A sampling of some of the MANY fine recordings the famous bass player has appeared on, plus a few of his own recordings.
The online Lord jazz discography (www.lordisco.com) has over 1200 entries (sessions) for Ron Carter; the Guinness Book of Records says over 2200. I am inclined to go with the discography, not that it matters much.
| Bass Duet Ron Carter (w/George Duvivier) - Where? (1961) |
| Two's Blues Jim Hall - Concierto (1975) |
| Heart & Soul Ron Carter & Cedar Walton - Heart & Soul (1981) |
| Celestial Blues (Andy Bey vcl) Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Harlem Bush Music - Uhuru (1970) |
| Oops! It was only after this show was recorded and submitted for airing that I realized Ron Carter could not have been the bass player on the 1956 Rollins tune, as he only started recording in 1960. So I don't know where that came from. Oh well, at least it's a cool track. |
| St. Thomas Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956) |
| Evil Eye Chico Hamilton - The Further Adventures Of El Chico (1966) |
| Sophisticated Lady Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead (1968) |
| You Got To Pay James Moody - The Blues & Other Colors (1969) |
| Juba Dance Bobby Hutcherson - Components (1965) |
| Where? Ron Carter (cello) - Where? |
| I'm Just A Lucky So And So (YL oboe, RC cello) Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef (1960 |
| Thirteen (RC, cello) Mal Waldron - The Quest (1961) |
| The Baron (RC cello) Eric Dolphy - Out There (1960) |
| Arboretum Ron Carter - Etudes (1982) |
| Jive Hoot Bob Brookmeyer - Bob Brookmeyer & Friends (1964) |
| Not For Beginners McCoy Tyner - 44th Street Suite (1991) |
| Suicide Is Painless Paul Desmond - Pure Desmond (1975) |
| Mighty Fine Joey Baron - Down Home (1997) |
| Stoned Soul Picnic Roy Ayers - Stoned Soul Picnic (1968) |
| I Think I'll Call It Morning Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man (1971) |
| Verses From The Abstract A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991) |
| Where Flamingos Fly Gil Evans - Out Of The Cool (1960) |
| Left Alone Eric Dolphy w/Booker Little - Far Cry (1961) |
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Thanks for doing this Bruce. So hard to choose songs... you could do this show 100 ways
9:43 PM, May 4th, 2022