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Ron Carter
US jazz double-bassist
Since 1937
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Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on the instrument. In addition to a solo career of more than 60 years, Carter is well-known for playing on numerous iconic Blue Note albums in the 1960s, as well as being the anchor of trumpeter Miles Davis's "Second Great Quintet" from 1963 to 1968.
Beginning with Where? in 1961, Carter's studio albums as leader also include Uptown Conversation (1969), Blues Farm (1973), All Blues (1973), Spanish Blue (1974), Anything Goes (1975), Yellow & Green (1976), Pastels (1976), Piccolo (1977), Third Plane (1977), Peg Leg (1978), A Song for You (1978), Etudes (1982), The Golden Striker (2003), Dear Miles (2006), and Ron Carter's Great Big Band (2011).
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Ron Carter est un contrebassiste et violoncelliste américain de jazz et de musique classique, né le 4 mai 1937 à Ferndale (Michigan). Il est notamment connu pour ses collaborations avec Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Eric Dolphy et Gil Evans. Ses contributions à plus de 2 200 albums en font le contrebassiste le plus enregistré et, par conséquent, l'un des plus importants de l'histoire du jazz.
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Discography
Albums
- 1954 Tatum, Carter, Bellson
- 1961 All Members
- 1961 Where?
- 1969 Uptown Conversation
- 1973 Blues Farm
- 1974 All Blues
- 1975 Anything Goes
- 1975 Spanish Blue
- 1976 Pastels
- 1976 Yellow & Green
- 1978 A Song for You
- 1978 Crossings
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- 1978 Peg Leg
- 1978 Third Plane
- 1979 Lonnie Smith featuring George Benson, Ron Carter
- 1979 Parade
- 1979 New York Slick
- 1980 Empire Jazz
- 1980 Mirror, Mirror
- 1980 Pick 'em
- 1981 Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter + Tony Williams
- 1981 I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 28
- 1981 Patrão
- 1981 Super Strings
- 1982 Heart & Soul
- 1982 Parfait
- 1983 Etudes
- 1983 Walton, Carter & DeJohnette
- 1985 Ron Carter
- 1985 The Man With The Bass
- 1985 This Bud’s for You…
- 1987 Cedar Walton Plays
- 1987 This Is for You John
- 1987 Very Well
- 1988 All Alone
- 1988 In a Jazz Tradition
- 1988 Standard Bearer
- 1988 I'm Walkin'
- 1989 Duets
- 1989 Brilliant Corners
- 1990 Something in Common
- 1990 Eight Plus
- 1991 Panamanhattan
- 1992 Loose Blues
- 1992 Ron Carter Meets Bach
- 1993 Now's the Time
- 1993 Friends
- 1994 Jazz, My Romance
- 1994 Twenty One
- 1994 A Tribute to Miles
- 1995 Essence of Funk
- 1995 Mr. Bow-Tie
- 1995 Primal Blue
- 1995 Akioustically Sound
- 1995 Round Up the Usual Suspects
- 1997 Brandenburg Concerto
- 1997 Down Home
- 1997 The Bass and I
- 1998 Plays Jazz
- 1999 We'll Soon Find Out
- 1999 Orfeu
- 2000 When Skies Are Grey
- 2001 Holiday in Rio
- 2001 Stardust
- 2002 Dialogues
- 2003 Apres Un Reve
- 2003 Patch Kit
- 2003 The Golden Striker
- 2003 Entre Amigos
- 2003 Ron Carter Plays Bach
- 2004 In New York
- 2005 The Trio
- 2006 Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
- 2007 Dear Miles,
- 2007 It's the Time
- 2008 Jazz & Bossa
- 2008 Just Between Friends
- 2008 The Next Level
- 2009 The World of Ron Carter
- 2011 Ron Carter's Great Big Band
