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Ron Carter
Person · male · United States · Ferndale · born 1937 · recording since 1961
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)
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Also known as Ronald Levin Carter, Sr. · 罗恩·卡特
Timeline
97 events▣ Album 94◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1
1930s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Where?
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,289 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374734001
Biography
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
Uptown ConversationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracksA1Uptown Conversation6:08A2Ten Strings4:19A3Half a Row9:05B1R.J.2:52B2Little Waltz7:25B3Einbahnstrasse7:23B4Doom6:05 (1969), Blues Farm
Blues FarmSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracksA1Blues Farm8:02A2A Small Ballad5:41A3Django5:33B1A Hymn for Him8:14B2Two-Beat Johnson2:52B3R2, M16:07 (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).
Early life
Carter was born in Ferndale, Michigan. At the age of 10, he started playing the cello, switching to bass while at Cass Technical High School. He earned a B.A. degree in music from the Eastman School of Music (1959) and a master's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music (1961). While at Eastman, Carter began the shift from classical to jazz when he, Pee Wee Ellis and other friends put together a house band to play at the Pythodd Room, a club on Clarissa Street in segregated Rochester, where he met players on the Chitlin Circuit who encouraged him to go to New York City.
Carter's first jobs as a jazz musician were playing bass with Chico Hamilton in 1959, followed by freelance work with Jaki Byard, Cannonball Adderley, Randy Weston, Bobby Timmons, and Thelonious Monk. One of his first recorded appearances was on Hamilton alumnus Eric Dolphy's Out There, recorded on August 15, 1960, and featuring George Duvivier on bass, Roy Haynes on drums, and Carter on cello. The album's advanced harmonies and concepts were in step with the third stream movement. In early October 1960, Carter recorded How Time Passes with Don Ellis, and on June 20, 1961, he recorded Where?, his first album as a leader, featuring Dolphy on alto sax, flute, and bass clarinet; Mal Waldron on piano; Charlie Persip on drums; and Duvivier playing basslines on tracks where Carter played cello.
1960s–1980s
Carter was a member of the second Miles Davis Quintet in the mid-1960s, which also included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and drummer Tony Williams. Carter joined Davis's group in 1963, appearing on the album Seven Steps to Heaven and the follow-up E.S.P., the latter being the first album to feature only the full quintet. It also featured three of Carter's compositions (the only time he contributed compositions to Davis's group). He stayed with Davis until 1968 (when he was replaced by Dave Holland), and participated in a couple of studio sessions with Davis in 1969 and 1970. Although he played electric bass occasionally during this era of early jazz-rock fusion, he has subsequently stopped playing that instrument, and in the 2000s plays only double bass.
Carter also performed on some of Hancock, Williams and Shorter's recordings during the 1960s for Blue Note. 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, Horace Silver, and others. He also played on soul-pop star Roberta Flack's album First Take and Gil Scott-Heron's Pieces of a Man, including the iconic bass-line on "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".
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. Notable musical partnerships in the 1970s and 1980s included Joe Henderson, Houston Person, Hank Jones, Gabor Szabo and Cedar Walton. During the 1970s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet. In 1986, Carter played double bass on "Big Man on Mulberry Street" on Billy Joel's album The Bridge. In 1987, Carter won a Grammy for "an instrumental composition for the film" Round Midnight.
1990s–2000s
In 1994, he won his second Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group for a tribute album to Miles Davis. He appeared 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". Carter also recorded as a member of the jazz combo the Classical Jazz Quartet. In 1994, Carter appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African-American community, was heralded as "Album of the Year" by TIME. In 2001, Carter collaborated with Black Star and John Patton to record "Money Jungle" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album, Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington.
Beginning in the 1990s, Carter became a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the music department of City College of New York, having taught there for 20 years, and received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music in spring 2005. He joined the faculty of the Juilliard School in New York City in 2008, teaching bass in the school's Jazz Studies program. Carter made an appearance in Robert Altman's 1996 film, Kansas City, at the center of which is a jazz club called the Hey Hey Club. The film's end credits feature Carter and fellow bassist Christian McBride duetting on "Solitude" at the club, owned by a black gangster called Seldom Seen, who was played by a "show-stealing" Harry Belafonte. (In a 2023 tribute, Carter would reveal how it came about that Belafonte had been his landlord.)
Carter sits on the advisory committee of the board of directors of The Jazz Foundation of America and on the Honorary Founder's Committee. Carter has worked with the Jazz Foundation since its inception to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians including musicians that survived Hurricane Katrina.
Carter appeared as himself in an episode of the HBO series Treme entitled "What Is New Orleans". His authorized biography, Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes (ISBN 978-0989982511), by Dan Ouellette, was published by ArtistShare in 2008.
2010s and later
In 2010, Carter was honored with France's premier cultural award, the medallion and title of Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Carter was elected to the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2012.
In August 2021, Carter was the featured guest in a 47-minute video interview with YouTuber and musician Rick Beato. In November 2021, the Japanese government honored Carter with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. Japanese officials credited Carter with helping to popularize jazz in Japan and facilitating cultural exchange. In April 2022 Carter sat in with Bob Weir at Radio City Music Hall. In May 2022, Carter celebrated his birthday by releasing a Tiny Desk Concert recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club featuring Russell Malone and Donald Vega.
