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All Blues
Masterclass@Loyola University: NY - Ron Carter
Ron Carter Trio - Jazzwoche Burghausen 2006
Ron Carter solo - willow weep for me
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2 Light Blue  
3 117 Special  
4 Rufus  
5 All Blues  
6 Will You Still Be Mine  
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Ron Carter's 'All Blues', his seminal album is now available, remastered using the original two-track analog tapes. The CTI-40th Anniversary Edition is packaged in a softpack sleeve that replicates the original LP and its iconic cover design. Still actively performing, Carter was voted Bassist of the Year in Down Beat s Readers Poll in 1973, 1974 and 1975, highlighting his work with CTI Records. Many fans call this album Ron Carter's "missing" gem as this album in CD format has never been available in the USA, but on a Japanese label, King Record Co. (KICJ 8067). A favorite Ron Carter CD, this is one of the best CTI recordings of the 70s. With a killer version of "All Blues", and the beautiful piano-centric composition "Light Blue", other standout tracks include the composition "117 Special" which has a retro', 1970's percussion sound.

Many fans call this album Ron Carter's "missing" gem as this album in CD format has never been available in the USA, but on a Japanese label, King Record Co. (KICJ 8067). A favorite Ron Carter CD, this is one of the best CTI recordings of the 70s. With a killer version of "All Blues", and the beautiful piano-centric composition "Light Blue", other standout tracks include the composition "117 Special" which has a 'retro', 1970's percussion sound.

RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. He has recorded over 2200 albums, and has a Guinness world record to prove it!

In Jazz: Over his 60 year career, he has recorded with so many of the jazz greats greats: Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley and Jaki Byard to name a few. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet.

  • Long in the spotlight, Ron Carter still fights to keep jazz vital / 88.5KNKX - Tacoma Public Radio
    Posted At: April 14, 2023 12:00 AM
    88.5KNKX - Tacoma Public Radio Paige Hansen writes….Bassist Ron Carter famously stepped into the spotlight as one of the members of the “second great” Miles Davis Quintet (1963-1968)—and hasn’t stopped performing, recording and teaching for over six decades.This recording of “Footprints” featured that second great Miles Davis Quintet, with Herbie Hancock on piano, Wayne Shorter on sax, Tony Williams on drum...
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  • The legendary Ron Carter is this month's 'VIRTUOSO BASS' featured cover / DIGITAL JOURNAL
    Posted At: December 8, 2022 12:00 AM
    DIGITAL JOURNAL writes….Since the official launch of Virtuoso Bass back in the fall of 2020, a lot has happened. The pandemic held up plenty of editorial calendars and the legendary Bunny Brunel waited for just the right time to put out the second issue of the much-anticipated lifestyle magazine for iconic jazz bassists. Virtuoso Bass seized the moment to retain Ty-Ron Mayes (America’s Next Top Model, Damon...
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  • PBS: 'Finding The Right Notes' features a potpourri of star power that played with Ron Carter / COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE
    Posted At: October 29, 2022 12:00 AM
    In case you hadn’t heard, the most-recorded bassist according to the Guinness Book of Records — now in his mid-80s — is the subject of a just-released, full-length documentary, owning the same title as this accompanying soundtrack.COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE's Jon W. Poses writes…I remember when I discovered the bassist, as part of the LP’s session, played on Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” LP. "Could it pos...
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  • Ron Carter PBS Documentary: 'Finding the Right Notes' makes JAZZIZ - The Week in Jazz
    Posted At: October 4, 2022 12:00 AM
    The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz world. It’s a one-stop destination for the music news you need to know. Let’s take it from the top.JAZZIZ - MATT MICUCCI writes….New Ron Carter Documentary to Premiere on PBS: Finding the Right Notes, a two-hour documentary on jazz legend Ron Carter directed by Peter Schnall, will air on PBS on October 21. The film reveals poignant...
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  • Swing Time - Ron Carter / relix
    Posted At: May 16, 2022 12:00 AM
    relix - Jeff Tamarkin writes…..2,221—That is the number of individual recordings, as certified by Guinness World Records, on which Ron Carter has played, earning him the official title of Most Recorded Jazz Bassist in History.And that was in 2015. More than six decades into his career, he’s still at it, not only lending his expertise to new studio recordings by a wide variety of artists, but also performing...
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  • At 85, Ron Carter still seeks a better order of notes / The New York Times
    Posted At: May 9, 2022 12:00 AM
    The famously curious musician and bandleader will celebrate his milestone birthday with a career-spanning Carnegie Hall concert.The New York Times - Marcus J. Moore writes…..On a recent morning on the Upper West Side, the bassist and bandleader Ron Carter sat on the far end of a plush, rust-colored sofa in his spacious 10th floor apartment, an oak-hued space with ornate sculptures and panoramic views of the...
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  • 85-year-old Ron Carter has no plans on slowing down / NPR
    Posted At: May 4, 2022 12:00 AM
    Listen to the 4-Minute NPR pieceHere's the transcript of the conversationARI SHAPIRO, HOST:Ron Carter is one of the most original, prolific and influential bassists in jazz history. In a career spanning six decades, he's appeared on more than 2,000 records and worked with greats like Aretha Franklin. Today, on Carter's 85th birthday, Tom Vitale has this look at his career.TOM VITALE, BYLINE: Ron Carter's mo...
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  • Ron Carters 85th birthday at Carnegie Hall makes JAZZIZ - The Week in Jazz
    Posted At: December 20, 2021 12:00 AM
    JAZZIZ - MATT MICUCCI….The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz world. It’s a one-stop destination for the music news you need to know. Let’s take it from the top.          Ron Carter’s 85th Birthday at Carnegie Hall in May: A special event celebrating the life, legacy and 85th birthday of bass legend Ron Carter is set to take place on May 10 at N...
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  • Ron Carter needs you to focus / Premier Guitar
    Posted At: November 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz history, with more than 2,200 albums to his credit, an accomplishment honored in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records. He has recorded with greats including: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons, Jaki Byard, Eric Dolphy and Cann...
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  • Ron Carter returns to Tokyo / thejapantimes interview
    Posted At: March 26, 2020 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter says interest from Japan keeps him playing at the age of 82. "I think people still want to hear the old man playing on an antique," says Ron Carter. "And as long as they want that idea, I'm kind of available." Carter is one of jazz's most prolific figures. In addition to recording dozens of albums as a band leader, he has worked with most of the genre's big names, including Miles Davis, Herbie...
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  • Ron Carter, set to bring his trio to the Newport Jazz Festival, interviews with glideMagazine
    Posted At: July 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    As you look at all the seminal legends and stars of jazz that have performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, now celebrating its 65th anniversary, a phenomenal list of artists follows that is also a ringing endorsement of this organization's legacy, bringing these historic figures to the stage. In the past decade, a more recent generation of jazz veterans have also been appearing on stage to much appreciat...
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  • Collaboration between two giants in a special setting produces 'The Brown Beatnik Tomes' / glideMAGAZINE
    Posted At: June 7, 2019 12:00 AM

