It's the Time

It's the Time
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
Dear Miles (2006) It's the Time (2007) Jazz & Bossa (2008)

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

1. "It's the Time" − 2:53
2. "Eddie's Theme" − 4:56
3. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) − 5:44
4. "Candle Light" − 5:19
5. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) − 5:37
6. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) − 8:20
7. "Super Strings" − 4:54
8. "My Ship" (Weill, Gershwin) − 7:53
9. "Laverne Walk" (Oscar Pettiford) − 6:06
10. "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

This page was last edited on 14 November 2021, at 23:09