Uptown Conversation

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]

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
Where? (1961) Uptown Conversation (1970) Alone Together (1972)
Reissue Cover

Reception

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

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

• 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