First Meeting (Tethered Moon album)

First Meeting is an album by the group Tethered Moon, comprising pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian, recorded in late 1990 and early 1991 and released on the Winter & Winter label in 1997. The album is the first recording by the trio although it was released after several other albums.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars. Bill Bennett wrote in JazzTimes, "Space and shadow vie with sound and light in this set of explorations by pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, bassist Gary Peacock, and drummer Paul Motian. They present themselves, to each other and to the listener, through conversations that are rife with allusions and invitations to dance".

Track listing

"Tethered Moon" (Masabumi Kikuchi) - 19:13
"Misterioso" (Thelonious Monk) - 12:39
"Intermezzo/So in Love" (Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock/Cole Porter) - 8:41
"First Meeting/Solar/Open Trio" (Kikuchi, Motian, Peacock/Miles Davis/Kikuchi, Motian, Peacock) - 17:24
"P.S." (Gary Peacock) - 9:00

Personnel

References

Winter & Winter discography, accessed December 8, 2014
^ Allmusic listing, accessed December 8, 2014
Bennett, B., JazzTimes Review, January/February 2000

v t e Masabumi Kikuchi
Studio albums	Hino–Kikuchi Quintet (1968) First Meeting (1997) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (2005) Chansons d’Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2004)

v t e Gary Peacock
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Voices (1971) Tales of Another (1977) December Poems (1977) Shift in the Wind (1980) Voice from the Past – Paradigm (1981) Guamba (1987) First Meeting (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1991) Oracle (with Ralph Towner, 1993) Just So Happens (with Bill Frisell, 1994) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1994) A Closer View (with Ralph Towner, 1995) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1999) Experiencing Tosca (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 2002) Now This (2014) Tangents (2016)
Live albums	Always Let Me Go (with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, 2001) The Out-of-Towners (with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, 2001)

v t e Paul Motian
Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
Discography

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