Mario Pavone

An adventurous self-taught bassist and composer, Mario Pavone spent decades living and working on the cutting edge of jazz. During the 1960s he toured Europe with Paul Bley and Annette Peacock. In the '70s, he established a reputation as a hard-driving session and live bassist possessing an immense tone and propulsive sense of time. Digit, his leader debut, appeared in 1979. In 1980, he began working with saxophonist Thomas Chapin when Pavone produced his 1981 outing The Bell of the Heart. His own Shodo followed in 1982. During the '80s, Pavone also worked extensively with Bi...