Ron Carter

Biography by: Viviana Ceja

Early life
➢ Born May 4, 1937

➢ Born in Ferndale, Michigan

➢ Full name: Ronald Levin

Carter
Childhood
➢ Began to play cello at 10 years old

➢ Switched to bass at Cass Tech High

School

➢ Was one of many students aspiring

to be musicians in Detroit public

schools
Education
➢ Earned a B.A in music from

the Eastman School of music

➢ Earned Master's degree in

music from the Manhattan

School of Music
Growth in Music Career
➢ Played bass w/ Chico Hamilton in 1959

➢ First recorded appearances on Hamilton

Alumnus Eric Dolphy's Out There recorded

August 15, 1960 (on cello)

➢ October 1960 - recorded How time passes

➢ June 20, 1961 - recorded Where? (first album

as a leader)
Performance Clip
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Success
➢ Member of the second Miles Davis

Quintet (mid 60s)

○ Appeared on album Seven Steps to

Heaven

➢ Performed for Blue note (1960s)

➢ 1970s - member of the New york Jazz

Quartet
Interesting Facts
➢ He has 2,221 individual recording

credits to his name

➢ Still an active bass player

➢ Is a Professor Emeritus in New York

(teaching for 20 years) he received an

honorary doctorate from the Berklee

College of Music in spring 2005.

Legacy
➢ He’s the most recorded jazz bassist

in history

➢ He continues to record w/young

musicians such as Stephan Scott

and Lewis Nash

Work Cited

➢ “Ron Carter” .Arts.Gov, 1937,

https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/ron-carter. Accessed 19
Jan 2022.
➢ ‘Ron Carter - Wikipedia’. En. Wikipedia. Org, 2022,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carter. Accessed 19 Jan
2022.