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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

He said, you know,I'd like to take you to my orchestra down in Texas, but the Board of...

He said, you know,
I'd like to take you to my orchestra down in Texas, but the Board of Directors are not ready to
hire a colored boy, and I was stunned

Full Transcript

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He said, you know, I'd like to take you
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to my orchestra down in Texas,
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but the Board of Directors
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are not ready to hire a colored boy,
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and I was stunned.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:54
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.
So in a sense, I'm in the jazz community, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
So in a sense, I'm in the jazz community,
Well I think that's kind of enough, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
Well I think that's kind of enough,
During those days, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
During those days,
The state trooper had stopped my car - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
The state trooper had stopped my car
And he didn't give us a ticket, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:13
And he didn't give us a ticket,
- Ron has shared with me in general, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:19
- Ron has shared with me in general,
You know, it had to be just like a kick in the face, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:13
You know, it had to be just like a kick in the face,
But simply because you had the wrong paint job, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
But simply because you had the wrong paint job,
- I mean, if you think about the Miles Davis Quintet, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:19
- I mean, if you think about the Miles Davis Quintet,
- I never thought about what it was like - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:17
- I never thought about what it was like
I'm doing it at a - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
I'm doing it at a
- It really makes me appreciate someone like Ron Carter, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:11
- It really makes me appreciate someone like Ron Carter,
He's not wanting to curse everyone before him - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
He's not wanting to curse everyone before him
- At the time I wrote this piece, I was involved - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
- At the time I wrote this piece, I was involved
And of course my imagination said, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:17
And of course my imagination said,
There all had numbers like this stamped across it, you know, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:17
There all had numbers like this stamped across it, you know,
If you get that train, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
If you get that train,
There may have been a train number called 117. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
There may have been a train number called 117.
How he grew up, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
How he grew up,
For Blacks at that time to make it through, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
For Blacks at that time to make it through,