First Line (album)

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

This article is about the Bob Stewart album. For the Marcellus Hall album, see The First Line (album).
First Line
Studio album by
Bob Stewart
Released1988
RecordedNovember 1987
RPM Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:14
LabelJMT
JMT 880 014
ProducerStefan F. Winter
Bob Stewart chronology
First Line
(1988)		 Goin' Home
(1989)

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[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[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. 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.
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