Ron Carter

Ron Carter
Carter performing at Berkeley Jazz Festival in May 1980
Background information
Birth name	Ronald Levin Carter
Born	(1937-05-04) May 4, 1937 (age 87) Ferndale, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician educator
Instruments	Double bass cello Piccolo bass electric bass
Years active	1959–present
Labels	Blue Note CTI Embryo Milestone Prestige Sunnyside
Formerly of	Miles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime New York Jazz Quartet The Great Jazz Trio V.S.O.P. Classical Jazz Quartet
Website	roncarterjazz.com

Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937)^[1] is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history.^[2] He has won three Grammy Awards,^[3] and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument.^[4] 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 1963-1968.^[5]

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).