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First Line (album)

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Released
  
1988

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Artist
  
Bob Stewart

Label
  
JMT Records

Length
  
44:14

First Line (1988)
  
Goin' Home (1989)

Release date
  
1988

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 1987 RPM Sound Studios, New York City

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

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".

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

  • Bob Stewart - tuba
  • Stanton Davis - trumpet
  • Steve Turre - trombone, conch shell
  • Kelvyn Bell - electric guitar
  • Idris Muhammad - drums
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan - percussion

    • Songs

    1First Line3:41
    2CJ6:04
    3Metamorphosis5:13

    References

    First Line (album) Wikipedia
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