Paul Nash

Second Impression is a composer's record. Guitarist Paul Nash wrote and arranged all nine pieces for a ten-piece band and plays seven-string guitar and flute in it. It was recorded at Titanic Recording Studios in New York in two sessions, in October 1984 and April 1985, and released by Soul Note in 1985. The writing uses the horns as a small orchestra, with two flutes, two saxophonists doubling soprano, trumpet and trombone over piano, bass and drums, and adds a voice to the ensemble.

The best-known names in the band are trumpeter Tom Harrell, pianist Michael Cochrane and bassist Anthony Cox, with drummer Jimmy Madison and singer Michèle Hendricks, who also wrote lyrics for the record, and others: Alan Braufman on alto and soprano saxophone, Gregory W. Yasinitsky on soprano and tenor, Gerard Carelli on trombone and Ann Yasinitsky on flute. The nine pieces are compact, between two and eight minutes. Song For Lanie opens the set and New York Nocturne follows. After Words is the longest at 8:20, Uplift the shortest at 2:20, and (It's A Few Steps) From Broadway To Amsterdam sits at the centre. Pentepic, Passing Glance and a closing piece of over seven minutes complete the sequence.

This is the Soul Note CD 121107-2, which Discogs lists as a reissue of the album first released in 1985 as SN 1107.