Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams - Third Plane (1977)Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz<br /><br />Jazz writer Thomas Owens highlighted aspects of Carter's playing that are noticeable on the album: "It is a treasure trove of pizzicato techniques: portamento effects, vibrato, double stops (including parallel octaves), harmonics, the most legato pizzicato lines in jazz, and those beautiful long notes on the lowest (E) string – notes whose overtone mix evolves continuously as the notes ring."<br /><br />The Penguin Guide to Jazz hailed the group as "a killer band" and wrote that the album was "easily Carter's most impressive showing under his own name. There is a good deal of solo bass material, as one would expect, but all of it makes sense in context and is so well constructed and executed that it never palls.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Third Plane is an album by jazz bassist Ron Carter, released on the Milestone label in 1977. It features performances by Carter, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Third Plane" (Carter) – 0:00<br /><br />"Quiet Times" (Carter) – 5:53<br /><br />"Lawra" (Tony Williams) – 13:48<br /><br />"Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 19:57<br /><br />"United Blues" (Carter) – 28:25<br /><br />"Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) – 31:27<br /><br /><br />Bass, Producer [Produced By] – Ron Carter<br />Drums – Tony Williams*<br />Engineer – Fred Catero<br />Mastered By – George Horn<br />Photography By [Back] – Tadayuki Naitoh<br />Photography By [Front] – Theresa Weedy<br />Piano – Herbie Hancock<br />Supervised By – Orrin Keepnews
