''The First Full Turn'' is a live album by the free improvisation group known as RoTToR, featuring trombonist Paul Rutherford, vocalist Julie Tippett, pianist

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, and bassist Paul Rogers. The bulk of the album, a long quartet track, was recorded on April 30, 1998, at Theatre P Scarron in Le Mans, France. A remaining solo trombone track was recorded on February 6, 1998, at

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in London. The album was released by

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later that year. The group was originally a trio named RoToR, with the capital letters corresponding to the first letter of each player's last name. When Julie Tippett joined, the name was changed to RoTToR.

Reception

In a review for

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, François Couture called the recording "beautiful," and praised "the chemistry between the Tippetts." Regarding the long quartet track, Robert Spencer of ''

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'' commented: "It is a tremendous, fascinating performance from beginning to end, showing off not only Rutherford's tremendous coloristic and improvisational ability, but also the considerable skills of Julie Tippett." Concerning the solo track, he remarked: "Rutherford has a huge range of expression on his trombone: he can match Roswell Rudd's smears and wails just as easily as J. J. Johnson's smooth precision. By the nature of the case he tends more toward the former than the latter, but he has such a range of expression that he never fails to hold interest." Writing for ''Metropolis'', Richard Cochrane stated: "nothing hangs around for long in this group; blink and, as ever, it's gone... When the sparks fly, it's exciting music indeed."

Track listing

# "The First Full Turn" (Julie Tippett, Keith Tippett, Paul Rogers, Paul Rutherford) – 53:09 # "Another Solo Turn" (Paul Rutherford) – 12:27

Personnel

* Paul Rutherford – trombone, voice * Julie Tippett – voice, thumb piano (track 1) *

– piano, bells, maracas (track 1) * Paul Rogers – double bass (track 1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:First Full Turn, The 1998 live albums Paul Rutherford (trombonist) live albums Julie Driscoll albums Keith Tippett albums Paul Rogers (bassist) albums Live free jazz albums Emanem Records live albums