Stefano Pastor 

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Helios Suite

by Pastor, Haslam,  Kershaw, Hession

Slam Productions SLAMCD 325  - 2007

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Helios Poem

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“...Some kind of precarious floating on instable pedals make think, like the title, to the music of Sun Ra who built music of a not yet coming future, based on an ancestrality that had a tinge of eternity..."
“…Proprio come il titolo, certi precari galleggiamenti su pedali instabili fanno, a tratti tornare in mente la musica del "dio Sole" del jazz, quel Sun Ra che costruiva musica di un futuro ancora da venire poggiata su un'ancestralità che aveva dell'eterno. Vibrante."
Marco Maiocco – Disco Club – March 7 2008 
 

 

Holywell Session - Live in Oxford

by Pastor, Haslam, Beckett, Harris, Kershaw

Slam Productions SLAMCD 324  - 2007

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“Coming to you live from Oxford, macabre-toned Italian violinist Stefano Pastor, meets Harry Beckett and reedsman George Haslam in a vigorous modernist session falling somewhere between improv and a raw, blues-based jazz.”

“In questo disco registrato dal vivo a Oxford, il violinista italiano dal tono macabro Stefano Pastor, incontra Harry Beckett e il saxofonista George Haslam in una vigorosa, modernista sessione che si colloca in qualche punto intermedio tra l’improvvisazione e un grezzo jazz fortemente fondato sul blues.”

Selwyn Harris -  Jazzwise – December 2007

 

Uncrying Sky

by Pastor, Schiaffini, Dini, Rotella

Silta Records - SR0702  - 2007

Uncrying Sky's Poem

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"...Uncrying Sky is the clear image of the Pastor violin's linguistic universe, conceived with lucidity and executed with skilfulness."

“...Uncrying Sky è l’immagine chiara dell’universo linguistico del violino di Pastor, concepita con lucidità ed eseguita con perizia."

Giampaolo Chiriacò - Jazzit anni 8 n. 41 July/August 2007

 

 

Cycles

by Erika Dagnino and Stefano Pastor

Slam Productions - SLAMCD 514 - 2007

Cycles' Poem

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"…Pastor has, of course, a European sensibility (...) but his innovative improvisational conception is rooted in the development of the jazz tradition…”

“…Pastor ha, naturalmente, una sensibilità europea (...) ma la sua innovativa concezione improvvisativa è radicata nello sviluppo della tradizione jazz...”

Anthony Barnett - Liner notes for Cycles - March 2007

 

Transmutations

Slam Productions - SLAMCD 512 - 2006

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"…Pastor’s work has a definite cultural horizon, firm roots and great energy…”

“…è un disco che ha un orizzonte culturale preciso, una salda enciclopedia e tante energie spese bene...”

Luca Bandirali – Jazzitalia - June 2006

 

 

 

Una Notte in Italia

Viaggio attraverso la canzone d’autore italiana

Videoradio - VR CD 000535 - 2004

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“…The violinist from Genoa is an authentic improviser who approach with a lot of fantasy pieces conceived for different musical situations; he goes away from the original text with authority, playing the songs in him own way...”

“…Il violinista genovese è un vero improvvisatore, ricco di fantasia mentre affronta brani scritti per tutt´altro tipo di situazioni, allontanandosi con autorità dalla pagina scritta, facendoli propri così come fanno i jazzisti veri con i brani del Real Book… ”

Cosimo Parisi – Music Boom – October 2006

 

 

 

Helios Suite

Pastor, Haslam, Kershaw, Hession

George Haslam baritone saxofone, tarogato

Stefano Pastor violin, percussion, flutes

Steve Kershaw double bass

Paul Hession drum set

                         1 Marianao (Haslam) 7.50

 

                   The Helios Suite

2 Hemera (Haslam, Pastor, Kershaw, Hession) 9.02

3 Epiphany (Haslam, Pastor, Hession) 5.12

4 Hespera (Haslam, Pastor, Kershaw, Hession) 8.53

 

                          5 Abingdon (Pastor) 8.19  mp3

 

 

Recorded on September 18 2006 at the Bull Pen Studios, Marcham, Oxfordshire, England, Oxford, England

Recording engineers Eric Smith and Alan Howell

Mixing and mastering by Stefano Pastor

Photo by Federico Brondi Zunino

Helios poem by Stefano Pastor

Produced by George Haslam and Stefano Pastor

 

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Holywell Session - Live in Oxford

Pastor, Haslam, Beckett, Harris, Kershaw

George Haslam baritone saxofone, tarogato

Harry Beckett trumpet, flugelhorn

Stefano Pastor violin

Richard Leigh Harris piano

Steve Kershaw double bass

1 Part 1 (7.59)

2 Part 2 (8.13) mp3

3 Part 3 (9.24)

4 Part 4 (13.39) mp3

Part 5 (8.10)

