''Trio Arc'' is an album by bassist

Mario Pavone Mario Pavone (November 11, 1940 – May 15, 2021) was an American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers that Pavone was not only "great bass player ut also abig-hearted mensch." Early life Pavone was born i ...

, pianist

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

and drummer Matt Wilson recorded in 2007 and released on the Playscape label.

Reception

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stated it was "A must-have for lovers of this kind of spontaneous composition; this is not so much a throwback to the '60s as a modern update, and a welcome one indeed". For ''

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'', music critic Robert Iannapollo said, "''Trio Arc'' is a disc of music as timeless and innovative as only a piano trio can be".Iannapollo, I.
All About Jazz Review
June 13, 2008 On the same site Troy Collins called it "A modern classic, ''Trio Arc'' is a superlative and timeless example of free improvisations".Collins, T.
All About Jazz Review
June 3, 2008 ''

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'' reviewer Steve Greenlee wrote, "Their jazz is free but with rhythm and a sense—a hint—of swing. This feeling of tethered freedom pervades Pavone’s excellent new record, which reunites him with his old comrade Bley on their first recording together in 35 years ... It is a beautifully odd amalgam of sounds, and it leaves the listener wanting more".Greenlee, S.
JazzTimes Review
August 2008

Track listing

All compositions by Mario Pavone, Paul Bley and Matt Wilson except where noted. # "Slant" - 5:34 # "Hello Again" - 6:53 # "Quest" - 5:26 # "Miro" - 5:34 # "Lazzi" - 8:11 # "Sweet" - 7:39 # "Solo Bley" (Paul Bley) - 2:53

Personnel

– bass (tracks 1-6) *

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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 keyboa ...

* Matt Wilson –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(tracks 1-6)

References

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