Pastels (album)

Pastels is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Fantasy Studios in California in 1976 and released on the Milestone label.^[1][2]

Pastels
Studio album by Ron Carter
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
Ron Carter chronology
Yellow & Green (1976) Pastels (1976) Piccolo (1977)

Reception

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

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