""I'm starting to travel and I'm not quite sure how to do this, he recalled on a recent video call. How to get an advance. Laundry. Meals. Just details. I've got these big-time gigs with big-time people, and they expect me to be in step. Carmen was a dear friend of mine, and she gave me some things to think about, and I took those things to heart.""
""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. A scarce presence in the Bay Area over the past decade, he last performed here in 2023 at SFJAZZ Center in a one-off duo concert with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.""
Ron Carter started touring in 1961 as a young bassist who sought practical advice on advances, laundry and meals from vocalist Carmen McRae. He adopted those habits and built an expansive career. At 88, he has appeared on about 2,300 albums and earned the NEA Jazz Master honor in 1998. He served as the anchoring bassist in Miles Davis's quintet from 1964 to 1968, helping redefine group interplay. He has held teaching posts at major conservatories including Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music. He continues to perform, including recent concerts at the SFJAZZ Center.
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