    Dramatic poetry from Danny Simmons and scintillating bass playing by Ron Carter highlight "the brown beatnik tomes – live at bric house" This collaboration between two giants could likely only happen live in a special setting to produce the drama and improvisation contained in The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC. Bassist Ron Carter (who just turned 82) not only played in Miles Davis' ...
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  • Watch Ron Carter play and discuss new memoir on WGBH: 'Eric in the Afternoon'
    Posted At: April 19, 2019 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz history, with more than 2,200 albums to his credit, an accomplishment honored in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records. He has recorded with greats including: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons, Jaki Byard, Eric Dolphy and Cann...
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  • WCSU JazzFest will feature Ron Carter / Danbury News Times
    Posted At: April 10, 2019 12:00 AM

    The Western Connecticut State University Department of Music will celebrate its 24th annual Jazz Festival from Thursday, April 25 through Saturday, April 27, showcasing the university's student and faculty jazz musicians, and featuring noted bassist Ron Carter and the acoustic jazz of the Robert Glasper Trio to Danbury for featured concerts. The opening concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday will feature universi...
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  • With full cooperation of the Miles Davis Estate - 'Birth of the Cool' doc will delve deep into the life and career / realscreen
    Posted At: July 21, 2018 12:00 AM

    Lifetime Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson is set to helm a feature-length documentary on the late and seminal jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer Miles Davis. Produced by Eagle Rock Entertainment, Firelight Media and American Masters Pictures, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (w/t) will delve deep into the life and career of the musical giant. With the full cooperation of the Miles Davis Est...
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  • The world's most recorded jazz bassist reveals the stories behind his monumental career / JazzTimes
    Posted At: May 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    In Ron Carter's spacious 10th-floor apartment on New York's Upper West Side, there's a plaque hanging in a prominent spot on the back wall of his bedroom. It's from Guinness World Records, and it certifies that he's the most recorded jazz bassist in history, with 2,221 individual recording credits to his name. The certificate was issued in September of 2015, so it's already well out of date. Car...
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  • MSU, set for 38th annual 'jazzspectacular' with Ron Carter / Lansing City Pulse
    Posted At: April 20, 2018 12:00 AM

