The Bass and I

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". 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". == Track listing ==

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

• Ron Carter - bass • Stephen Scott – piano • Lewis Nash – drums • Steve Kroon – percussion == References ==