Biography

One of the most gifted, influential, and ubiquitous jazz bassists of the 20th century, Ron Carter made his name in the early 1960s in the bands of Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk, and others. His unique combination of technical facility, visceral swing, and innate melody made him one of the most in-demand session players for decades, and he recorded with innumerable top-flight musicians, including George Benson, Sonny Rollins, and Stanley Turrentine. Somehow, he's found time over the years to maintain a solo career as well, composing his own material and leading a variety of all-star bands onstage and in the studio.

Top Tracks

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• A Blues For Bradley

• A Feeling

• Ah Rio

• All The Things You Are

• Arboretum

• As Time Goes By

• Autumn Leaves

• Bags' Groove

• Blues For D.p.

• Bottoms Up

• Concierto De Aranjuez (adagio Theme)

• Corocuado

• Cubano Chant

• Cut & Paste

• Down From Antigua

• Echoes

• Embraceable You

• Footprints

• Gypsy

• Indian Summer

• Little Waltz

• Mi Tiempo

• Mr. Bow-tie

• Msrp

• N.o. Blues

• New Waltz

• Obrigado

• Parade

• Portrait Of Jennie

• Rufus

• Samba De Orfeu

• Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

• Someday My Prince Will Come

• Spleen

• St. Thomas

• Stardust

• Summer In Central Park

• Tail Feathers

• The Eternal Triangle

• The Golden Striker

• Three Little Words

• Tinderbox

• Treme Swagger

• Well, You Needn't

• Where?

• Will You Still Be Mine

• Yes, Indeed

• You And The Night And The Music

Discography

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• Ron Carter's Great Big Band

  Sunnyside

  2011

• This Is Jazz

  Half Note Records

  2011

• The Golden Striker

  Blue Note

  2003

• Entre Amigos

  Chesky

  2003

• Eight Plus

  Dreyfus Records

  2003

• Stardust

  Blue Note

  2002

• When Skies Are Grey

  Blue Note

  2001

• Orfeu

  Blue Note

  1999

• So What

  Blue Note

  1998

• Bass and I

  Blue Note

  1997

• Ron Carter: Brandenburg Concerto

  Blue Note

  1995

• Mr. Bow Tie

  Blue Note

  1995

• Jazz, My Romance

  EMI Music Distribution

  1994

• Friends

  Blue Note

  1993

• Birdology, Vol. 1

  Polygram

  1992

• Duets

  Emarcy

  1990

• Carnaval

  Original Jazz Classics

  1990

• Panamanhattan

  Evidence

  1990

• Etudes

  Discovery Records / Discovery

  1982

• Parfait

  Milestone Records

  1980

• Patrao

  Original Jazz Classics / Milestone/OJC

  1980

• Parade

  Original Jazz Classics

  1979

• 1 + 3

  Milestone Records

  1978

• A Song for You

  Milestone Records

  1978

• Piccolo

  Milestone Records

  1977

• All Blues

  Masterworks Jazz

  1973

• Out Front

  Prestige Records

  1966