First Song
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | First Song |
| type | Album |
| artist | Charlie Haden |
| cover | First Song.jpg |
| released | 1992 |
| recorded | April 26, 1990 |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 60:11 |
| label | Soul Note |
| producer | Giovanni Bonandrini |
| chronology | Charlie Haden |
| prev_title | Live at the Village Vanguard |
| prev_year | 1991 |
| next_title | Haunted Heart |
| next_year | 1992 |
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| name = First Song | type = Album | artist = Charlie Haden | cover = First Song.jpg | alt = | released = 1992 | recorded = April 26, 1990 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 60:11 | label = Soul Note | producer = Giovanni Bonandrini | chronology = Charlie Haden | prev_title = Live at the Village Vanguard | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Haunted Heart | next_year = 1992
First Song is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1992. The album features Haden playing with pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and drummer Billy Higgins, playing a mix of jazz standards and originals by Haden and Pieranunzi. The three musicians had previously recorded together in 1987, along with trumpeter Chet Baker, on Haden's album Silence.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score =
Track listing
All compositions by Charlie Haden except where noted.
- "First Song" - 10:06
- "Je Ne Sais Quoi" (Enrico Pieranunzi) - 5:42
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:46
- "Lennie's Pennies" (Lennie Tristano) - 7:03
- "News Break" (Pieranunzi) - 5:06
- "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) - 6:30
- "Si Si" (Charlie Parker) - 10:34
- "For Turiya" - 3:30
- "In the Moment" - 4:54
- Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on April 26, 1990
Personnel
References
References
- [https://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html Soul Note discography] accessed December 1, 2011
- [https://www.allmusic.com/album/first-song-r166205 Allmusic Review] accessed December 1, 2011
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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