Carter continues to record as a sideman, most recently appearing on Daniele Cordisco's 2023 album "Bitter Head
Bitter HeadSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Canadian Sunset5:502Tangerine5:453Mr. P.B.6:154Angel Eyes5:115Come Rain or Come Shine5:146F.R.C.4:257Bitter Head6:248Autumn in New York7:49." In August 2024 he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Documentary films
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes is a documentary film about Carter's career, produced and directed by Peter Schnall. It was released in November of 2022 on PBS.
Personal life
Carter was married to Janet Hasbrouck Carter, a champion of African and African-American art; she died in 2000. He had two sons, Ron Carter Jr and Myles Carter who was a painter and graffiti artist. Myles' death, from a stroke, is discussed in Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 30 | 90.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 132 | 98.7th |
| Studio albums | 96 | 99.7th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 97 | 99.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 65 | 99.1th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (132 release groups · 96 studio albums)
Albums · 96
1961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:06
A1Rally5:43A2Bass Duet5:44A3Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise7:38B1Where?6:02B2Yes Indeed5:52B3Saucer Eyes5:071961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 42:23
A1Brooklyn Bridge5:43A2Secret Love6:53A3Softly as in a Morning Sunrise3:38A4Fast Company5:57B1But Beautiful7:39B2All Members6:11B3The Hearing6:221969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 43:17
A1Uptown Conversation6:08A2Ten Strings4:19A3Half a Row9:05B1R.J.2:52B2Little Waltz7:25B3Einbahnstrasse7:23B4Doom6:051973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:29
A1Blues Farm8:02A2A Small Ballad5:41A3Django5:33B1A Hymn for Him8:14B2Two-Beat Johnson2:52B3R2, M16:071974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 35:54
A1A Feeling3:20A2Light Blue6:45A3117 Special7:05B1Rufus5:11B2All Blues9:35B3Will You Still Be Mine3:581975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 34:07
A1El Noche Sol5:56A2So What11:24B1Sabado Sombrero6:14B2Arkansas10:331975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 33:37
A1Anything Goes5:26A2De Samba5:50A3Barreta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)5:05B1Can't Give You Anything5:12B2Quarto Azul6:57B3Big Fro5:071976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 37:08
A1Woolaphant7:58A2Ballad8:45B1One Bass Rag7:28B2Pastels6:21B312 + 126:361976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:28
A1Tenaj7:41A2Receipt, Please7:02A3Willow Weep for Me2:35B1Yellow & Green6:10B2Opus 1.56:54B3Epistrophy6:061978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 34:44
A1Song for You4:46A2El Ojo de Dios6:22A3A Quiet Place6:02B1Good Time6:18B2Someday My Prince Will Come4:57B3N.O. Blues6:191978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 38:23
A1Peg Leg8:06A2Sheila's Song (Hasta luego, mi amiga)6:14A3Chapter XI5:41B1Epistrophy6:06B2My Ship5:10B3Patchouli7:061978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 39:24
A1Solar5:07A2Railroad Crossing5:21A3Never Let Me Go5:15A4Oleo5:15B1But Not for Me7:00B2Love for Sale11:26Lonnie Smith featuring George Benson, Ron Carter
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 34:12
A1Apex6:54A2Flavors10:00B1High on You9:18B2Good Morning8:001979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:09
A1Parade8:59A2A Theme in 3/45:52A3Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child2:43B1Tinderbox5:06B2Gypsy8:41B3G.J.T.4:481979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 35:47
A1NY Slick4:04A2A Slight Smile4:27A3Tierra Espanola8:51B1Aromatic8:50B2Alternate Route9:351980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:10
A1All Blues8:42A2Opus 25:32A3B and A3:54B1Pick 'em6:01B2Tranquil5:22B3Eight6:391980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 43:23
A1Mirror, Mirror5:53A2Candlelight6:13A3Keystone9:40B1Joe's Bolero9:43B2What's New3:58B3Blues for Liebestraum7:561980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 38:19
A1The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)8:33A2The Asteroid Field9:08B1Han Solo and the Princess (Love Theme)8:09B2Lando's Palace7:04B3Yoda's Theme5:251981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 41:57
A1Bom Dia6:43A2Don't Misunderstand6:15A3Super Strings7:30B1Bitin'5:25B2No Flowers Please5:15B3Uptown Conversation10:491981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 37:25
A1Ah, Rio8:13A2Nearly9:43B1Tail Feathers7:06B2Yours Truly5:16B3Third Plane7:07Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter + Tony Williams
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 45:36
A1Stablemates11:03A2Dolphin Dance10:17B1A Slight Smile9:02B2That Old Black Magic8:32B3La Maison gorée6:421981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 33:32
A1Seven Minds4:46A2Visions7:52A3Ponder'n5:33B1Blues Bag4:05B2All Blues5:41B3Pices5:351982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 36:32
A1Parfait4:48A2New Waltz6:00A3Receipt, Please7:15B1Blues for D.P.10:33B2'round Midnight7:561982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 39:10
