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The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons.

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(upbeat jazz music) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(upbeat jazz music)

My personal experience with Ron - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

My personal experience with Ron

I was going to hear the
great pianist Mulgrew Miller, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I was going to hear the great pianist Mulgrew Miller,

(jazz chords) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- [Jon] He probably
does that once a week - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- [Jon] He probably does that once a week

(energetic jazz music) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(energetic jazz music)

- Icon, hero, provocative, profound.

- That's why I'm so
expensive. (laughing) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- That's why I'm so expensive. (laughing)

- He's a brother
who demands respect, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- He's a brother who demands respect,

- My favorite thing is trying
to find the right notes - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- My favorite thing is trying to find the right notes

You has to find out what sound - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

You has to find out what sound

That when people hear
this note or these notes, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

That when people hear this note or these notes,

(exciting jazz music) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(exciting jazz music)

- If you go back in jazz
history, eventually somewhere, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- If you go back in jazz history, eventually somewhere,

How can you have
an interest in jazz - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

How can you have an interest in jazz

He's in the Guinness
Book of World Records - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He's in the Guinness Book of World Records

- Every bass player today, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Every bass player today,

- These are ones
where I'm the leader - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- These are ones where I'm the leader

Me and Bill Frisell and
Eric Gale, me and Bach. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Me and Bill Frisell and Eric Gale, me and Bach.

- Thousands and thousands
and thousands of people - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Thousands and thousands and thousands of people

? So long baby - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

? Killing me softly - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

? Killing me softly

? Will not be televised - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

? Will not be televised

? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

? Yes, my man Ron
Carter is on the bass ? - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

? Yes, my man Ron Carter is on the bass ?

Next May will be
my 80th birthday. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Next May will be my 80th birthday.

Celebrate that 80th year. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Celebrate that 80th year.

I'm thinking, what are you
gonna do with this day? - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I'm thinking, what are you gonna do with this day?

Right now, as of this
day, that's okay. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Right now, as of this day, that's okay.

I mean, you've worked with
James Brown, Aretha Franklin, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I mean, you've worked with James Brown, Aretha Franklin...

I listened to you on A
Tribe Called Quest records. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I listened to you on A Tribe Called Quest records.

And also you've played with
the great jazz musicians - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And also you've played with the great jazz musicians

What's the approach that
you take in every situation? - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

What's the approach that you take in every situation?

- Yeah, I want whoever
the band leader is, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Yeah, I want whoever the band leader is,

One is to wish I
would come back, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

One is to wish I would come back,

(both laughing) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(both laughing)

- Growing up in Detroit, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Growing up in Detroit,

- Well, I went away to school
at Eastman School of Music - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Well, I went away to school at Eastman School of Music

And my last year, my
senior year of 1958, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And my last year, my senior year of 1958,

Man, there's some feeling that
the vibe was not conducive - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Man, there's some feeling that the vibe was not conduci...

- Because of its quietness,
because of his personality, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Because of its quietness, because of his personality,

But when he puts that
bass up, you get the idea. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

But when he puts that bass up, you get the idea.

Something powerful happens, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Something powerful happens,

- [Announcer] We're
gonna begin tonight with - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- [Announcer] We're gonna begin tonight with

A native Detroiter, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

A native Detroiter,

He told me backstage
it's really the no net, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He told me backstage it's really the no net,

- He doesn't have to
have a spotlight on him. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- He doesn't have to have a spotlight on him.

He brings the spotlight to him - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He brings the spotlight to him

He brings the ? ?tlight to him - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He brings the ? ?tlight to him

Watching him decipher, and
watching him solve problems. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Watching him decipher, and watching him solve problems.

He's so deliberate and
he's in the moment, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He's so deliberate and he's in the moment,

And he's building a
direction when he plays, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And he's building a direction when he plays,

Every part of it, all of that
happening at the same time. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Every part of it, all of that happening at the same time.

(audience applauding) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(audience applauding)

Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock,
Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams.

- It was the beginning
of the famous quintet, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- It was the beginning of the famous quintet,

- I got the feeling that
Miles was just looking - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- I got the feeling that Miles was just looking

And we were like
the new young guns, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And we were like the new young guns,

- Miles was interested
in one thing, music. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Miles was interested in one thing, music.

Miles liked Ron
because of his music. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Miles liked Ron because of his music.

He had that thing which
Miles needed, wanted to hear. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He had that thing which Miles needed, wanted to hear.

- Playing with Ron, that was
like one of the dreams I had. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Playing with Ron, that was like one of the dreams I had.

Everybody knew he would be
like the next guy in line - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Everybody knew he would be like the next guy in line

- One of the questions
I'm always asked is, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- One of the questions I'm always asked is,

I can't just talk about that, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I can't just talk about that,

My view of a not too
complicated explanation - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

My view of a not too complicated explanation

In this laboratory,
there's a head chemist - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

In this laboratory, there's a head chemist

And we struck gold
several times. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And we struck gold several times.

(audience applauding) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(audience applauding)

What I gravitated towards
was this forward motion - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

What I gravitated towards was this forward motion

This is where I wanna
go, very dominant. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

This is where I wanna go, very dominant.

And they go through
working through this song. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And they go through working through this song.

And it's just an interesting way - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And it's just an interesting way

- Inspiration was
just kind of flowing. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Inspiration was just kind of flowing.

- The unity was so strong. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- The unity was so strong.

The freedom of being able
to explore new territories, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

The freedom of being able to explore new territories,

- And it was just building
and growing and growing, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- And it was just building and growing and growing,

(upbeat jazz music) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

(upbeat jazz music)

- All those stories about
his behavior toward people, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- All those stories about his behavior toward people,

- When you think about
the drug culture, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- When you think about the drug culture,

- Whatever behavior he had, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- Whatever behavior he had,

So all these rumors
about his behavior, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

So all these rumors about his behavior,

- To hear Ron Carter say that
he didn't see any of that. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- To hear Ron Carter say that he didn't see any of that...

He was married, he
had a couple kids, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He was married, he had a couple kids,

Years later, when Miles
went through a down period, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Years later, when Miles went through a down period,

It was that kind of
commitment he had to Miles - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

It was that kind of commitment he had to Miles

- When I was about
seven or eight, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

- When I was about seven or eight,

My dad was over there
and he says, ah, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

My dad was over there and he says, ah,

He understood that I was trying
to play a certain fashion. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He understood that I was trying to play a certain fashion.

I had something in my head - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I had something in my head

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The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons.

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