First Line (album)

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First Line
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Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedNovember 1987
RPM Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length44:14
Label JMT
JMT 880 014
Producer Stefan F. Winter
Bob Stewart chronology
First Line
(1988)
Goin' Home
(1989)

First Line is the debut album by tubist Bob Stewart which was recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick called it "a bright, juicy set, rambunctious and alive, heavy on the bottom and rolling on top". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bob Stewart except as indicated

  1. "First Line" - 3:38
  2. "C.J." - 6:02
  3. "Metamorphosis" (Arthur Blythe) - 5:08
  4. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child/Nonet" (Traditional/Bob Stewart) - 7:42
  5. "Hey Mama" (Traditional) - 3:20
  6. "Bush Baby" (Blythe) 7:14
  7. "Surinam" (Traditional) 4:04
  8. "Hambone" - 6:43

Personnel

References

  1. Bob Stewart discography, accessed October 1, 2014
  2. 1 2 Olewnick, B., Allmusic Review accessed October 1, 2014
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1343. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.