''Stardust '' is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded in 2001 and originally released on the Japanese Somethin' Else label with a US release on Blue Note Records.

Reception

The

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review by David R. Adler said "''Stardust'' is another satisfying record from Ron Carter, this one in part a tribute to the late Oscar Pettiford. ... Golson and Hanna are in particularly good form, their richly seasoned sounds meshing well with the élan of the younger Locke". On

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, Maurice Bottomley stated "''Stardust'' is, conceptually, a tribute to the work of

Oscar Pettiford Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Biography Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...

. It is also just about the strongest of some very impressive small group releases doing the rounds ... not only the most accomplished but also one of the most instantly likeable of this year's releases. As unpretentious and self-effacing as it is impressive,''Stardust'' is an aptly named delight".Bottomley, M
PopMatters Review
October 16, 2002

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Carter except where noted # "Tamalpais" (

) – 6:32 # " The Man I Love" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

, Ira Gershwin) – 7:50 # "Nearly" – 10:26 # "Bohemia After Dark" (Pettiford) – 6:38 # "Tail Feathers" – 5:57 # "Blues in the Closet" (Pettiford) – 4:52 # "That's Deep" – 5:57 # " Stardust" (

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...

) – 3:58

Personnel

* Ron Carter - bass * Benny Golson –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

(tracks 1-5) * Joe Locke –

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

(tracks 1 & 3-6) * Sir Roland Hanna –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Lenny White – drums (tracks 1-7)

References

{{Authority control Ron Carter albums 2001 albums Blue Note Records albums