A1Heart and Soul2:03A2Django5:33A3Frankie and Johnnie4:56A4Little Waltz6:35B1Telephone3:13B2My Funny Valentine7:40B3Back to Bologna4:12B4Beautiful Friendship4:581983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 35:51
A1Last Resort7:29A2Bottoms Up6:18A3Arboretum4:31B1Rufus5:12B2Echoes4:10B3Doctor’s Row8:111983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:29
1Iron Clad5:542Alone Together6:393Blue Heart5:064Ebony5:235All the Things You Are6:106A Slight Smile5:097The Rubber Man6:268B and A4:421985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 33:03
A1I’ll Be Seeing You4:52A2Nica’s Dream5:00A3Never Never Land5:35A4Space Maker3:27B1Visa5:24B2Cotton Blossom4:39B3Bouncing With Bud4:061985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks
A136414A2NY SlickA3Someday My Prince Will ComeA412 + 12B1Double BassB2EpistrophyB3Ah, Rio1985 · studio album
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A136414A2NY SlickA3Someday My Prince Will ComeA412 + 12B1Double BassB2EpistrophyB3Ah, Rio1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 54:17
A1Basslines10:40A2Very Well6:59A3Mr.Crusher8:26B1Reggae Sam5:14B2Sunset on Mt. Pelee5:03B3Black Sand9:55B4Sweet Hour of Prayer8:001987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 42:49
1Jam the Avenue4:572Greensleeves6:263Origin4:224A Change of Heart7:255Times Past (This Is for You, John)7:536Page 125:267Vilia6:201987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:02:11
1Willow Weep for Me9:322Hallucinations5:453Bremond's Blues4:244So in Love10:515Book's Bossa6:386Out of the Past11:217He's a Real Gone Guy6:398Something in Common7:011988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 49:46
A1Eric's Gale6:14A2If You Could See Me Now6:38A3Bloomdido5:42A4Lover Man7:52B1Jordu7:16B2Loose Change7:37B3Blues for Everybody8:271988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 56:14
1D.B. Blues7:392New York Standard Time6:233Body and Soul8:154Tap, Tap, Tap9:125Quick and Easy4:016Guyava7:027The Same 12 Tones5:568Two Hands Only7:461988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 50:16
1Oleo (remastered 1990)5:152Stella By Starlight (instrumental)8:233St. Thomas (live) (instrumental)4:444Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (instrumental)2:455Blue Monk (live) (instrumental)6:116Someday My Prince Will Come (instrumental)4:597Alone Together (live) (instrumental)9:158All Blues (instrumental)8:441988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:49
1I'm Walkin'4:192Sweet Georgia Brown4:013Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You3:454Squatty Boo3:415Moanin'5:316Cute3:487Baby Won't You Please Come Home4:098In a Mellow Tone4:219What a Little Moonlight Can Do2:2410Take the A Train5:501989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:10
1I Fall in Love Too Easily3:122A Child Is Born5:353Come Home Again2:304Little Waltz4:205You and the Night and the Music2:216Autumn Leaves2:497Come Rain or Come Shine2:338In a Mellow Tone2:499The Summer Knows3:2610There Is No Greater Love4:0411Lover Man5:0112My Funny Valentine4:1713I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You6:131989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:13
A1Brilliant Corners6:21A2Let's Cool One6:10A3Down With It4:06A4Reflections6:13B1I Mean You5:48B2Ask Me Now6:09B3Little Willie Leaps5:22B4Little Rootie Tootie6:041990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 51:04
1Blue Seven7:072I Thought About You6:033Mack the Knife8:424Joy Spring6:225Good Morning Heartache5:376Anthropology5:587Once in a While3:488Blues for Two7:271990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 54:37
1Eight7:472A Blues for Bradley7:463Little Waltz9:314OK5:155A Song for You8:066First Trip5:097El Rompe Cabeza9:068Just a Closer Walk With Thee1:571991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 50:38
1Summer in Central Park5:432Spleen7:073Doom4:514Allée des Brouillards3:365A Small Ballad5:436Portrait of Jennie7:377Ballade Pour Marion4:258Little Waltz7:279Des Voiliers4:091992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:39
1“Air”3:052Christ lag in Todesbanden1:363Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme4:314Arioso3:465Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring2:556Es woll’ uns Gott genadig sein1:317Gavotte en rondeau3:338Prelude, Interlude, and Fugue in C major8:279Siciliano2:1610Praeludium in C major, Interlude, Praeludium in C minor8:1811Komm, süßer Tod, komm, sel’ge Ruh’1:411993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:26
1Bemsha Swing5:252Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most5:103Einbahnstrasse5:034Memories of You4:525Quiet Nights6:426If You Could See Me Now6:377Now's the Time3:508Since I Fell for You7:119Little Waltz3:361993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 50:22
1Minuet in Central Park (Liebesleid)4:192Minor Mood (Vocalise)7:533Friends4:484D'Jango7:255Freefall (Gymnopedie)5:076The Beginning (Prelude #4 in E minor)4:507Ack,Vermeland Du Sköna6:258Opus One Point Five5:309Vagabond Vision (Après un Rêve-After a Dream)4:051994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:15
1RTG2:472If I Should Lose You4:363Drummer's Song3:524Introspection / Thelonious4:365A Beautiful Friendship3:246In the Morning (For Sister Leola)6:107Tea for Two3:188Lullaby of the Leaves5:159Feed the Fire6:1710Old Folks6:1811A Place of Power3:1712In the Middle4:251994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 54:13
1Blues for D.P.10:022My Romance7:213Airgin6:414Quiet Times4:585Summertime8:266I Fall in Love Too Easily6:237For Toddlers Only4:398Sweet Lorraine5:431995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 48:47
1Bass Blues4:562Uno Dos Adios6:443Primal Blue6:474Dear Ruth9:185Stolen Moments8:146For Toddlers Only5:207You Go to My Head7:281995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 53:25
1Cornbread7:272Loose Change7:303Slow Drag9:464Eternal Flame7:215Freedom Jazz Dance5:096Jive Samba6:497Comin Home Baby9:231995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:52
1Mr. Bow Tie7:072Well You Needn't6:443Fill in the Blanks7:064I Thought About You7:325Nearly8:556Cut and Paste4:457Stablemates6:558Wait for the Beep3:529M.S.R.P.6:2910St. Thomas5:271995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks
1Darn That Dream2Waltz For Brazil3I Fall in Love Too Easily4Akiology5Gentle Rain6I Love You7God Bless the Child1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:19
1Soul Eyes5:012Never Let Me Go5:563Red Top5:304When I Fall in Love5:225Round Up the Usual Suspects7:116Because I Love You3:577This Is All I Ask6:198Speak Low4:419Nica's Tempo4:4810This Heart of Mine6:341997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 42:34
1Brandenburg Concerto No. 314:162Pavane5:323Joc Cu Bata3:144Aria (From Aus Holberg Zeit)5:395Vientos Del Desierto10:226Ombra Mai Fu3:311997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:27
1Mighty Fine5:182Little Boy8:543Wide Load8:354The Crock Pot5:075What8:016Listen to the Woman1:477Aren't We All?6:418Supposing1:041997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 54:34
1You and the Night and the Music5:392Someday My Prince Will Come7:273Blues for D.P.6:214The Shadow of Your Smile7:115Mr. Bow-Tie9:146Double Bass8:197I Remember Clifford10:231998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 55:05
1Someday My Prince Will Come7:262My Foolish Heart8:153Airegin6:394Mr. Bow - Tie7:085Django7:236You And The Night And The Music5:367Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho2:378Blues For D.P.10:011999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 54:10
1Slow Charleston6:092Closer Than You Think7:503Junior5:534Time to Cry6:265Wisely5:446Bit o' Water3:367M7:058Equaled4:229Contact7:051999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 45:21
1Saudade6:342Manha De Carnaval5:573Por-do-sal5:174Goin' Home7:2851:17 Special6:536Obrigado5:357Samba de Orfeu7:372000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 48:52
1Loose Change7:122Bésame Mucho7:103Caminando7:124Qué Pasa5:345Corcovado7:276Cubano Chant6:057Mi Tiempo8:122001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 57:37
1Announcement by Tino Rivero0:122You and the Night and the Music5:153Someday My Prince Will Come5:574All Blues/Loose Change/Mr. Bow-Tie/ All Blues22:505So What14:396On the Sunny Side of the Street8:442001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 52:26
1Tamalpais6:342The Man I Love7:523Nearly10:284Bohemia After Dark6:405Tail Feathers5:596Blues in the Closet4:557That's Deep6:008Stardust3:582002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 52:14
1Doxy9:252I Remember Clifford7:233Dear Old Stockholm5:504Mr. Bow Tie6:325On the Sonny Side of the Street7:006I Fall in Love Too Easily5:537Mack the Knife4:048I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good6:072003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 57:25
1Bye Bye Backhand6:162Yasa Fragitida4:433Everything Happens to Me5:054Limb-Itations (Left Hand Blues for Junior)5:395Patch Kit8:246Where's Norm?3:027The Healer6:178Carob Powder4:439We Shall Overcome9:1710I'm Beginning to See the Light3:592003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 49:11
1Serenade6:482Après Un Rêve4:043This Is My Beloved - Nocturne - String Quartet No. 23:204Prelude - Op. 28 No. 205:035Like Grains Of Sand6:026Melody In F4:487Elvira Madigan - Piano Concerto No. 21 C Major K4676:068Going Home - From "New World Symphony"6:199Based on Gustav - Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement6:412003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:17
1The Golden Striker5:222On And On3:013N.Y. Slick4:084Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio Theme)7:035Cedar Tree5:046A Quick Sketch6:287Parade5:328A Theme in 3/45:219Autumn Leaves6:182003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:51
1Bahia com H3:392Insensatez5:543Desafinado4:474Sorriu para mim3:585A primeira vez4:096Garota de Ipanema3:217Por causa de você4:308Caminhos cruzados6:309Feitio de oração4:3010Eu sei que vou te amar5:5211O grande amor4:412003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 46:03
1Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite I: Courante3:132Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite I: Menuetto I1:363Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite I: Menuetto II2:174Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite I: Gigue1:515Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite II: Menuetto I1:216Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite II: Menuetto II1:597Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite II: Gigue3:008Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite III: Courante4:099Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite III: Bourree I1:4710Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite III: Bourree II2:3911Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite IV: Bourree I2:0812Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite IV: Bourree II2:2113Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite IV: Gigue3:2314Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite V: Gigue2:4815Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite VI: Gavotte I2:0116Cello Suites for String Bass Pizzicato Suite VI: Gavotte II1:2917Lute Suites for Piccolo Bass and Double Bass Pizzicato Praeludium2:1418Lute Suites for Piccolo Bass and Double Bass Pizzicato Suite III: Sarabande3:5819Lute Suites for Piccolo Bass and Double Bass Pizzicato Suite III: Gavotte II1:492004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 32:19
