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Dubbed the "bassist of the 20th century", Ron Carter is, according to his biography, credited on over two thousand recordings, the most famous of which are the sessions with Miles Davis between 1963 and 1968. Trained at the Eastman School (Detroit) and the Manhattan School (New York), the double bassist started out with Eric Dolphy in Chico Hamilton's band, before joining Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderley and Art Farmer. After collaborating with Thelonious Monk and Jaki Byard and recording several albums as a leader, he went on to make his mark in the legendary Miles Davis quintet, alongside Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams. Strengthened by this illustrious patronage, Ron Carter multiplied his sessions, albums and group adventures with the New York Jazz Quartet and V.S.O.P. In 1986, he appeared in the film Round Midnight with the Milestone Jazzstars. Ultra-prolific, he did session after session for Atlantic, CTI, Milestone, Timeless, Emarcy, Elektra, Concord or Blue Note, and left a varied and variable body of recordings, fromTelephone with Jim Hall (1984) to tributes to Oscar Pettiford(Stardust, 2002), Miles Davis(Dear Miles, 2006) or big bands(Great Big Band, 2011).
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