What It Was is an album by American jazz guitarist Steve Masakowski featuring performances recorded in 1993 for the Blue Note Records label.
Reception In a Downbeat magazine review, the album received a 4½ stars rating.
Track listing All compositions by Steve Masakowski except as indicated "Tino’s Blues" – 4:17 "What It Was" – 5:57 "The Big Easy" – 6:10 "Hector’s Lecture" – 4:38 "Budapest" – 8:00 "Stepping Stone" – 5:18 "Southern Blue" – 5:58 "Joao" – 2:56 "Starling" – 4:29 "Quiet Now" (Denny Zeitlin) – 4:32 "Alexandra" – 3:40 "Jesus’ Last Ballad" (Gianni Bedori)– 2:52 Recorded at the New Orleans Recording Co., April 1993, and Studio 13, New Orleans, LA, n.d.
Personnel Steve Masakowski – Seven-string guitar Rick Margitza – tenor saxophone Michael Pellera – piano, keyboard Larry Sieberth – keyboard David Torkanowsky – keyboard James Genus – electric bass Bill Huntington – acoustic bass James Singleton (musician) – acoustic bass Ricky Sebastian – drums Johnny Vidacovich - drums Don Alias – percussion Hector Gallardo – bongos
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