1[silence]4:402Happiness2:383Dream3:174Moments3:285Maria3:216Memories4:367Destiny3:308Simple Things4:229Life2:272005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:13:20
1It Don’t Mean a Thing6:322St. Thomas5:363Angel Eyes5:494New Song #34:095Minor Mishap4:426Misterioso4:217Milestones4:458Good Bait6:069Afternoon in Paris3:1510Giant Steps3:4411Blues in the Closet6:4912Sister Cheryl7:1713My Ship6:2614Moose the Mooche3:49Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:27
1Eighty-One6:212You Are My Sunshine5:573Worse and Worse5:164Raise Four5:165Pretty Polly6:566On the Street Where You Live9:267Monroe6:058Introduction4:379Misterioso6:3710I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry7:562007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:00
1Gone4:482Seven Steps to Heaven4:543My Funny Valentine8:044Bag's Groove3:435Someday My Prince Will Come6:466Cut and Paste4:387Stella by Starlight5:048As Time Goes By4:599Bye Bye Blackbird5:28105954:362007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:38
1It's the Time2:542Eddie's Theme4:573Mack the Knife5:444Candle Light5:205Softly as in a Morning Sunrise5:376I Can't Get Started8:207Super Strings4:258My Ship7:549Laverne Walk6:0710It's the Time (TVCM version)2:202008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:54
1How Deep Is the Ocean5:082You've Changed5:113Blueberry Hill5:544Darn That Dream6:255Meditation5:266Lover Man5:247Lover Come Back to Me4:278Polka Dots and Moonbeams4:159Always6:0110Alone Together5:432008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 53:45
1The Next Level7:392Think Again6:163Three's a Crowd4:274Petes Place6:205Ask Me Now6:276I'll Be Seeing You4:557Pannonica7:048The Twisting Path5:459Come Sunday4:522008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 46:19
1Salt Song (Canção Do Sal)8:492Whisper Not5:583Por-De-Sol5:524De Samba6:245No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)3:596Obrigado3:197Ah, Rio4:048Wave5:459Saudade2:092009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 52:15
1Dear Old Stockholm4:352My Man's Gone Now6:483Nuages5:024Greensleeves4:385Loose Change5:476Desert Lament5:187The Suite: Fragile / Patchouli / Can't We Be Friends? / The Last Resort / Patchouli (reprise)20:072011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:19
1Caravan3:422The Eternal Triangle3:043Pork Chop3:474Opus 15 (Theme For C.B.)3:435Con Alma4:296Sail Away4:247Opus One3:348Sweet Emma5:269Saint Louis Blues4:3210Line For Lyons3:3611Footprints4:5312The Golden Striker3:5813Loose Change4:11Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:14:38
1Epistrophy4:392Promises, Promises4:263When I Dream8:524The Shadow of Your Smile4:335The Woman on the TV Screen6:006The Eye of the Hurricane3:297Tell Me a Bedtime Story5:068A Feeling4:079Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing5:5710Sunshower5:5011Hear Comes Ron3:4812Impressions4:5713The Thrasher5:5614Mr. Clean6:2415The Theme0:342013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 55:49
1Candle Light9:372My Funny Valentine12:353Saudade10:234Samba de Orpheu11:355The Golden Striker11:392014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 57:20
1With A Song In My Heart6:582Announcement 1 By Ron Carter0:413All The Things You Are9:434Alone Together10:385There Will Never Be Another You10:486St. Thomas7:147Announcement 2 By Ron Carter0:308Bags' Groove10:482015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:19:24
1Blues for D.P.7:032Eight5:593For Toddlers Only6:084Cut and Paste7:485Sheila’s Song9:466Little Waltz6:137Doom Mood9:158Ah, Rio8:379Receipt, Please10:5910Wait for the Beep7:362016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:32
1For Toddlers Only5:282Dark Eyes5:253We’ll Be Together Again4:594TJ5:565Candlelight7:266My Man Hubbard4:487Eddie’s Theme6:098Danny Boy4:099Epistrophy5:1810But Beautiful6:542016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:30
1Bye Bye Blackbird4:192But Beautiful6:083Young and Foolish4:104Fools Rush In7:105Can’t We Be Friends?4:146Blame It on My Youth6:167I Didn’t Know What Time It Was4:438I Can’t Get Started4:219Blue Monk3:3010When I Fall in Love4:39Golden Striker (Live at Theaterstübchen Kassel)
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:01:33
1Laverne Walk12:162Candle Light6:473Golden Striker7:464Samba de Orfeu7:205Eddie’s Theme9:146A Nice Song7:267My Funny Valentine10:44Golden Striker (deluxe edition)
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:19:52
1Laverne Walk12:172Candle Light6:483Golden Striker7:474Samba De Orfeu7:205A Nice Song7:276My Funny Valentine10:457Eddie's Theme9:148Cedar Tree6:269RVG5:5310Limehouse Blues5:55Masters Legacy Series Volume 2
