Ron Carter

Born: 
05/04/1937
City: 
Ferndale
Region: 
Michigan
Country: 
USA
Years Active: 
1950's-present
Genre(s): 
Bebop
Jazz
Post-Bop
Third Stream
Instruments: 
Bass, Cello
Associated Artists: 
Chet Baker
Kenny Barron
Jay Berliner
Gene Bertoncini
Michael Brecker
Randy Brecker
Sam Brown
Donald Byrd
Billy Cobham
Jack DeJohnette
Jerry Dodgion
Eric Dolphy
George Duvivier
Don Ellis
Jon Faddis
Bill Frisell
Steve Gadd
Eric Gale
Urbie Green
Don Grolnick
Jim Hall
Herbie Hancock
Roland Hanna
Roy Haynes
Bob James
Arthur Jenkins
Hank Jones
Ralph MacDonald
Herbie Mann
Harvey Mason
Hugh McCracken
Mulgrew Miller
Lee Morgan
Paul Motian
Ben Riley
Barry Rogers
Dom Um Romão
Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin
Wayne Shorter
Richard Tee
John Tropea
Cedar Walton
Frank Wess
Buster Williams
Tony Williams
Phil Woods
Played With: 
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Gato Barbieri
Miles Davis
Charles Earland
Milt Jackson
Hubert Laws
Bobby Timmons
McCoy Tyner
Recorded With: 
A Tribe Called Quest
Geri Allen
Gene Ammons
Roy Ayers
Gary Bartz
George Benson
Terence Blanchard
Bob Brookmeyer
Kenny Burrell
Jaki Byard
Alice Coltrane
Harry Connick, Jr.
Hank Crawford
Tadd Dameron
Paul Desmond
Lou Donaldson
Art Farmer
Roberta Flack
Red Garland
Stan Getz
Benny Golson
Johnny Griffin
Chico Hamilton
Barry Harris
Eddie Harris
Gene Harris
Coleman Hawkins
Joe Henderson
Andrew Hill
Freddie Hubbard
Bobby Hutcherson
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Billy Joel
J. J. Johnson
Boogaloo Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
Quincy Jones
Sam Jones
Steve Kuhn
Yusef Lateef
Johnny Lytle
Charles McPherson
Wes Montgomery
Airto Moreira
Oliver Nelson
David "Fathead" Newman
Cecil Payne
Duke Pearson
Art Pepper
Charli Persip
Pony Poindexter
Sam Rivers
Gil Scott-Heron
Don Sebesky
Marlena Shaw
Archie Shepp
Horace Silver
Grace Slick
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Phoebe Snow
Sonny Stitt
Gábor Szabó
Livingston Taylor
Buddy Terry
Charles Tolliver
Stanley Turrentine
Mal Waldron
Grover Washington, Jr.
Randy Weston
Kai Winding
Leo Wright
Image Credit: 
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Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist.

