''Boom'' is an album by bassist/composer
Mario Pavone recorded in 2003 and released on the Playscape label.
Reception
All About Jazz
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critic John Kelman observed, "What makes ''Boom'' remarkable and, ultimately, strangely appealing, is its combination of a freer sensibility with a rhythmic approach that usually maintains something resembling established time ... A thrilling combination of the oblique and the clearly-stated, ''Boom'' is another fine offering from Pavone, who continues to move the tradition forward with every record".
[Kelman, J.]
All About Jazz Review
September 7, 2004 On the same site Sean Patrick Fitzell said "The quartet deftly navigates Pavone's charts with tightly knit, rhythmically charged ensemble heads and spacious solo sections".
[Fitzell, S. P.]
All About Jazz Review
May 6, 2005 In ''
JazzTimes
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Coverage
After a decade of growt ...
'' Ron Wynn wrote "Those expecting an exclusively outside session from Mario Pavone might be surprised by the thematic diversity on ''Boom'' ... If anything, ''Boom'' is among the most melodically delightful, musically proficient works issued on the Playscape label, and much of it wouldn't ruffle the feathers of the most rigid hard-bopper".
[Wynn, R.]
JazzTimes Review
January/February 2005
Track listing
All compositions by Mario Pavone except where noted.
# "Julian" - 3:40
# "Not Five Kimono" - 5:56
# "Arkadia" - 6:18
# "Po" - 0:18
# "Bad Birdie" (
Thomas Chapin
Thomas Chapin (March 9, 1957 – February 13, 1998) was an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. Though primarily an alto saxophonist, he also played sopranino, as well as soprano, tenor, baritone saxes and flute. Ma ...
) - 8:43
# "Short Yellow" - 3:23
# "Arc" - 6:10
# "Bastos" - 6:16
# "Interior Boom" - 6:33
# "Out and About" (Chapin) - 4:49
Personnel
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Mario Pavone –
bass
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Tony Malaby
Tony Malaby (born January 12, 1964) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Malaby was born in Tucson, Arizona. He moved to New York City in 1995 and played with several notable jazz groups, including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, ...
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tenor saxophone
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,
soprano saxophone
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Peter Madsen
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piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
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Matt Wilson –
drums
References
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2004 albums
Mario Pavone albums