''First Meeting'' is an album by Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš recorded in May 1979 and released on ECM January the following year. The quartet features reed player

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and rhythm section

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and Jon Christensen.ECM discography
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Reception

The

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review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars stating "Recommended but hard to find, ''First Meeting'' documents the strength of Vitouš' writing and playing."Adler, D. R
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Miroslav Vitouš except as indicated'' # "Silver Lake" - 10:52 # "Beautiful Place To" - 5:11 # "Trees" - 6:10 # "Recycle" - 10:10 # "First Meeting" (Miroslav Vitouš, Kenny Kirkland, John Surman, Jon Christensen) - 4:48 # "Concerto in Three Parts" - 5:32 # "You Make Me So Happy" - 4:33

Personnel

* Miroslav Vitouš –

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

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soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays no ...

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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 ...

* Jon Christensen –

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:First Meeting (Miroslav Vitous album) ECM Records albums Miroslav Vitouš albums 1980 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher