Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan, United States (5/4/1937)
Bio
Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double-bassist. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument. He was elected to the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2012. Carter was born in Ferndale, Michigan.
Has Performed With
Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio
Artist Website
Critic Concert Reviews
Glide Magazine (USA)
October 20, 2023
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Ron Carter’s Foursight Quartet Showcase Hard Bop Finesse At NYC’s Birdland
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His approach, demonstrated last Thursday at the Lobero as part of the International Guitar Festival, is one of class, reverence to 1960s cool and bop, and restraint.
It shimmers like fine crystal each facet reflecting an element of a past that has ranged from avant-garde to urbane funk and from gritty blues to anchoring Miles Davis’s 1960s acoustic quintet.
