Real Book (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Real Book
| type = Album
| artist = Steve Swallow
| cover = Real Book (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded = December 1993
| venue =
| studio = Grog Kill Studio, Willow, NY
| genre = Jazz
| length = 49:08
| label = Xtra Watt 7
| producer = Steve Swallow
| chronology = Steve Swallow
| prev_title = Go Together
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Songs with Legs
| next_year = 1994
}}
Real Book is an album by the bassist Steve Swallow, released on the Xtra Watt label in 1994.[http://www.trovar.com/ECM/WATT.php ECM/WATT discography] accessed August 25, 2016[http://www.jazzdisco.org/steve-swallow/catalog/#xtrawatt-xtrawatt-7 Steve Swallow catalog] accessed August 25, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1369}}
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Rick Anderson states: "This program finds him showing off his considerable writing chops with the help of an all-star group... His focus on the upper registers and the polyester tone of his five-string bass guitar will continue to annoy those who prefer to hear the bass played dark, low and woody, but there's no denying the consistent inventiveness of his playing or the charm of these compositions".{{AllMusic|first= Rick |last=Anderson|class=album |id=mw0000625500 |title=Real Book – Review |accessdate=August 25, 2016}}
Track listing
All compositions by Steve Swallow.
- "Bite Your Grandmother" - 4:40
- "Second Handy Motion" - 4:47
- "Wrong Together" - 5:19
- "Outfits" - 5:52
- "Thinking Out Loud" - 5:04
- "Let's Eat" - 5:38
- "Better Times" - 3:49
- "Willow" - 4:13
- "Muddy in the Bank" - 3:20
- "Ponytail" - 6:26
Personnel
References
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