the strings get intrusive".[3]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|  [5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Ron Carter

1. "Woolaphant" - 7:58
2. "Ballad" - 8:45
3. "One Bass Rag" - 7:28
4. "Pastels" - 6:21
5. "12 + 12" - 6:36

## Personnel

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* Ron Carter \- bass, piccolo bass, arranger
* Kenny Barron \- piano (tracks 1 & 3-5)
* Hugh McCracken \- electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica (tracks 1 & 3-5)
* Harvey Mason \- drums (tracks 1 & 3-5)
* Sanford Allen - concertmaster
* Virginia Baker, Myra Bucky, Fei-Pang Ching, Ronald Erickson, Daniel Kobialka, Roy Oakley Jr., Nathan Rubin, Emily Van Valkenburgh, Mark Volkert - violin
* Arthur Bauch, Denis DeCoteau, Daniel Yale - viola
* Garfield Moore, Kermit Moore, Melinda Ross - cello
* Don Sebesky \- conductor, arranger

## References

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1. ^ Fitzgerald. M., Milestone label discography, accessed February 12, 2015
2. ^ Ron Carter discography, accessed February 13, 2015
3. ^ a b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed February 13, 2015
4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 39. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 235\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Ron Carter

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release

Albums as leader
or co-leader|

* Where? (1961)
* Uptown Conversation (1969)
* Alone Together (with Jim Hall, 1972)
* Blues Farm (1973)
* All Blues (1973)
* Spanish Blue (1974)
* Anything Goes (1975)
* Yellow & Green (1976)
* Pastels (1976)
* Piccolo (1977)
* Third Plane (1977)
* Peg Leg (1978)
* A Song for You (1978)
* 1 + 3 (1978)
* Carnaval (1978)
* Pick 'Em (1978)
* Parade (1979)
* New York Slick (1979)
* Patrão (1980)
* Parfait (1980)
* Empire Jazz (1980)
* Super Strings (1981)
* Heart & Soul (with Cedar Walton, 1981)
* Etudes (1982)
* Live at Village West (with Jim Hall, 1982)
* Telephone (with Jim Hall, 1984)
* All Alone (1988)
* Something in Common (with Houston Person, 1989)
* Duets (with Helen Merrill, 1989)
* Now's the Time (with Houston Person, 1990)
* Eight Plus (1990)
* Panamanhattan (with Richard Galliano, 1990)
* Mr. Bow-tie (1995)
* The Bass and I (1997)
* So What? (1998)
* Orfeu (1999)
* When Skies Are Grey... (2000)
* Dialogues (with Houston Person, 2000)
* Standards (2001)
* The Golden Striker (2003)
* Just Between Friends (with Houston Person, 2005)
* Dear Miles (2006)
* It's the Time (2007)
* Jazz & Bossa (2008)
* Chemistry (with Houston Person, 2015)
* Remember Love (with Houston Person, 2018)

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