Uptown Conversation

Uptown Conversation
Studio album by
Ron Carter
Released1970
RecordedOctober 6 & 7, 1969
StudioA&R Recording Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length57:02 CD reissue with bonus tracks
LabelEmbryo SD 521
ProducerHerbie Mann
Ron Carter chronology
Where?
(1961) 		Uptown Conversation
(1970) 		Alone Together
(1972)
Reissue Cover

Uptown Conversation is the second album led by the jazz double bass player Ron Carter, recorded in 1969 and first released on the Embryo label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos said, "Ron Carter's Uptown Conversation may very well be the most intriguing, challenging, and resonant statement of many he has made over the years as a leader ...Considering the music Ron Carter played preceding and following this effort, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more diverse, intellectually stimulating, enlivened, and especially unrestricted musical statement in his long and enduring career."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Carter
  1. "Uptown Conversation" - 6:06
  2. "Ten Strings" - 5:35
  3. "Half a Row" - 10:13
  4. "R.J." - 2:46
  5. "Little Waltz" - 8:29
  6. "Einbahnstrasse" (aka First trip) - 8:04
  7. "Doom" - 7:07
  8. "Einbahnstrasse" [Alternate Take] - 7:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Doom" [Alternate Take] - 6:34 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Ron Carter discography. Retrieved March 30, 2015
    - Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series - album index. Retrieved March 30, 2015
  2. ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. Ron Carter – Uptown Conversation: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 39. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.