''First Meeting'' is an album by the group Tethered Moon, comprising pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer of Armenian descent. He played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. Motian first came t ...

, recorded in late 1990 and early 1991 and released on the Winter & Winter label in 1997. The album is the first recording by the trio although it was released after several other albums.

Reception

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awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic listing
accessed December 8, 2014 Bill Bennett wrote in

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, "Space and shadow vie with sound and light in this set of explorations by pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, bassist Gary Peacock, and drummer Paul Motian. They present themselves, to each other and to the listener, through conversations that are rife with allusions and invitations to dance".Bennett, B.
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Track listing

# "Tethered Moon" (Masabumi Kikuchi) - 19:13 # "Misterioso" (Thelonious Monk) - 12:39 # "Intermezzo/ So in Love" (Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock/

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

) - 8:41 # "First Meeting/ Solar/Open Trio" (Kikuchi, Motian, Peacock/

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

/Kikuchi, Motian, Peacock) - 17:24 # "P.S." (Gary Peacock) - 9:00

Personnel

* Masabumi Kikuchi -

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Gary Peacock -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control Winter & Winter Records albums Masabumi Kikuchi albums Gary Peacock albums Paul Motian albums 1997 albums