    When biologists single out "keystone species" that whole ecosystems depend on, they're never sharks, bears, lions or other PBS glory hogs. Ecologists warn of the dire things that would happen if all the trees, or the insects, or the bacteria, in the world disappeared. If there is a keystone organism alive in jazz right now, it's surely bassist/composer Ron Carter. If Carter and his multifarious w...
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  • Ron Carter trio set for the Israel Museum's - Seeing the Sounds program / The Jerusalem Post
    Posted At: June 15, 2017 12:00 AM

    The world of jazz is replete with all sorts of colorful characters, each with his or her own distinctive instrumental style and mode of expression. Ron Carter has been one of the art form's standout members for more than half a century, earning across-the-board kudos for his unique sense of timing and timbre on double bass, with the occasional run on the cello. Local jazz fans will have an opportunit...
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  • May the 4th be with Ron Carter / WBGO
    Posted At: May 5, 2017 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter, one of the greatest bassists in jazz history, turns 80 today. WBGO is celebrating by playing his music on the air throughout the day, and there's certainly no shortage to choose from. But given that today also happens to be International Star Wars Day, it seems only appropriate to shout out a curio in his discography: Empire Jazz, released in 1980 on the RSO label. How much of an anomaly ...
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  • KMUW: Wichita celebrates Ron Carter's 80th
    Posted At: May 2, 2017 12:00 AM

    KMUW: Wichita KS - Night Train celebrates Ron Carter, who turns 80 on Thursday. The show will feature his music exclusively that night as well as contributions from RC each night throughout this week. The set will include Carter with Miles, Horace Silver, Coleman Hawkins along with cuts from his Mr. Bow Tie albums. Plus new music from Bill O'Connell, Heads of State, and Joshua Redman with Brad Mehldau. N...
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  • Ron Carter picks up 2017 JJA nom for 'Bassist Of The Year'
    Posted At: April 24, 2017 12:00 AM

    2017 JJA Jazz Awards Nominees were chosen by the votes of Jazz Journalists Association members. Nominations were made on the basis of work done in calendar year 2016, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement Awards categories, in which nominations are for a lifetime body of work. Members and others were able to submit their own work for consideration in the Photo of the Year category; a committee of JJ...
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  • Ron Carter's 'Stryker Trio' plays Halloween show at Piccadilly's new Rah Rah Room / LondonJazz review
    Posted At: November 4, 2016 12:00 AM

    The pre-eminent American bassist, Ron Carter, and his Stryker Trio held forth at the newly-opened Rah Rah Room in Piccadilly on Halloween night. A rapt audience witnessed a one-hour set of stunning chamber jazz. Nicaraguan-born  pianist, Donald Vega, and guitarist, Russell Malone (longtime associate of Diana Krall) rose to the occasion admirably with their balanced artistry ...
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  • Ron Carter is 90.7: Jazz WNCU - November 'artist of the month'
    Posted At: November 1, 2016 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and  influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of music's greats: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons. In the early 1960s he performed throughout the United States in concert halls and nightclubs with ...
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  • Victor Wooten and Ron Carter set for London's Rah Rah Room / Jazzwise
    Posted At: October 17, 2016 12:00 AM

    Bass behemoths Ron Carter and Victor Wooten are set to unleash their low-end wizardry at the former Pigalle Club, now named Rah Rah Room, in London 's Leicester Square, as part of the club's burgeoning live music programme. Former Miles Davis alumni Carter appears with his Golden Striker Trio featuring guitar virtuoso Russell Malone and pianist Donald Vega on 31 October. Five-time Grammy Award wi...
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  • An Hour with...Ron Carter / Hour Detroit Magazine
    Posted At: September 23, 2016 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter sometimes thinks of himself as a scientist and an explorer. The legendary bassist, cellist, and composer is always questioning the limits of his music and testing the boundaries of the jazz genre - part of the reason why he's considered one of the most innovative jazz bassists today. This year, the Ferndale native will serve as the Artist-in-Residence for the 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival on Labo...
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  • Musicians as Audiophiles: Ron Carter / Stereophile Magazine
    Posted At: September 11, 2016 12:00 AM

