Uptown Conversation

Uptown Conversation
Uptown Conversation
Studio album by Ron Carter
Released	1970
Recorded	October 6 & 7, 1969
Studio	A&R Recording Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	57:02 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Embryo SD 521
Producer	Herbie Mann
Ron Carter chronology
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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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[edit]

All compositions by Ron Carter

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

Personnel[edit]

Ron Carter — electric bass, double bass
Hubert Laws — flute (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano (all tracks except 2)
Sam Brown — guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Grady Tate (tracks 1, 4 & 5), Billy Cobham (tracks 3, 6, & 7) — drums

References[edit]

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

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

[Allmusic-2] Nastos, Michael G.. Ron Carter – Uptown Conversation: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 39. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Ron Carter
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release
Albums as leader or co-leader	Where? (1961) Uptown Conversation (1969) Alone Together (with Jim Hall, 1972) Blues Farm (1973) All Blues (1973) Spanish Blue (1974) Anything Goes (1975) Yellow & Green (1976) Pastels (1976) Piccolo (1977) Third Plane (1977) Peg Leg (1978) A Song for You (1978) 1 + 3 (1978) Carnaval (1978) Pick 'Em (1978) Parade (1979) New York Slick (1979) Patrão (1980) Parfait (1980) Empire Jazz (1980) Super Strings (1981) Heart & Soul (with Cedar Walton, 1981) Etudes (1982) Live at Village West (with Jim Hall, 1982) Telephone (with Jim Hall, 1984) All Alone (1988) Something in Common (with Houston Person, 1989) Duets (with Helen Merrill, 1989) Now's the Time (with Houston Person, 1990) Eight Plus (1990) Panamanhattan (with Richard Galliano, 1990) Mr. Bow-tie (1995) The Bass and I (1997) So What? (1998) Orfeu (1999) When Skies Are Grey... (2000) Dialogues (with Houston Person, 2000) Standards (2001) The Golden Striker (2003) Just Between Friends (with Houston Person, 2005) Dear Miles (2006) It's the Time (2007) Jazz & Bossa (2008) Chemistry (with Houston Person, 2015) Remember Love (with Houston Person, 2018)
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