# First Song > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/First_Song > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/First_Song.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Song > Source revision: 1311841490 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1992 studio album by Charlie Haden First Song Studio album by Charlie Haden Released 1992 Recorded April 26, 1990 Genre Jazz Length 60:11 Label Soul Note Producer Giovanni Bonandrini Charlie Haden chronology Live at the Village Vanguard (1991) First Song (1992) Haunted Heart (1992) ***First Song*** is an album by the American jazz bassist [Charlie Haden](/source/Charlie_Haden) recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian [Soul Note](/source/Black_Saint%2FSoul_Note) label in 1992.[1] The album features Haden playing with pianist [Enrico Pieranunzi](/source/Enrico_Pieranunzi) and drummer [Billy Higgins](/source/Billy_Higgins), playing a mix of jazz standards and originals by Haden and Pieranunzi. The three musicians had previously recorded together in 1987, along with trumpeter [Chet Baker](/source/Chet_Baker), on Haden's album *[Silence](/source/Silence_(Charlie_Haden_album))*. ## Reception The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review awarded the album 3 stars.[2] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3] ## Track listing All compositions by Charlie Haden except where noted. 1. "First Song" - 10:06 1. "Je Ne Sais Quoi" (Enrico Pieranunzi) - 5:42 1. "[Polka Dots and Moonbeams](/source/Polka_Dots_and_Moonbeams)" ([Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist)), [Jimmy Van Heusen](/source/Jimmy_Van_Heusen)) - 6:46 1. "Lennie's Pennies" ([Lennie Tristano](/source/Lennie_Tristano)) - 7:03 1. "News Break" (Pieranunzi) - 5:06 1. "[All the Way](/source/All_the_Way_(Frank_Sinatra_song))" ([Sammy Cahn](/source/Sammy_Cahn), Van Heusen) - 6:30 1. "Si Si" ([Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker)) - 10:34 1. "For Turiya" - 3:30 1. "In the Moment" - 4:54 - Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on April 26, 1990 ## Personnel - [Charlie Haden](/source/Charlie_Haden) – [bass](/source/Double_bass) - [Enrico Pieranunzi](/source/Enrico_Pieranunzi) – [piano](/source/Piano) - [Billy Higgins](/source/Billy_Higgins) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Soul_Note_discography_1-0)** [Soul Note discography](https://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html) accessed December 1, 2011 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-1) [Allmusic Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/first-song-r166205) accessed December 1, 2011 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_3-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 625. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0). v t e Charlie Haden Studio albums As Long as There's Music (1978) Closeness (1976) The Golden Number (1977) Gitane (1978) Mágico (1980) Folk Songs (1981) Etudes (1988) Silence (1989) Dialogues (1990) First Song (1992) Steal Away (1995) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) None But the Lonely Heart (1997) Nocturne (2001) American Dreams (2002) Nightfall (2004) Land of the Sun (2004) Heartplay (2006) Come Sunday (2012) Live albums Time Remembers One Time Once (1981) The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994) The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994) Night and the City (1996) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997) In Montreal (2001) The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003) Long Ago and Far Away (2007) Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012) Tokyo Adagio (2015) Liberation Music Orchestra albums Liberation Music Orchestra (1970) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005) Time/Life (2016) Old and New Dreams albums Old and New Dreams (1977) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1981) A Tribute to Blackwell (1990) Quartet West albums Quartet West (1987) In Angel City (1988) Haunted Heart (1992) Always Say Goodbye (1994) Now Is the Hour (1996) The Art of the Song (1999) The Private Collection (2007) Sophisticated Ladies (2010) Related articles Discography Josh Haden Spain [band] The Blue Moods of Spain Petra Haden Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out Rachel Haden Tanya Haden Let's Go Sailing The Haden Triplets Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [First Song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Song) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Song?action=history)). 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