    Ronald Levin "Ron" Carter is arguably the greatest upright jazz bassist to have ever walked four strings, and he's literally the most recorded bassist of all time. "With 2,221 individual recording credits, as verified on 15 September 2015," notes Carter's website. Making his collective jazz debut on three important LPs: Howard McGhee's Dusty Blue (Bethlehem, 1960), Nat Wright's The Bi...
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  • Ron Carter Great Big Band - DJF performance, connects city to it's tradition / Detroit Free Press
    Posted At: September 6, 2016 12:00 AM

    The Detroit Jazz Festival has always celebrated the city's remarkable jazz heritage as a core value. But the 37th annual event, which came to a close Monday evening with a vivacious performance by the Ron Carter Great Big Band at Hart Plaza, felt even more connected to the city's tradition than usual. There are some lessons here. Carter, 79, the influential Detroit-bred ba...
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  • Ron Carter opens Detroit Jazz Festival / Detroit Free Press
    Posted At: September 3, 2016 12:00 AM

    The Detroit Jazz Festival is like the Super Bowl of jazz for aficionados. The event spans four days, unfolds on four stages in downtown Detroit and features 60 bands encompassing international stars, connoisseur favorites and local heroes. And the music, which continues through Monday evening, won't cost you a cent. The Detroit festival is the largest free jazz festival in the world. But the even...
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  • A conversation with the most recorded jazz bassist / Detroit Metro Times
    Posted At: September 1, 2016 12:00 AM

    Thanks to Detroit Jazz Festival, metro Detroiters are fortunate enough for the opportunity to see renowned double bassist Ron Carter perform four times in four different settings over Labor Day weekend. This year, the festival has an even more concentrated focus on honoring Detroit natives. Carter, who was born in Ferndale, later moved to Detroit, and eventually graduated from Cass Technical High School,...
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  • Here's what other bassists say about Ron Carter / Detroit Free Press
    Posted At: August 28, 2016 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter's style has become so deeply embedded in the DNA of post-1960 jazz that his influence is impossible to avoid for contemporary bassists. You can't play the bass without studying the recorded legacy of the Detroit-bred Carter, the artist-in-residence of the 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival. The Free Press asked a number of other bassists performing at the festival to pick a favo...
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  • Detroit's deep jazz roots spotlight during Labor Day festival / C&G Newspapers
    Posted At: August 24, 2016 12:00 AM

    Detroit's significant jazz roots will be evident during when the 37th annual Detroit Jazz Festival takes over downtown during Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-5. The largest free jazz festival in the world, hundreds of musicians will perform on four stages, including homegrown greats like Ron Carter. "This man is a hero to me and probably everyone in this room," said Detroit Jazz Festival Artistic Director...
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  • Detroit native and bass legend Ron Carter ready as 'Artist in Residence' at upcoming Festival / Jazz Police
    Posted At: August 2, 2016 12:00 AM

    Year after year, since 2008, I've experienced the feelings expressed by Benny Green from the audience perspective. I can't imagine Labor Day Weekend anywhere else. The 37th annual gathering of the world's largest free jazz festival, with Detroit native and living bass legend Ron Carter at the helm as Artist in Residence, puts even more emphasis than usual on the Detroit connections to the his...
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  • Ron Carter plays Geneva Switzerland - Court of the City Hall / Le Temps
    Posted At: July 6, 2016 12:00 AM

    He is believed to have contracted the air of wise ataraxique the cradle. If nobody sees old Ron Carter, appeared in majesty Monday in the Court of the City Hall of Geneva, this may be because no one has seen frolicking kid, rebellious teen or young musico excited.His music follows the same (lack of) curve: timeless, like all the gifts of heaven. Three bass notes to open the concert, and they ov...
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  • Detroit Jazz Festival 'Artist in Residence' - Ron Carter in town to play Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe
    Posted At: June 12, 2016 12:00 AM

    Ron Carter likes to call Artist in Residence positions "Artist in Reticence" - mostly, he says, because he's "never quite sure what they expect to get from me other than being there for some concerts, which I always do anyway." The Ferndale-born bass legend's tenure with this year's Detroit Jazz Festival will be a bit different, however. Carter - who began playing cello while at elementar...
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  • Ron Carter talks w/WBGO's Gary Walker about Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, and the value of a good chair
    Posted At: June 3, 2016 12:00 AM

    Jazz legend Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and  influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of music's greats: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons. In the early 1960s he performed throughout the United States in concert halls...
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  • Ron Carter named Detroit Jazz Festival's 2016 Artist-In-Residence / Fox2-Detroit
    Posted At: April 19, 2016 12:00 AM

    Legendary bassist, cellist, composer and Detroit native - Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential musicians in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of music's greats: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons. In the early 1960s he performed thro...
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