Always Pack Your Uniform on Top

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Always Pack Your Uniform on Top
Always Pack Your Uniform on Top.jpg
Live album by
Steve Swallow
ReleasedJune 5, 2000
RecordedApril 1999
StudioRonnie Scott's Jazz Club, London England
GenreJazz
Length47:32
LabelXtra Watt 10
ProducerSteve Swallow
Steve Swallow chronology
Are We There Yet?
(1998) 		Always Pack Your Uniform on Top
(2000) 		Damaged in Transit
(2001)

Always Pack Your Uniform on Top is a live album by bassist Steve Swallow recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in December 1999 and released on the Xtra Watt label in 2000.[1][2][3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and the review by David R. Adler states: "This is Swallow's third standards-derived quintet album, following in the footsteps of 1994's Real Book and 1996's Deconstructed... Although there's a brand new batch of tunes, Swallow applies the same approach, using familiar progressions as the basis for clever original music".[4] In JazzTimes Bill Bennett wrote: "His gifts as a composer is equally evident in this set... Throughout, the ensemble work is outstanding, with Goodrick and Nussbaum in constant touch".[6] On All About Jazz Glen Astarita noted: "Always Pack Your Uniform On Top is a class act - as the band most assuredly brought down the house at this time-honored jazz venue".[7]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Steve Swallow.

  1. "Bend over Backward" - 11:29
  2. "Dog With a Bone" - 6:12
  3. "Misery Loves Company" - 7:48
  4. "Reinventing the Wheel" - 7:48
  5. "Feet First" - 7:26
  6. "La Nostalgie de la Boue" - 6:49

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
  2. ^ Steve Swallow catalog accessed August 25, 2016
  3. ^ Steve Swallow discography accessed August 25, 2016
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Adler, David R.. Always Pack Your Uniform on Top – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1369. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Bennett, B. JazzTimes Review, November 2000
  7. ^ Astarita, G. All About Jazz Review August 1, 2000
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