The Bass and I
The Bass and I | ||||
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Studio album by Ron Carter | ||||
Released | May 21, 1997 | |||
Recorded | January 14, 1997 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englwood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 54:22 | |||
Label | Somethin' Else TOCJ-5585 | |||
Producer | Ron Carter | |||
Ron Carter chronology | ||||
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The Bass and I is an album by the bassist Ron Carter, recorded in 1997 and originally released on the Japanese Somethin' Else label with a US release on Blue Note Records.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow observed: "As is usual on Carter's records, he is the main soloist on many of the songs though Scott also has plenty of good spots".[2] In JazzTimes, Fred Bouchard stated: "Forget the name, the title, the aura of legend. This is a decent little trio album by a primo rhythm section, with extra added percussion, without bass-clef sturm und drang. ... The set is slowed only by his limp compositions and lack of charts. Three standards and a jazz classic go well enough, and so does an original blues. But two nine-minute slow-loping sambas back to back, with an excess of vamping, hogtie the date".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Ron Carter except where noted
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 5:36
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 7:25
- "Blues for D.P." – 6:19
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:10
- "Mr. Bow-Tie" – 9:12
- "Double Bass" – 8:17
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 10:23
Personnel
- Ron Carter - bass
- Stephen Scott – piano
- Lewis Nash – drums
- Steve Kroon – percussion
References
- ^ Ron Carter catalog accessed November 16, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Ron Carter: The Bass and I – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Bouchard, F. JazzTimes Review accessed November 16, 2017
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