The Bass and I

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The Bass and I
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Studio album by
Ron Carter
ReleasedMay 21, 1997
RecordedJanuary 14, 1997
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englwood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length54:22
LabelSomethin' Else
TOCJ-5585
ProducerRon Carter
Ron Carter chronology

(1995) 		The Bass and I
(1997) 		So What?
(1998)

The Bass and I is an album by 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[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars [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

  1. "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 5:36
  2. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 7:25
  3. "Blues for D.P." – 6:19
  4. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:10
  5. "Mr. Bow-Tie" – 9:12
  6. "Double Bass" – 8:17
  7. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 10:23

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ron Carter catalog accessed November 16, 2017
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, Scott. Ron Carter: The Bass and I – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Bouchard, F. JazzTimes Review accessed November 16, 2017
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