Real Book (album)

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Real Book
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Studio album by
Steve Swallow
Released1994
RecordedDecember 1993
StudioGrog Kill Studio, Willow, NY
Genre Jazz
Length49:08
Label Xtra Watt 7
Producer Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow chronology
Go Together
(1992)		Real Book
(1994)		 Songs with Legs
(1994)

Real Book is an album by the bassist Steve Swallow, released on the Xtra Watt label in 1994. [1] [2]

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Reception

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AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Rick Anderson states: "This program finds him showing off his considerable writing chops with the help of an all-star group... His focus on the upper registers and the polyester tone of his five-string bass guitar will continue to annoy those who prefer to hear the bass played dark, low and woody, but there's no denying the consistent inventiveness of his playing or the charm of these compositions". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Swallow.

  1. "Bite Your Grandmother" - 4:40
  2. "Second Handy Motion" - 4:47
  3. "Wrong Together" - 5:19
  4. "Outfits" - 5:52
  5. "Thinking Out Loud" - 5:04
  6. "Let's Eat" - 5:38
  7. "Better Times" - 3:49
  8. "Willow" - 4:13
  9. "Muddy in the Bank" - 3:20
  10. "Ponytail" - 6:26

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
  2. ↑ Steve Swallow catalog accessed August 25, 2016
  3. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. Real Book – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1369. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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