On December 15, 2007, “Somethin’ Else” label released “It’s the Time”, the 52^nd Ron Carter album. It was recorded April – June 2007, at “EMI Music Japan Inc. Studios” in Tokyo, and was produced by Retrac Productions and Ron Carter.

Personnel:

• Ron Carter – bass, piccolo bass
• Mitsuaki Kishi – piano 
• Mulgrew Miller − piano
• Russell Malone − guitar
• Makoto Rikitake − drums
• Motoya Hamaguchi − percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron Carter, except where noted.

1. It’s the Time
2. Eddie’s Theme
3. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
4. Candle Light
5. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
6. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
7. Super Strings
8. My Ship – Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin
9. Laverne Walk – Oscar Pettiford
10. It’s the Time (TVCM Version)