It's the Time
2007 studio album by Ron Carter
It's the Time | ||||
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Studio album by Ron Carter | ||||
Released | December 15, 2007 | |||
Recorded | April 27 and June 15, 2007 | |||
Studio | EMI Music Japan Inc. Studios, Tokyo, Japan and | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 53:15 | |||
Label | Somethin' Else TOCJ-68075 | |||
Producer | Ron Carter for Retrac Productions | |||
Ron Carter chronology | ||||
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It's the Time is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded in 2007 and originally released on the Japanese Somethin' Else label.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Ian Martin said "With the appearance of the title track as well as Carter himself in a coffee commercial, there was a resurgence in his popularity in Japan, with this album of new recordings the result".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Ron Carter except where noted
- "It's the Time" − 2:53
- "Eddie's Theme" − 4:56
- "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) − 5:44
- "Candle Light" − 5:19
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) − 5:37
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) − 8:20
- "Super Strings" − 4:54
- "My Ship" (Weill, Gershwin) − 7:53
- "Laverne Walk" (Oscar Pettiford) − 6:06
- "It's the Time" [TVCM Version] − 2:20
Personnel
- Ron Carter – bass, piccolo bass
- Mitsuaki Kishi (track 1), Mulgrew Miller (tracks 1-9) − piano
- Russell Malone − guitar (tracks 1-9)
- Makoto Rikitake − drums (track 10)
- Motoya Hamaguchi − percussion (track 10)
References
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- t
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release
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)