![]() “He couldn’t play this passage anymore and he started bawling like a little baby. Miller kept trying but eventually took his hands away from the keys and began to sob. Prior to the stroke, Mulgrew would rip it off like it was nothing, but after the stroke his facility had somewhat dwindled.” “Mulgrew got to a fast passage in that tune that was written for the piano. “We were at the soundcheck and going over a tune we had played countless times,” Malone recalls, his voice cracking with emotion. Miller joined the tour after recuperating from a stroke. In describing Carter’s humanity and gentleness toward others, Malone recalls a performance with his band in Istanbul, along with a dazzling young pianist, the late Mulgrew Miller. ![]() Now, having said that, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a great sense of humor. “Don’t come to Ron with any bullshit or foolishness on or off the bandstand. “He’s a no-nonsense guy,” Malone says affectionately of his relationship with Carter. Jazz guitarist Russell Malone knows the various sides of Carter well, having toured with him on and off since 1995. Jazz star Jon Batiste and “Finding the Right Notes” director-producer Peter Schnall flank Ron Carter My job, once I understand what they are trying to do, is ‘Can I help their dream come true? Can I help make their record into something that they couldn’t do if I wasn’t there?’” Now, why do they decide that? I don’t care. But somehow, they decide that this jazz bass player will be good for our record. “In New York there are always great bass players available for their projects. “I am always amazed that I am on such a variety of music,” Carter says. Aretha Franklin, A Tribe Called Quest, Paul Simon, Jefferson Airplane, Roberta Flack and Erykah Badu are among the many artists who collaborated with him for recordings. He makes every musical situation and every musician around him better.”Īlthough he makes no qualms about being first and foremost a jazz musician, Carter’s sound has been sought out by a who’s-who of music. “We are talking about a musician who has not only performed with thousands of musicians across the widest possible swath of modern music for almost seven decades now, but what he has brought to those endless encounters has, without fail, altered the musical results forcefully and without exception to the better. “It is hard to overstate that range,” Metheny says. Carter,” Metheny says, hailing his “incredible legacy and range,” as well as his humanity. “There is no musician on the planet at the moment that is more important than Mr. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny believes Carter has set a distinguished path in music that is worthy of global applause. That is part of the greatness of Ron Carter.” And that is, in itself, a process of creativity… Moment to moment, things change, and we all react to things going on around us. “We can take something that is written on a page and modify it as we see fit in the moment. “It’s a joy to be able to present that which you have created, because we are improvisors,” Hancock continues. He loves to perform for and interact with human beings.” “He is so giving and will do anything for you. ![]() “Ron Carter is like a blood brother to me,” Hancock says. That style of playing helped pushed both into musical territories unknown at the time. When they started playing together in Davis’ group, Carter stood out because of his instant ability to develop into a musician who showed no fear of throwing off the band by trying something new. ![]() Praised around the world for his musicianship, ingenuity and innovation, Hancock tells Variety that a comprehensive film exploration of Carter’s extraordinary life was well overdue. It is as important as the cow to the milk, so to speak.” Gelatin keeps the water in the bowl and keeps the water thick. It’s just like having Jell-O without the gelatin. The order of the notes does a lot of things coming in the form of a song coming in the form of chord progressions coming in the form of developing skills. “Notes are very important to what we do,” Carter explains. The title of the Carter’s documentary is a tailored fit to his approach to art, and to his life in general, he says. ![]() Only in his mid-20s at the time, Carter’s work with Davis helped push jazz forward, along with the piano wizardry of a young Herbie Hancock, the late drum prodigy Tony Williams and the sublime tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Ron Carter at work at New York’s Bass Hit Recording StudioĬarter’s meteoric rise began in the early 1960s with one of the most legendary ensembles in the history of genre: the second Miles Davis Quintet. ![]()
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