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:16:14
1All of You10:142Opus One8:433Hindsight4:254Holy Land7:175Dear Ruth3:016It's About Time7:347Any Old Time7:168Hatzi Kaddish (intro)1:089Hatzi Kaddish7:5110Light Blue6:5311Ron Carter Speaks4:0212Joshua7:502018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:47
1Love Is Here to Stay6:572My One and Only Love4:383Why Not6:114Day Dream5:025Gentle Rain6:246The Way You Look Tonight4:287You Are My Sunshine5:448Blues for D.P.5:339Easy to Remember4:4710Without a Song3:03Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks
A1Softly, as in a Morning SunriseA2Oh What a Beatufiul MorningA3Autumn LeavesB1CerasellaB2MartaB3Once Upon a TimeFoursight: The Complete Stockholm Tapes
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:17:47
Disc 1A1Cominando7:39A2Joshua8:51B1Little Waltz7:04B2Seguaro10:35B3Cominando, (reprise)2:00Disc 2C1Nearly13:10C2You and the Night and the Music7:57D1My Funny Valentine9:29D2Mr. Bow Tie11:022021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:01
1Old Devil Moon4:292Angelica3:553Little Waltz (Duo)5:114Paris Eyes3:495Yesterdays5:236Mr. R.C.4:317Lady of the Lavender Mist4:188Polaris3:179Little Waltz (Trio)5:0310Caminando3:0511Ill Wind2:002021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:00:40
1Lagrimas Negras6:522Gypsy9:023Silver Hollow6:424Promenade6:445Novia Mia3:266Quite Place4:467Ahmad the Terrible7:368Siempre Maria7:559RonJackRuba7:372021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:37
1Straight No Chaser8:032Stompin' at the Savoy5:293You Don't Know What Love Is6:224More Than Four7:385Opus 58:166Like Someone in Love8:237Lover Man7:508Salsa Siete8:229Don't Get Around Much Anymore5:1910Eternal Triangle4:552023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:53
1Canadian Sunset5:502Tangerine5:453Mr. P.B.6:154Angel Eyes5:115Come Rain or Come Shine5:146F.R.C.4:257Bitter Head6:248Autumn in New York7:492023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 52:14
1Drop Me Off In Harlem5:482Acting Up4:483Zombette6:084Two Track Mind5:265Nardis5:376Pins and Needles4:537If I Had You6:218Monkey Bars5:429Old Folks7:312026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:40
1Open My Eyes5:002Everybody Will Be Happy4:533Pass Me Not6:244Farther Along3:515Just a Closer Walk With Thee6:516In the Garden5:277Just a Little Talk With Jesus4:208Softly and Tenderly5:169No Tears in Heaven5:5810Sweet, Sweet Spirit5:40— · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:01
1Nova Ilusão4:472Love Letters3:293Blues for Brother Malone4:304Rain Again4:555The Lamp is Low2:586What Is There to Say6:167They say It's Wonderful3:508Mil Dew3:16Houston Person & Ron Carter - The Complete Muse Sessions (Something in Common)
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 51:04
1Blue Seven7:072I Thought About You6:033Mack the Knife8:424Joy Spring6:225Good Morning Heartache5:376Anthropology5:587Once in a While3:488Blues for Two7:27
Album · 33
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | MagicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:18:43Disc 1 A1Bird's Mother8:00 A2Ode to Charly Parker8:45 A3Far Cry3:50 B1Miss Ann4:15 B2Left Alone6:40 B3Tenderly4:15 B4It's Magic5:40 Disc 2C1Rally5:35 C2Bass Duet5:40 C3Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise7:40 D1Where?7:30 D2Yes Indeed5:47 D3Saucer Eyes5:06 | Compilation | 1975 | |
| 1975 | Recorded Live at Jimmy'sSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 59:33A1Watch What Happens15:15 A2Blue, Green, Grey and Gone5:38 A3You Must Believe in Spring10:00 B1Brian's Song6:35 B2Orson's Theme5:55 B3Organ Eyes7:25 B4I Will Wait for You8:45 | Live | 1975 | |
| 1979 | 1 + 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 44:13A1Muffin8:56 A2Mr. T.W.14:01 B1Doom8:56 B2New Song # 312:20 | Live | 1979 | |
| 1979 | Tender Variations - Original Soundtrack aus dem Film "Der Windhund"Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracksA1Flic Ou Voyou (Der Windhund) A2Clarinet Tenderness A3The First Murder A4Bass and Guitar Tenderness A5Horn Intervention A6Variation on the Thriller Theme B1Tender Variations B2Variations on the Voyou Theme B3Completely Naked B4Secret Persecution B5Final Voyou | Soundtrack | 1979 | |
| 1981 | Le Choix des armesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 28:05A1Le Choix des armes (suite)7:45 A2La Maison abandonnée2:15 A3Soudain dans un paysage calme1:25 A4Rue vide avec petite fille2:15 B1Le Choix des armes3:00 B2En liberté2:20 B3Noir1:35 B4Itinéraire en banlieue2:30 B5Duo5:00 | Soundtrack | 1981 | |
| 1983 | CarnavalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 42:16A1Chelsea Bridge10:12 A2Manha de Carnaval9:01 B1I’m Old Fashioned8:18 B2Confirmation6:40 B3Moose the Mooche8:05 | Live | 1983 | |
| 1984 | Live at Village WestSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 42:16A1Bag’s Groove4:11 A2All the Things You Are5:38 A3Blue Monk5:07 A4New Waltz6:01 B1St. Thomas4:27 B2Embraceable You6:37 B3Laverne Walk5:13 B4Baubles, Bangles and Beads5:02 | Live | 1984 | |
| 1984 | TelephoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 45:391Telephone5:33 2Indian Summer5:55 3Candlelight4:17 4Chorale and Dance6:57 5Alone Together10:31 6Stardust7:46 7Two's Blues4:40 | Live | August 1984 | |
