Deez to Blues

Deez to Blues
Studio album by Mario Pavone Sextet
Released	March 21, 2006
Recorded	May 5, 2005
Studio	Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:51
Label	Playscape PSR#050505
Producer	Mario Pavone
Mario Pavone chronology
Boom (2004) Deez to Blues (2006) Trio Arc (2008)

Deez to Blues is an album by bassist/composer Mario Pavone recorded in 2005 and released on the Playscape label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]

Allmusic called it an "excellent, forward-thinking date ... Mixing orchestral flourishes with a post-bop vocabulary and a decidedly experimental sensibility, Pavone's music is both highbrow and visceral at once".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.^[3][5] On All About Jazz Troy Collins observed, "Pavone's swinging, multi-layered compositions push the tradition forward while always looking back" and said "Deez to Blues is a high water mark in a consistently exceptional discography".^[4] JazzTimes reviewer Brent Burton commented " Though never noisy or atonal, Blues is impossible to tune out, impossible to turn down. It demands nothing less than your undivided attention".^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Mario Pavone except where noted.

1. "Zines" – 7:44
2. "Deez" – 7:18
3. "Xapo" – 9:41
4. "Dances 3/5" – 7:20
5. "Day of the Dark Bright Light" (Marty Ehrlich) – 5:17
6. "Ocbo" – 5:12
7. "Second-Term Blues" – 7:12

Personnel

• Mario Pavone – bass
• Steven Bernstein – trumpet, slide trumpet, arranger
• Howard Johnson – tuba, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Charles Burnham – violin
• Peter Madsen – piano
• Michael Sarin – drums

References

1. Mario Pavone discography, accessed January 3, 2017
2. Music, All. Deez to Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Mario Pavone". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1135. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
4. Collins, T., All About Jazz Review, March 14, 2006
5. Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List, accessed December 28, 2016
6. Burton, B., JazzTimes Review, June 2006