Discography

The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
Released: 1960
Out There
Released: 1960
Where?
Released: 1961
The Quest
Released: 1961
White Gardenia
Released: 1961
The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones
Released: 1961
Dusty Blue
Released: 1961
SO Much Guitar!
Released: 1961
Here's Jaki
Released: 1961
Night Hawk
Released: 1961
The Hawk Relaxes
Released: 1961
In Person
Released: 1961
How Time Passes
Released: 1961
New Ideas
Released: 1961
Uhuru Afrika
Released: 1961
The Magic Touch
Released: 1962
Pop + Jazz = Swing
Released: 1962
Happy Time
Released: 1962
The Kerry Dancers
Released: 1962
Far Cry
Released: 1962
Big Bags
Released: 1962
Hi-Fly
Released: 1962
Invitation
Released: 1962
Down Home
Released: 1962
Pony's Express
Released: 1962
Suddenly the Blues
Released: 1962
Quiet Nights
Released: 1963
Free
Released: 1963
Seven Steps to Heaven
Released: 1963
Born to Be Blue!
Released: 1963
Empyrean Isles
Released: 1964
Bob Brookmeyer & Friends
Released: 1964
The Individualism of Gil Evans
Released: 1964
The Many Faces of Art Farmer
Released: 1964
My Funny Valentine
Released: 1965
E.S.P.
Released: 1965
Maiden Voyage
Released: 1965
Up With Donald Byrd
Released: 1965
Guitar Forms
Released: 1965
Out Front!
Released: 1965
Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art
Released: 1965
Fuchsia Swing Song
Released: 1965
On a Clear Day
Released: 1966
Components
Released: 1966
Four & More
Released: 1966
Speak No Evil
Released: 1966
The Further Adventures of El Chico
Released: 1966
The All Seeing Eye
Released: 1966
The In Sound
Released: 1966
The Tender Storm
Released: 1966
Happenings
Released: 1966
Spellbinder
Released: 1966
Got My Mojo Workin'
Released: 1966
The Soul Man!
Released: 1966
Out of the Storm
Released: 1966
The Real McCoy
Released: 1967
Voices
Released: 1967
Wave
Released: 1967
Miles Smiles
Released: 1967
Penny Lane & Time
Released: 1967
Sorcerer
Released: 1967
Mean Greens
Released: 1967
A Generation Ago Today
Released: 1967
Sound Pieces
Released: 1967
Encyclopedia of Jazz
Released: 1967
The Total J.J. Johnson
Released: 1967
Electric Soul!
Released: 1967
Lush Life (LD)
Released: 1967
Sweet Honey Bee
Released: 1967
The October Suite
Released: 1967
Contours
Released: 1967
What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Released: 1968
Toshiko at Top of the Gate
Released: 1968
Glory of Love
Released: 1968
Israel
Released: 1968
Miles in the Sky
Released: 1968
Speak Like a Child
Released: 1968
Stoned Soul Picnic
Released: 1968
Nefertiti
Released: 1968
Plug Me In
Released: 1968
Blues – The Common Ground
Released: 1968
The Sound of Feeling
Released: 1968
Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones
Released: 1968
Jaki Byard with Strings!
Released: 1968
Milt Jackson & the Hip String Quartet
Released: 1968
Got to Get It!
Released: 1968
Grass Roots
Released: 1968
Expansions
Released: 1969
Concerto Grosso in D Blues
Released: 1969
Betwixt & Between
Released: 1969
Much Les
Released: 1969
Daddy Bug
Released: 1969
Filles de Kilimanjaro
Released: 1969
Magnificent!
Released: 1969
Huntington Ashram Monastery
Released: 1969
Encounter
Released: 1969
Summertime
Released: 1969
The Blues & Other Colors
Released: 1969
Soul '69
Released: 1969
Night Song
Released: 1969
Shape of Things to Come
Released: 1969
The Many Facets of David Newman
Released: 1969
Power to the People
Released: 1969
Laws' Cause
Released: 1969
Uptown Conversation
Released: 1969
First Take
Released: 1969
Crying Song
Released: 1969
Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul
Released: 1969
3 Shades of Blue
Released: 1970
Stone Flower
Released: 1970
Stone Flute
Released: 1970
Stonebone
Released: 1970
Comment
Released: 1970
Electric Byrd
Released: 1970
From the Hot Afternoon
Released: 1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water (PD)
Released: 1970
The Other Side of Abbey Road
Released: 1970
Gula Matari
Released: 1970
Ptah, The El Daoud
Released: 1970
Lift Every Voice
Released: 1970
It's a Funky Thing to Do
Released: 1971
The Rite of Spring
Released: 1971
Mystical Lady
Released: 1971
Straight Life
Released: 1971
First Light
Released: 1971
Gilberto With Turrentine
Released: 1971
The Soulful Rebel
Released: 1971
The Black Cat!
Released: 1971
My Way
Released: 1971
Blackstone Legacy
Released: 1971
Fenix
Released: 1971
Charles McPherson
Released: 1971
Peace & Rhythm
Released: 1971
Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru
Released: 1971
Pieces of a Man
Released: 1971
God Bless the Child
Released: 1971
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Released: 1971
Spirits
Released: 1971
The Sugar Man
Released: 1971
Quiet Fire
Released: 1971
Afro-Classic
Released: 1971
We Got a Good Thing Going
Released: 1972
Wild Flower
Released: 1972
Alone Together
Released: 1972
Morning Star
Released: 1972
Inner City Blues
Released: 1972
All the King's Horses
Released: 1972
Time & Love
Released: 1972
Blue Moses
Released: 1972
Got My Own
Released: 1972
Wild Horses Rock Steady
Released: 1972
The Prophet
Released: 1972
Paul Simon
Released: 1972
Free
Released: 1972
Gene Harris of the Three Sounds
Released: 1972
White Rabbit
Released: 1972
Sweet Buns & Barbeque
Released: 1972
Superstition
Released: 1973
Giant Box
Released: 1973
Carnegie Hall
Released: 1973
Soul Box
Released: 1973
Extensions
Released: 1973
From the Depths of My Soul
Released: 1973
Big Bad Jug
Released: 1973
Excursions
