Uptown Conversation

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Uptown Conversation
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedOctober 6 & 7, 1969
StudioA&R Recording Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length57:02CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label Embryo SD 521
Producer Herbie Mann
Ron Carter chronology
Where?
(1961)
Uptown Conversation
(1970)
Alone Together
(1972)
Reissue Cover
Uptown Conversation Reissue.jpg

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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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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

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References

  1. Ron Carter discography. Retrieved March 30, 2015
    - Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series - album index. Retrieved March 30, 2015
  2. 1 2 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.