Ron Carter
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Penguin guide to English literature
- Blackfoot Moonshine Rebellion of 1892
- The Beecher incident
- The Blackfoot Moonshine Rebellion of 1881
- The Blackfoot Moonshine Rebellion of 1892
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Elis & Tom: It Had to be You — Self2023
- 'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary — Himself2022
- Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes — Self2022
- Garoto - Vivo Sonhando — Self2020
- March 1, 2020 - Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet in concert2020
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Musician2019
- It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story — Self2018
- Miles Davis: Around Midnight — Bass2011
- Ron Carter Trio - at festival Jazz sous Les Pommiers — bass2011
- Miles Davis: Kind of Blue — Self2008
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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. He started to play cello at the age of 10 (1947), but when his family moved to Detroit, he ran into difficulties regarding the racial stereotyping of
Key dates
- Born
- 4 May 1937
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Levin
- Family name
- Carter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ferndale
- Occupation
- music arranger
- Educated at
- Manhattan School of Music
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
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