Peg Leg (album)

Peg Leg
Studio album by Ron Carter
Released 1978
Recorded November 16, 18, 21 & 22. 1977
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length 39:55
Label Milestone
Producer Ron Carter
Ron Carter chronology
Third Plane
(1977)Third Plane1977		 Peg Leg
(1978)		 A Song for You
(1978)A Song for You1978

Peg Leg is an album by jazz bassist Ron Carter, originally released on LP in 1978 and released on CD in 1991 by Fantasy Studios.[1]

It was recorded in November 1977 and prominently features Carter on piccolo bass. Often carrying the melody the instrument is a focus of 3 of the albums 6 tracks, while fellow bass player Buster Williams performs the conventional role of the instrument on those tracks. The rhythm section is completed by piano and percussion (on all but 1 track), and guitar on 4 tracks. The standard jazz-ensemble is further augmented, on all 6 tracks, by woodwinds (see below).

Carter uses a piccolo bass tuned a fourth higher than a normal double bass (low to high: A-D-G-C).

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Carter except where noted

  1. "Peg Leg" - 8:08
  2. "Sheila's Song (Hasta Luego, Mi Amiga)" - 6:14
  3. "Chapter XI" - 5:41
  4. "Epistrophy" (Monk) - 7:33
  5. "My Ship" (Weill, I. Gershwin) - 5:10
  6. "Patchouli" - 7:06

Personnel

Woodwinds arranged and conducted by Robert M Freedman:

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
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