"The first time that Ron Carter came out to San Francisco in 1961 he was so green that he sought advice from a more experienced colleague about how to survive on the road. A recent graduate from the Eastman School of Music, the bassist was in his early 20s and rapidly gaining attention as one of the most important and dependably inspired new players on the New York City jazz scene."
"Returning to the Bay Area for a four-concert SFJAZZ Center run Sept. 17-20, Carter is on the far side of a career that shows he learned those self-care lessons well. At 88, he's far more than the most recorded bassist in jazz, with some 2,300 albums to his credit. Named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 1998, Carter was the crucial center of gravity that kept trumpeter Miles Davis's epochal quintet orbiting together as they recalibrated the possibilities of group interplay from 1964-68."
Ron Carter began touring in 1961 and sought practical road-advice from colleague Carmen McRae about advances, laundry and meals. He graduated from Eastman and rose rapidly as a vital, inspired young bassist in New York's jazz scene. Carter toured with Bobby Timmons's trio and later anchored Miles Davis's quintet during a pivotal 1964–68 period, reshaping group interplay. At 88, Carter has appeared on roughly 2,300 albums and received NEA Jazz Master honors. He has taught at Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music and remains an active performer with recent SFJAZZ Center appearances.
Read at The Mercury News
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