First Instrument
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Released1990
RecordedDecember 16, 1989 – February 1990
Studio
- Broadway Productions, Englewood, New Jersey
- Chelsea Studios, New York, New York
- Kajem Victory, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
- Sound on Sound, New York, New York
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 1995 reissue cover | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | December 16, 1989 – February 1990 | |||
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| Length | 56:34 | |||
| Label | Somethin' Else/Blue Note Records | |||
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First Instrument is the 1990 debut album by American vocalist Rachelle Ferrell, first released in Japan on Somethin' Else Records. The album was later released in 1995 in the United States and Europe via Blue Note Records. First Instrument peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[1][2][3]
First Instrument was produced by Hitoshi Namekata and Lenny White. Artists such as Wayne Shorter, Gil Goldstein, Terence Blanchard, Stanley Clarke, and Pete Levin appear on the album.[1]