Part  6 (4.47)

7 Part  7 (12.59) mp3

 

All the tracks are free improvisations by Haslam, Beckett, Pastor, Harris and Kershaw

Recorded on September 17 2006 at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England

Recording engineers Eric Smith and Alan Howell

Mixing and mastering by Stefano Pastor

Photo by Simon Murison-Bowie

Produced by George Haslam and Stefano Pastor

 

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Uncrying Sky

Pastor, Schiaffini, Dini, Rotella

Poem and music by Stefano Pastor

Stefano Pastor violin

Giancarlo Schiaffini trombone

Giorgio Dini bass

Daviano Rotella drums

 

1 Profile of peaks… (4.18)

2 Bright pavement… (7.28)

3 Tropea (8.15)

4 Partisans (4.41)    mp3

Tramp (7.12)    mp3

All is to happen… (7.37)    mp3

7 Siena (9.48)

8 Fine grains of sand… (3.55)

 

Poem and music by Stefano Pastor

Transliteral translation by Erika Dagnino, with the assistence of Mark Weber

Liner notes by Erika Dagnino and Mark Weber

Photos by Federico Brondi Zunino

Recorded on January 29, 2007 in Milano, Italy

Recording and mixing by Stefano Pastor

Produced by S. Pastor and G. Dini

 

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Cycles

Erika Dagnino and Stefano Pastor

Cycles

for interior voice, musical instruments and objects

Slam Productions - SLAMCD 514 - 2007

Erika Dagnino poem

Stefano Pastor violin, viola, percussion, piano, 

objects, metronome's "A"

Maurizio Borgia drums (track 1) 

1        Cycles 11.44     mp3

2        From the beginning after forgettin... 21.32     mp3

3        While your ear was leaning... 13.08     mp3

4        Epilogue 07.54     mp3

 

 

 

Recorded by Stefano Pastor on October  2005 and May 2006

in Genoa - Italy

Poem by Erika Dagnino translated into English with the assistance of Anthony Barnett

Liner notes by Anthony Barnett

Photos by Federico Brondi Zunino

Mixing and Mastering by Stefano Pastor  

Produced by E. Dagnino, S. Pastor and G. Haslam

 

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Transmutations

 

Stefano Pastor

Transmutations

Slam Productions - SLAMCD 512 - 2006

Stefano Pastor violin, percussions, vocal

Stefano Calcagno trombone

Piero Leveratto doublebass

Maurizio Borgia drums 

 

 

 

1        Bird Food (O.Coleman) 5:47     mp3

2        Seul B. (S. Pastor) 6:22

3        Nel Blu Dipinto di Blues (S. Pastor) 5:32

4        Don Juan (S. Pastor) 8:13     mp3

5        Quarenta (S. Pastor) 5.18     mp3

6        Crescent (J. Coltrane) 9:34     mp3

7        Dimorfismo (S. Pastor) 6:17

8        I Fall in Love Too Easily (J. Styne – S. Cahn) 6:34

9        Vucciria (S. Pastor) 6:03     mp3

10      Esquecendo Voce  (A.C. Jobim) 2:33  

 

 

 

Recorded by Stefano Pastor on October 24 25, 2005 

at The Mascherona Studio, Genova - Italy

 

Mixing and Mastering by Stefano Pastor

 

Photos by Federico Brondi Zunino

 

Produced by Stefano Pastor and George Haslam

 

 

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Una Notte in Italia

 

Stefano Pastor

  Una Notte in Italia

Viaggio attraverso la canzone d’autore italiana

Videoradio - VR CD 000535 - 2004  

 

Stefano Pastor  violin, percussion, guitar, fluguelhorn, vocals

Massimilano Rolff elettric bass

Maurizio Borgia drums, surdo 

 

 

 

1)    Genova per Noi (Paolo Conte) 5.27     mp3

2)      La Canzone di Marinella (Fabrizio De André) 5.47

3)      Vedrai Vedrai (Luigi Tenco) 7.46     mp3

4)      Extraterrestre (Eugenio Finardi) 4.59

5)      Una Notte in Italia (Ivano Fossati) 6.19     mp3

6)      Estate (Bruno Martino -  Joel E. Siegel) 5.04     mp3

7)      Quanno Chiove (Pino Daniele) 4.11

8)      La Donna Cannone (Francesco De Gregori) 4.21

9)      La Gatta (Gino Paoli) 5.22

10)    Alberto (Alberto Camerini) – Recado (Paulinho da Viola–Casquinha) 5.44

 

 

Arranged by Stefano Pastor

 

Recorded by Stefano Pastor on March 5 and May 3 2004 at the Mascherona Studio, Genoa.

 

Mixed by Stefano Pastor. Mastering by Stefano Pastor and Carles Zanetti at Relac’Sound factory, Genoa. Italy 

 

 

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