| 1986 | The PuzzleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracksA1Loose Change A2Double Bass A3El Rompe Cabeza A4Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child B1Third Plane B2Little Waltz B3Blues for D.P. B4Tone Poem | Live | 5 September 1986 | |
| 1989 | Birdology - Live at the TBB Jazzz FestivalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 43:22A1Bird Lives6:48 A2Yardbird Suite5:36 A3Parker's Mood11:55 B1Chasing the Bird9:10 B2Big Foot9:53 | Live | 1989 | |
| 1990 | Daddy Nostalgie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracksA1These Foolish Things A2Le Rêve de Caroline A3Caroline et Daddy font l'école buissonnière A4Il y a toujours la tendresse A5Je pense au passé et j'éclate de rire A6Nous sommes doués pour le bonheur toi et moi B1These Foolish Things B2Les souvenirs de Michel B3La douceur de vivre est si périssable B4Les Grilles du jardin B5These Foolish Things | Soundtrack | 1990 | |
| 1990 | Speak LowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:04:391Speak Low7:28 2Dreams6:39 3Blues for Ian8:42 4When I Fall in Love8:39 5Summertime6:58 6Opus 1.55:20 7Lamb Burma8:13 8A Child is Born6:25 9The Jolly Jumper6:15 | Live | 1990 | |
| 1995 | My Funny ValentineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 51:421My Funny Valentine15:40 2Just in Time11:35 3Detour Ahead10:03 4Memories of You8:48 5’round Midnight5:36 | Live | 16 May 1995 | |
| 2001 | Pick 'Em / Super StringsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:18:531All Blues8:44 2Opus 25:37 3B And A4:02 4Pick 'Em6:05 5Tranquil5:25 6Eight6:48 7Bom Dia6:46 8Don't Misunderstand6:17 9Super Strings7:34 10Bitin'5:30 11No Flowers Please5:16 12Uptown Conversation10:49 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Art of ThreeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:13:521Stella by Starlight10:44 2Autumn Leaves10:01 3New Waltz6:56 4Bouncing With Bud7:03 5'round Midnight7:56 6And Then Again11:25 7I Thought About You10:26 8Someday My Prince Will Come9:21 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Telepathy-Live at Village West / TelephoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:42:27Disc 1 1Bag’s Groove4:11 2All the Things You Are5:38 3Blue Monk5:07 4New Waltz6:01 5Down From Antigua7:34 6Summer Night6:59 7St. Thomas4:27 8Embraceable You6:37 9Laverne Walk5:13 10Baubles, Bangles and Beads5:02 Disc 21Introductory Announcement0:23 2Telephone5:11 3Indian Summer5:55 4Candlelight4:17 5Chorale and Dance6:53 6Alone Together10:31 7Stardust7:45 8Two’s Blues4:43 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2002 | AfrodesiaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 53:441Apex6:59 2Flavors10:27 3Afrodesia9:23 4Good Morning7:56 5It’s Changed6:13 6When the Night Is Right7:07 7All in My Mind5:39 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2002 | 4 Generations of MilesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:07:001There Is No Greater Love9:01 2All Blues7:03 3On Green Dolphin Street7:21 4Blue in Green7:27 5816:30 6Freddie Freeloader6:33 7My Funny Valentine10:01 8If I Were a Bell8:02 9Oleo5:02 | Live | 24 September 2002 | |
| 2003 | Live in Japan 2003Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:14:311I Mean You7:43 2Bouncin’ With Bud7:33 3Autumn Leaves9:46 4Out of Nowhere7:41 5Body and Soul12:21 6Stella by Starlight10:02 7Round Midnight10:59 8Tour de Force8:26 | Live | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Songs For YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:12:311Song for You4:51 2El Ojo de Dios6:35 3A Quiet Place6:14 4Good Time7:00 5Someday My Prince Will Come5:01 6N.O. Blues6:26 7Parfait4:50 8New Waltz6:04 9Receipt, Please7:16 10Blues for D.P.10:18 11'round Midnight7:56 | Compilation | 11 March 2003 | |
| 2004 | Guitar & BassSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:08:531Blues Farm7:56 2R2, M16:05 3Fantasy in D6:49 4Take Ten6:02 5People Make the World Go Round8:25 6Sugar9:55 7Mean to Me5:02 8Come Ye Disconsolate5:18 9Two Beat Johnson2:49 10Baubles, Bangles and Beads5:14 11Brazil5:18 | Compilation | 20 September 2004 | |
| 2005 | New York Cool: Live at the Blue NoteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:03:121Body and Soul10:49 2Harrisburg Address10:26 3Easy Living8:37 4I'll Remember April9:30 5Star Eyes10:33 6Third Plane8:31 7Blues for Happy People4:46 | Live | 2005 | |
| 2009 | Best of New York Sessions, Volume TwoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 52:091Fly Little Bird Fly6:48 2Witch Hunt7:03 3If I Were a Bell5:51 4Naima6:18 5Dreamer6:40 6My Romance6:29 7Everything I Love6:39 8Alone Together6:21 | Soundtrack | 2009 | |
| 2009 | Now's the Time / Something In CommonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:39:26Disc 1 1Bemsha Swing5:25 2Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most5:10 3Einbahnstrasse5:03 4Memories of You4:51 5Quiet Nights6:42 6If You Could See Me Now6:37 7Now's the Time3:50 8Since I Fell for You7:11 9Little Waltz3:35 Disc 21Blue Seven7:08 2I Thought About You6:03 3Mack the Knife8:42 4Joy Spring6:22 5Good Morning Heartache5:37 6Anthropology5:58 7Once In a While3:48 8Blues for Two7:24 | Compilation | 2 July 2009 | |
| 2013 | Cocktails at the Cotton ClubSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 57:071Satin Doll6:24 2Mr. Bow-Tie9:37 3My Funny Valentine11:22 4Wave9:39 5Announcement by Ron Carter0:39 6Soft Winds10:58 7Samba de Orfeu8:28 | Live | 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Vanguard DateSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 55:041Clotilde4:51 2Superjet7:46 3Little Waltz6:41 4The Zoo5:12 5I Thought About You7:18 6Music Prayer for Peace12:02 7Dance Only With Me5:50 8Lullaby5:24 | Live | 9 April 2013 | |
