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Ron Carter

Background information
Birth name Ron Carter
Born May 4, 1937 (1937-05-04) (age 71)
Origin Ferndale, Michigan, U.S.
Genre(s) Hard bop
Orchestral jazz
Mainstream jazz
Third Stream
Post-bop
Occupation(s) Double bassist
Instrument(s) Double bass, Cello
Associated acts Miles Davis
Johnny Frigo

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His appearances on over 3,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Milt Hinton born Milton John Hilton ( Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 23, 1910; d Raymond Matthews Brown ( October 13 1926 &ndash July 2 2002) was an American Jazz Double bassist. Leroy Vinnegar ( July 13 1928 – August 3 1999) was an American Jazz bassist.

Carter is an acclaimed cellist who has performed on record numerous times on cello. The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ

He also has recorded a large body of classical work, and he contributed to the film score for Desperate Characters (1971). A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film Desperate Characters is a 1971 American Drama film produced written and directed by Frank D

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Early life and education

Carter started to play cello at the age of 10, but when his family moved to Detroit, he ran into difficulties regarding the racial stereotyping of classical musicians and instead moved to bass. The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group

Carter attended the historic Cass Technical High School where he played in the Eastman School of Music's Philharmonic Orchestra. Lewis Cass Technical High School is a four-year High school in Detroit Michigan. The Eastman School of Music (also known more simply as The Eastman School, Eastman, or ESM) is a music conservatory located in the

He gained his bachelor's degree in 1959, and in 1961 a master's degree in double bass performance from the Manhattan School of Music. The Manhattan School of Music is a Music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and

Playing Career

His first jobs as a jazz musician were with Jaki Byard and Chico Hamilton. Jaki (John Byard ( June 15, 1922 in Worcester Massachusetts – February 11, 1999 in New York City) was an American Chico Hamilton (born Foreststorn Hamilton on September 21, 1921, Los Angeles) is a jazz drummer and band leader His first records were made with Eric Dolphy (another former member of Hamilton's group) and Don Ellis, in 1960. Eric Allan Dolphy ( June 20, 1928 &ndash June 29, 1964) was an American Jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and Don Ellis ( July 25, 1934 - December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter drummer composer and bandleader

Carter also worked during this time with

Carter is an acclaimed cellist who has performed on record numerous times with the cello, notably his own first date as leader, Where?, with Dolphy and Mal Waldron and a date also with Dolphy called Out There with George Duvivier and Roy Haynes and Carter on cello; its advanced harmonics and concepts for 1961 were reminiscent of the then current third stream movement on cello by Carter. Malcolm Earl Waldron ( August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American Jazz and World music Pianist Roy Owen Haynes (born on March 13 1925, in Roxbury, Massachusetts) is an American Jazz Drummer and bandleader

Fame

Carter came to fame via the second great Miles Davis quintet in the early 1960s, which also included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer.

Carter joined Davis's group in 1963, appearing on the album Seven Steps to Heaven and the follow-up E.S.P.. Seven Steps to Heaven is an album recorded in 1963 by Miles Davis. ESP is an album recorded in January 1965 by the Miles Davis quintet The latter was the first album to feature the full quintet, and also featured three of Carter's compositions (the only time he contributed compositions to Davis's group).

He stayed with Davis's regular group until 1968 (when he was replaced by Dave Holland), and participated in a couple of studio sessions with Davis in 1969 and 1970. Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British Jazz Bassist and Composer who is a significant representative Although he played electric bass occasionally during this period, he has subsequently eschewed that instrument entirely, and now plays only acoustic bass.

Carter also performed on some of Hancock, Williams and Shorter's recordings during the sixties for Blue Note Records. He was a sideman on many Blue Note recordings of the era, playing with Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill and many, many others. Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, in El Reno Oklahoma) is an American Jazz musician and Composer. Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. Duke Pearson ( August 17, 1932 &mdash August 4, 1980) was an American Jazz pianist and Composer. Lee Morgan ( 10 July, 1938 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania &ndash 19 February, 1972 in New York City) was an American Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Andrew Hill ( June 30, 1931 &ndash April 20, 2007) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Later life

After leaving Davis, Carter was for several years a mainstay of CTI Records, making albums under his own name and also appearing on many of the label's records with a diverse range of other musicians, including:

Carter has also performed and recorded with:

and many other important jazz artists, and has recorded over 25 albums as a bandleader. William C Cobham (born May 16 1944 in Panama) is a Panamanian American Jazz Drummer, Composer and Bandleader Stanley Gayetzky ( February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California) usually known by Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 1904 - May 19 1969) Nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean" was a prominent Joe Henderson ( April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist. Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928) born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk Connecticut, is an American Jazz pianist Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr T" or "The Sugar Man" ( April 5, 1934 &ndash September 12, 2000) was an American Shirley Scott ( March 14, 1934 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania &mdash March 10, 2002) was a Hard bop and Soul-jazz Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic on July 21, 1930 in New York City) is an internationally known Jazz Houston Person (born November 10th 1934) is an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist and Record producer. The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) were an American soul and rock group of the 1960s William "Red" Garland ( May 13, 1923 &ndash April 23, 1984) was an American Hard bop Jazz Pianist Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim ( January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro &ndash December 8, 1994 in Brazil) also

He appears on the alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest's influential album The Low End Theory on a track called "Verses from the Abstract". A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 The Low End Theory is the second album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24 1991 through Jive Records. He also appears as a member of the jazz combo, The Classical Jazz Quartet. The Classical Jazz Quartet is a Jazz quartet established in the 2000s

Carter was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Music Department of The City College of New York, having taught there for twenty years, and received an honorary Doctorate from the Berklee College of Music, in Spring 2004. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as

Trivia

Selected discography

As a leader

As a sideman

References

  1. ^ allmusic ((( Classical Jazz Quartet > Discography > Main Albums )))

External links

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