Released: 1973
Mizrab
Released: 1973
Sophisticated Lou
Released: 1973
Black Whip
Released: 1973
Body Talk
Released: 1973
Spectrum
Released: 1973
Sunflower
Released: 1973
All Blues
Released: 1973
Inner Space
Released: 1973
Killing Me Softly
Released: 1973
In the Beginning
Released: 1974
Tanjah
Released: 1974
Higher Ground
Released: 1974
Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata
Released: 1974
Yesterdays
Released: 1974
Manhole
Released: 1974
Skylark
Released: 1974
Bad Benson
Released: 1974
Satan
Released: 1974
Newmanism
Released: 1974
Kharma
Released: 1974
Olinga
Released: 1974
Anything Goes
Released: 1975
Trident
Released: 1975
The Rape of El Morro
Released: 1975
The Chicago Theme
Released: 1975
Concierto
Released: 1975
Silver 'n Brass
Released: 1975
Lovers
Released: 1975
Chapter Four: Alive in New York
Released: 1975
Afro-Desia
Released: 1975
Pure Desmond
Released: 1975
Paper Man
Released: 1975
Spanish Blue
Released: 1975
Yellow & Green
Released: 1976
Pastels
Released: 1976
Fly with the Wind
Released: 1976
Silver 'n Wood
Released: 1976
Silver 'n Voices
Released: 1976
Water Babies
Released: 1976
The Doctor Is In... and Out
Released: 1976
Second Childhood
Released: 1976
Black Miracle
Released: 1976
The Man With The Sad Face
Released: 1976
Piccolo
Released: 1977
Third Plane
Released: 1977
Supertrios
Released: 1977
You Can't Go Home Again
Released: 1977
V.S.O.P.
Released: 1977
Silver 'n Percussion
Released: 1977
Thank You Thank You
Released: 1977
Positive Intensity
Released: 1977
How Can You Live Like That?
Released: 1977
Three or Four Shades of Blues
Released: 1977
Nightwings
Released: 1977
A Song For You
Released: 1978
Peg Leg
Released: 1978
A Little New York Midtown Music
Released: 1979
Parade
Released: 1979
Pick 'Em
Released: 1980
Empire Jazz
Released: 1980
New York Slick
Released: 1980
Trinity
Released: 1980
Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres
Released: 1980
Pinnacles
Released: 1980
Mirror Mirror
Released: 1980
So in Love
Released: 1980
Super Strings
Released: 1981
Patrao
Released: 1981
Heart & Soul
Released: 1982
Quartet
Released: 1982
The Master Trio
Released: 1983
In the Beginning
Released: 1983
Far Away Lands
Released: 1984
The All American Trio
Released: 1984
Blues In The Closet
Released: 1984
This Bud's for You...
Released: 1985
Vocalese
Released: 1985
New York Album
Released: 1985
1+1+1
Released: 1986
The Bridge
Released: 1986
The State of the Tenor Vol. 1
Released: 1986
The State of The Tenor Vol. 2
Released: 1987
Harry Connick Jr.
Released: 1987
Big Boss Band
Released: 1990
The Low End Theory
Released: 1991
Twenty One
Released: 1994
A Tribute to Miles
Released: 1994
The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
Released: 1995
Kofi
Released: 1995
The Hardbop Grandpop
Released: 1996
Roots
Released: 1997
A Prescription for the Blues
Released: 1997
Down Home
Released: 1997
We'll Soon Find Out
Released: 1999
Passing Ships
Released: 2003
Counterpoints
Released: 2004
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
Released: 2006
Timeless Portraits & Dreams
Released: 2006
Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
Released: 2007
A Bluish Bag
Released: 2007
Magnetic
Released: 2013

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
Charli Persip Recording Session 04/02/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland 04/25/1960 Birdland NYC New York USA
Eric Dolphy Recording Session 08/15/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Don Ellis Recording Session 10/04/1960 Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios NYC New York USA
Don Ellis Recording Session 10/05/1960 Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios NYC New York USA
Gil Evans Recording Session 11/18/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Gil Evans Recording Session 11/30/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Gil Evans Recording Session 12/10/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Kai Winding Recording Session 12/13/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Gil Evans Recording Session 12/15/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Eric Dolphy-Booker Ervin Recording Session 12/21/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Coleman Hawkins Recording Session 12/30/1960 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Coleman Hawkins Recording Session 02/28/1961 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Rocky Boyd Recording Session 03/13/1961 Bell Sound Studios NYC New York USA
Jaki Byard Recording Session 03/14/1961 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Don Sleet Recording Session 03/16/1961 Plaza Sound Studios NYC New York USA
Booker Little Recording Session 04/04/1961 Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios NYC New York USA
Don Ellis Recording Session 05/11/1961 Van Gelder Studio (EC) Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/23/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/24/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/25/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/26/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/27/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/28/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA
Josh White / Randy Weston Quartet 05/30/1961 Village Gate Greenwich Village New York USA

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