Artist: Ron Carter
Genre(s):
Other
Jazz
Discography:
Golden Striker
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
Stardust
Year: 2002
Tracks: 8
When Skies Are Grey
Year: 2001
Tracks: 7
Parade
Year: 2001
Tracks: 6
Piccolo
Year: 1999
Tracks: 6
Orfeu
Year: 1999
Tracks: 7
Bass and I
Year: 1997
Tracks: 7
Eight Plus
Year: 1990
Tracks: 8
Carnaval
Year: 1990
Tracks: 5
The epitome of course of study and elegance, though non airless, Ron Carter has been a world course of study bassist and cellist since the '60s. He's among the greatest accompanists of all metre, only has too done many albums exhibiting his exceptional proficiency. He's a bright rhythmical and melodic instrumentalist, wHO uses everything in the bass and cello armory; walk lines, thick, full, salient notes and tones, drones and strumming personal effects, and line snippets. His bowing solos are nigh as telling as those done with his fingers. Carter has been featured in vesture, instrument, and pipage advertisements; he's close to being the sea bass eq of a Duke Ellington in his mix in of musical and extra-musical interests. Carter's closely as accomplished in classical euphony as jazz, and has performed with symphony orchestra orchestras all over the world. He's nearly only an acoustic instrumentalist; he did toy electrical for a short time in the late '60s and early '70s, simply hasn't used it in many, many years. Carter began playing cello at ten. But when his kinfolk moved from Ferndale, MI, to Detroit, Carter ran into problems with racial stereotypes regarding the cello and switched to bass. He played in the Eastman School's Philharmonic Orchestra, and gained his arcdegree in 1959. He touched to New York and played in Chico Hamilton's quintette with Eric Dolphy, patch as well enrolling at the Manhattan School of Music. Carter earned his master's level in 1961. After Hamiliton returned to the West Coast in 1960, Carter stayed in New York and played with Dolphy and Don Ellis, cutting his number 1 records with them. He worked with Randy Weston and Thelonious Monk, patch playing and transcription with Jaki Byard in the early '60s. Carter likewise toured and recorded with Bobby Timmons' trio, and played with Cannonball Adderley. He coupled Art Farmer's grouping for a short metre in 1963, in front he was tapped to suit a penis of Miles Davis' ring. Carter remained with Davis until 1968, appearance on every crucial mid-'60s recording and teaming with Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams to trade a new, freer speech rhythm plane section intelligent. The high profile job lED to the reputation that's seen Carter suit possibly the most recorded bassist in idle words history. He's been heard on an unprecedented number of recordings; some sources claim five hundred, others have estimated it to be as many as 1,000. The lean of citizenry he's played with is simply too slap-up to be accurately and completely cited. Carter's been a extremity of New York Jazz Sextet and New York Jazz Quartet, V.S.O.P. Tour, Milestone Jazzstars,and was in one of the groups featured in the film Round Midnight in 1986. He's lED his possess bands at various intervals since 1972, victimization a secondment bassist to keep time and make concordance so he's disengage to bring home the bacon solos. Carter regular invented his possess instrument, a piccolo bass. Carter's likewise contributed many arrangements and compositions to both his groups and other bands. He's done duo recordings with either Cedar Walton or Jim Hall. Carter's recorded for Embryo/Atlantic, CTI, Milestone, Timeless, EmArcy, Galaxy, Elektra, and Concord, eventually landing at Blue Note for LPs including 1997's The Bass and I, 1998's So What?, and 1999's Orfeu. When Skies Are Grey surfaced in early 2001.
