Ron Carter

Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on the instrument. In addition to a solo career of more than 60 years, Carter is well-known for playing on numerous iconic Blue Note albums in the 1960s, as well as being the anchor of trumpeter Miles Davis's "Second Great Quintet" from 1963 to 1968. Beginning with Where? in 1961, Carter's studio albums as leader also include Uptown Conversation (1969), Blues Farm (1973), All Blues (1973), Spanish Blue (1974), Anything Goes (1975), Yellow & Green (1976), Pastels (1976), Piccolo (1977), Third Plane (1977), Peg Leg (1978), A Song for You (1978), Etudes (1982), The Golden Striker (2003), Dear Miles (2006), and Ron Carter's Great Big Band (2011).

Similar Artists

Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk

John Coltrane

Charlie Parker

Oscar Peterson

Dexter Gordon

Art Farmer

Chick Corea

Wayne Shorter

Milt Jackson

Wes Montgomery

Bill Evans

Gene Ammons

Clifford Brown

Art Blakey

Pat Martino

Kenny Garrett

Oscar Peterson Trio

Wynton Marsalis

Duke Ellington

Lee Konitz

Freddie Hubbard

Eric Dolphy

Kenny Burrell

Joe Pass

McCoy Tyner

Miles Davis

Jim Hall

Cannonball Adderley

Red Garland

Gerry Mulligan

Art Pepper

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Charles Mingus

Ahmad Jamal

Horace Silver

Hank Mobley

Gary Burton

Lee Morgan

Joe Henderson

Stanley Turrentine

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Michael Brecker

Max Roach

Kenny Dorham

Roy Hargrove

Kenny Barron

Joshua Redman Quartet

Charles Lloyd

Joshua Redman

Benny Golson