Always Pack Your Uniform on Top
| Always Pack Your Uniform on Top | |
|---|---|
| Live album by | |
| Released | June 5, 2000 |
| Recorded | April 1999 |
| Studio | Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London England |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 47:32 |
| Label | Xtra Watt 10 |
| Producer | Steve Swallow |
| Steve Swallow chronology | |
Always Pack Your Uniform on Top is a live album by bassist Steve Swallow recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in December 1999 and released on the Xtra Watt label in 2000.[1] [2] [3]
Reception
[edit ]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and the review by David R. Adler states: "This is Swallow's third standards-derived quintet album, following in the footsteps of 1994's Real Book and 1996's Deconstructed ... Although there's a brand new batch of tunes, Swallow applies the same approach, using familiar progressions as the basis for clever original music".[4] In JazzTimes Bill Bennett wrote: "His gifts as a composer is equally evident in this set... Throughout, the ensemble work is outstanding, with Goodrick and Nussbaum in constant touch".[6] On All About Jazz Glen Astarita noted: "Always Pack Your Uniform On Top is a class act - as the band most assuredly brought down the house at this time-honored jazz venue".[7]
Track listing
[edit ]All compositions by Steve Swallow.
- "Bend over Backward" - 11:29
- "Dog With a Bone" - 6:12
- "Misery Loves Company" - 7:48
- "Reinventing the Wheel" - 7:48
- "Feet First" - 7:26
- "La Nostalgie de la Boue" - 6:49
Personnel
[edit ]- Steve Swallow - bass guitar
- Barry Ries - trumpet
- Chris Potter - tenor saxophone
- Mick Goodrick - guitar
- Adam Nussbaum - drums
- Tom Mark - Engineer
References
[edit ]- ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016年09月16日 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ Steve Swallow catalog accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ Steve Swallow discography accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b Adler, David R.. Always Pack Your Uniform on Top – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1369. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Bennett, B. JazzTimes Review, November 2000
- ^ Astarita, G. All About Jazz Review August 1, 2000