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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.

Reception.

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars and stated:”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.”

Track listing:
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:
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

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Released: 1970
Recorded: October 6 & 7, 1969
Studio: A&R Recording Studio, New York City
Length: 57:02 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label: Embryo SD 521
Producer: Herbie Mann