Ron Carter - Pastels (1976)

Artist: Ron Carter
Title Of Album: Pastels
Year: 1976
Label: Original Jazz Classics
Style: Jazz, Post-bop, chamber jazz
Format: FLAC(tracks +.cue, log + scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 37:08
Total Size: 199 MB (+ 3% rec.)
Ron Carter plays here with pianist Kenny Barron, drummer Harvey Mason, and guitarist Hugh McCracken, in a setting that is augmented by an off-kilter string section, and which has that sort of bright sound that characterized some of Carter's recordings from the time. Many of the tracks have a relaxed funky groove, and Carter's bass is very up front in the recording, with lots of tight plunked hard solo notes. Tracks include "12+12", "Woolaphant", and "One Bass Rag". (Source: Dusty Groove America, Inc.)

Tracklist:

01 - Woolaphant (Ron Carter) 07:58
02 - Ballad (Ron Carter) 08:45
03 - One Bass Rag (Ron Carter) 07:28
04 - Pastels (Ron Carter) 06:21
05 - 12 + 12 (Ron Carter) 06:36

Personnel:
Ron Carter (piccolo)
Hugh McCracken (harmonica, acoustic & electric guitars)
Kenny Barron (piano)
Harvey Mason, Sr. (drums)

Daniel Kobialka, Mark Volkert, Fei-Pang Ching, Emily VanValkenburgh, Ronald Erickson, Virginia Baker, Myra Bucky, Roy Oakley, Jr., Sanford Allen, Nathan Rubin (violin)
Denis DeCoteau, Daniel Yale, Arthur Bauch (viola)
Garfield Moore, Melinda Ross, Kermit Moore (cello)
Don Sebesky (conductor)

Arrangers: Don Sebesky; Ron Carter .

Recorded October 18th and 19th, 1976 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA.