First Song

1992 studio album by Charlie Haden

First Song

Studio album by

Charlie Haden

Released| 1992
Recorded| April 26, 1990
Genre| Jazz
Length| 60:11
Label| Soul Note
Producer| Giovanni Bonandrini
Charlie Haden chronology
| Live at the Village Vanguard
(1991)  | First Song
(1992)  | Haunted Heart
(1992)

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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.[1] 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

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The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Charlie Haden except where noted.

1. "First Song" - 10:06
2. "Je Ne Sais Quoi" (Enrico Pieranunzi) - 5:42
3. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:46
4. "Lennie's Pennies" (Lennie Tristano) - 7:03
5. "News Break" (Pieranunzi) - 5:06
6. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) - 6:30
7. "Si Si" (Charlie Parker) - 10:34
8. "For Turiya" - 3:30
9. "In the Moment" - 4:54

* Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on April 26, 1990

## Personnel

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* Charlie Haden – bass
* Enrico Pieranunzi \- piano
* Billy Higgins \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Soul Note discography accessed December 1, 2011
2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2011
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 625\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Charlie Haden

Studio albums|

* As Long as There's Music (1978)
* Closeness (1976)
* The Golden Number (1977)
* Gitane (1978)
* Mágico (1980)
* Folk Songs (1981)
* Etudes (1988)
* Silence (1989)
* Dialogues (1990)
* First Song (1992)
* Steal Away (1995)
* Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997)
* None But the Lonely Heart (1997)
* Nocturne (2001)
* American Dreams (2002)
* Nightfall (2004)
* Land of the Sun (2004)
* Heartplay (2006)
* Come Sunday (2012)

Live albums|

* Time Remembers One Time Once (1981)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994)
* Night and the City (1996)
* The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997)
* In Montreal (2001)
* The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003)
* Long Ago and Far Away (2007)
* Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012)
* Tokyo Adagio (2015)

Liberation Music
Orchestra albums|

* Liberation Music Orchestra (1970)
* The Ballad of the Fallen (1983)
* Dream Keeper (1990)
* Not in Our Name (2005)
* Time/Life (2016)

Old and New
Dreams albums|

* Old and New Dreams (1977)
* Old and New Dreams (1979)
* Playing (1981)
* A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)

Quartet West
albums|

* Quartet West (1987)
* In Angel City (1988)
* Haunted Heart (1992)
* Always Say Goodbye (1994)
* Now Is the Hour (1996)
* The Art of the Song (1999)
* The Private Collection (2007)
* Sophisticated Ladies (2010)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Josh Haden
* Spain [band]
* The Blue Moods of Spain
* Petra Haden
* Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out
* Rachel Haden
* Tanya Haden
* Let's Go Sailing
* The Haden Triplets

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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