Pastels (album) explained

Pastels
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ron Carter
Cover:	Pastels (album).jpg
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
Prev Title:	Yellow & Green
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Piccolo
Next Year:	1977

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

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

Track listing

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Fitzgerald. M., Milestone label discography, accessed February 12, 2015
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ron-carter/catalog/#milestone-msp-9073 Ron Carter discography
3. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed February 13, 2015