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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

And at 18, when he wasready to go to college, the colleges werenot ready to accept African...

And at 18, when he was
ready to go to college, the colleges were
not ready to accept African American
males doing anything but sweeping the
floor occasionally

Full Transcript

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And at 18, when he was ready to go to college,
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the colleges were not ready to accept
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African American males doing anything
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but sweeping the floor occasionally.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:36:08
Uploaded
Mar 15, 2025
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons.
But I watched him raise a family of six girls and two boys - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
But I watched him raise a family of six girls and two boys
I watched him make sure that the kids - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
I watched him make sure that the kids
That started me wanting to be the best I can be - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
That started me wanting to be the best I can be
(sentimental string music) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
(sentimental string music)
You know, when I pick up a record, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:11
You know, when I pick up a record,
I don't often look through my recordings and when I do, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:13
I don't often look through my recordings and when I do,
All the Miles and all the Art Farmers - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
All the Miles and all the Art Farmers
I mean I've had great times playing with those guys, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
I mean I've had great times playing with those guys,
But they, as I say, they left the concert. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
But they, as I say, they left the concert.
- There's so many of my favorites who have just, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
- There's so many of my favorites who have just,
- My friends who can't hear this in real life, real time, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:26
- My friends who can't hear this in real life, real tim...
My students who have now time on their hands, so to speak. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
My students who have now time on their hands, so to speak.
- [Ron] Have recommended that I go on YouTube - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
- [Ron] Have recommended that I go on YouTube
- [Ron] Yeah, and I realize that these records, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
- [Ron] Yeah, and I realize that these records,
I played the other day, Miles' "Kind of Blue." - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
I played the other day, Miles' "Kind of Blue."...
I just can't believe that - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
I just can't believe that
New York City, the country's epicenter of the outbreak, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
New York City, the country's epicenter of the outbreak,
I just wanna have people when they walk in - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
I just wanna have people when they walk in
All I gotta do is find the corresponding music - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
All I gotta do is find the corresponding music
To have just about two years off, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
To have just about two years off,