| 2018 | Four Classic AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 2:27:03Disc 1 1Walk On8:28 2Would You Like to Take a Walk?6:57 3On the Sunny Side of the Street5:38 4Walkin’6:31 5Walkin’ My Baby Back Home4:48 6I’ll Walk Alone3:33 7Walkin’ by the River5:36 8One Guy6:20 9Confessin’6:51 10Soulnik5:48 11Andre’s Bag7:01 12I Remember You5:38 13Imagination6:12 Disc 21Melody4:12 2Bass Region10:38 3Retrogress3:33 4Mopp Shoe Blues6:08 5Blessed7:06 6Rally5:43 7Bass Duet5:44 8Softly as in a Morning Sunrise7:39 9Where?6:01 10Yes Indeed5:51 11Saucer Eyes5:07 | Compilation | 2018 | |
| 2019 | The Brown Beatnik Tomes (Live at BRIC House)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 31:171For A Pistol2:20 2The Final Stand of Two Dick Willie1:22 3Feeling It Coming On1:48 4Tender2:41 5Here’s to Oscar2:53 6Where Do I Begin7:11 7There Will Never Be Another You2:07 8The Jigaboo Waltz8:10 9The Brown Beatnik Tomes2:45 | Live | 7 June 2019 | |
| 2019 | Foursight – Stockholm, Vol. 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 57:161Cominando7:39 2Joshua8:51 3Little Waltz7:04 4Seguaro10:35 5Cominando, Reprise2:00 6Nearly13:10 7You and the Night and the Music7:57 | Live | 22 November 2019 | |
| 2020 | Foursight – Stockholm, Vol. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:02:1515957:11 2Mr. Bow Tie11:56 3Flamenco Sketches6:11 4Seven Steps to Heaven6:55 5You Are My Sunshine6:32 6Mr. Bow Tie, (reprise)3:01 7My Funny Valentine10:20 8You and the Night and the Music10:09 | Live | 6 November 2020 | |
| 2021 | Live At Sweet BasilSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 47:531It's About Time (live)7:27 2Art's Song (live)5:51 3Shortcomings (live)8:30 4A Theme In 3/4 (live)7:50 5When Love Is New (live)8:55 6My Funny Valentine (live)9:20 | Live | 2021 | |
| 2022 | Finding the Right NotesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:12:421Receipt, Please5:58 2Soft Winds7:27 3Flamenco Scetches6:12 4Bag’s Groove8:25 5Willow Weep for Me7:21 6Blues for D.P.9:43 7Doom Mood7:48 8My Man’s Gone Now6:20 9A Nice Song7:24 10Sweet Lorraine6:04 | Soundtrack | 9 August 2022 | |
| 2023 | Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live At Sweet Basil (live)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 47:531It’s About Time (live)7:27 2Art’s Song (live)5:51 3Shortcomings (live)8:30 4A Theme in 3/4 (live)7:50 5When Love Is New (live)8:55 6My Funny Valentine (live)9:20 | Live | 10 February 2023 |
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | One Day, ForeverSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:081One Day, Forever5:08 | 21 October 2022 | ||
| 2025 | Sweet, Sweet SpiritSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:401Sweet, Sweet Spirit5:40 | 5 December 2025 |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | It's About time - Live at Sweet BasilSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 21:541It's About Time (Live)7:27 2Art's Song (Live)5:57 3Shortcomings (Live)8:30 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 30 | 90.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 132 | 98.7th |
| Studio albums | 96 | 99.7th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 97 | 99.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 65 | 99.1th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette | won | |
| 2021 | The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette | won | |
| — | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jazz Quartet(band) | — | present | |
| CTI All-Stars(band) | — | present | |
| V.S.O.P.(band) | — | present | |
| Joe Henderson Sextet(band) | — | present | bass |
| Ron Carter "Golden Striker" Trio(band) | — | present | original |
| Classical Jazz Quartet(band) | — | present | bass |
| Three's Company(band) | — | present | |
| The Great Quartet(band) | — | present | |
| Ron Carter Trio(band) | — | present | |
| McCoy Tyner Quartet(band) | — | present | bass |
| Ron Carter Foursight Quartet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| The Master Trio(band) | — | present | bass,original |
| Geri Allen Trio(band) | — | present | bass |
| The Super Premium Band(band) | — | present | |
| The Riverside Jazz Stars(band) | — | present | |
| The Ron Carter Nonet(band) | — | present | |
| Frank Morgan Quartet(band) | — | present | double bass |
| The All Star Jazz Reunion(band) | — | present | |
| Charles Persip and The Jazz Statesmen(band) | — | present | |
| VSOP II(band) | — | present | bass |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ron_plays.JPGaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/57db3f59-9c58-4f68-a00e-e044666c4828discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/57db3f59-9c58-4f68-a00e-e044666c4828core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434593genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434593seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carterbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carter
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: Kku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q434593 · MusicBrainz: 57db3f59-9c58-4f68-a00e-e044666c4828
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