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Ron Carter

Composer | * 05/04/1937 (86) | Ferndale (United States of America (USA))
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument. Some of his studio albums as a leader include: Blues Farm (1973), All Blues (1973), Spanish Blue (1974), Anything Goes (1975), Yellow & Green (1976), Pastels (1976), Piccolo (1977), Third Plane (1977), Peg Leg (1978), A Song for You (1978), Etudes (1982), The Golden Striker (2003), Dear Miles (2006), and Ron Carter's Great Big Band (2011). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | Drama

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In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experienc ...

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

FSK: 16+ years

1992 | 3.7/5 | 2h 15min
Drama, Mystery, Horror
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During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then co ...

What Happens in Vegas

FSK: 6+ years

2008 | 3.0/5 | 1h 39min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decade ...

House of Gucci

FSK: 12+ years

2021 | 3.3/5 | 2h 37min
Drama, History, Crime
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Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him. ...

Bird

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1988 | 3.5/5 | 2h 41min
Drama, Music
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Awards & Nominations for Ron Carter

The Order of The Rising Sun, Gold Rays With Rosette Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ NEA Jazz Masters
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Movies with Ron Carter as Actor(13)

as himself2023 Elis & Tom
as himself2022 Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
as himself2020 Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
as himself2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as himself2018 It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
as Jazz Trio Member2008 What Happens in Vegas
as himself2004 One Night with Blue Note
as himself2001 The Miles Davis Story
as himself1997 Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
as himself1997 Jazz '34
as Hey-Hey Club Musician: Bass1996 Kansas City
as Self - Bass Player1995 Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
as himself1994 Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

Movies with Ron Carter as Crew(5)

Sound/Original Music Composer1999 The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Sound/Musician1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Beatrice
Sound/Music1987 A Gathering of Old Men
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Desperate Characters

Full Name: Ronald Levin Carter
Born: Tuesday, 05/04 1937 (May) in Ferndale (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 86 years + 348 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Cass Technical High School, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music
Employer: Juilliard School
Member of: The Great Jazz Trio
Record Label: Blue Note, Milestone, Chesky Records, In + Out Records, Whaling City Sound, CTI Records
Spouses (current/former): Janet Carter
Children: Myles Carter
Other names for Ron Carter (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ronald Levin Carter"
Ron Carter frequently works together with these people:
David Lynch (7x, Crew)
Herbie Hancock (6x, Actor)
Stanley Nelson (5x, Crew)
Robert Altman (4x, Crew)
Angelo Badalamenti (4x, Crew)
Mark Frost (3x, Crew)
Frank D. Gilroy (3x, Crew)
Joshua Redman (3x, Actor)
Wayne Shorter (3x, Actor)
Lee Konitz (3x, Cast)
Rafael Veríssimo (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:620605, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024