First Instrument

by Rachelle Ferrell

Overview

Rachelle Ferrell made her name performing R&B, but this strictly acoustic jazz CD is her earliest recording. Her voice is quite soulful, making her later shift to R&B less of a surprise in hindsight. A standards-oriented set with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and Wayne Shorter on tenor, who make worthwhile cameo appearances. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	04/04/1995
Label:	Blue Note
UPC:	0724382782025

Tracks

1. You Send Me
2. You Don't Know What Love Is
3. Bye Bye Blackbird
4. Prayer Dance
5. Inchworm
6. With Every Breath I Take
7. What Is This Thing Called Love?
8. My Funny Valentine
9. Don't Waste Your Time
10. Extensions
11. Autumn Leaves

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rachelle Ferrell   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Lenny White   Guest Artist,Drums
Stanley Clarke   Guest Artist,Bass
Pete Levin   Guest Artist,Synthesizer
Michel Petrucciani   Guest Artist,Piano
Wayne Shorter   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Gil Goldstein   Guest Artist,Piano,Synthesizer
Alex Foster   Guest Artist,Sax (Soprano)
Terence Blanchard   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Tyrone Brown   Bass,Stick Bass
Doug Goldstein   Drums,Synthesizer
Doug Nally   Drums
Eddie Green   Piano
Kenny Davis   Bass

Technical Credits

Eddie Green   Composer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Ed Townsend   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Lenny White   Producer
Rachelle Ferrell   Composer
Ralph Rainger   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Alec Head   Mixing,Engineer
Morris Bailey   Composer
Malik Yusef   Photography
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Jon Smeltz   Assistant Engineer
Peter Darmi   Mixing
John Fairhead   Assistant Engineer
Carol Friedman   Photography
Mark Larson   Design,Art Direction
Chris Hook   Assistant Engineer
Hitoshi Namekata   Executive Producer
Yoshio Okazaki   Mastering
Eileen Whelihan   Production Coordination
Brian Agnew   Photography
Brian Stover   Assistant Engineer
Jacques Prevert   Composer
Clarence Paul   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Joseph Kosma   Composer
Spoken Word   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer