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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I mean, you've worked withJames Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jefferson Airplane

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

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I mean, you've worked with James Brown, Aretha Franklin,
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Jefferson Airplane.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:17
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.
I listened to you on A Tribe Called Quest records. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:06
What's the approach that you take in every situation?
- Yeah, I want whoever the band leader is, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
- Yeah, I want whoever the band leader is,
One is to wish I would come back, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:11
One is to wish I would come back,
(both laughing) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
(both laughing)
- Growing up in Detroit, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
- Growing up in Detroit,
- Well, I went away to school at Eastman School of Music - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
- 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 00:12
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 00:11
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 00:09
- 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 00:07
But when he puts that bass up, you get the idea.
Something powerful happens, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
Something powerful happens,
- [Announcer] We're gonna begin tonight with - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
- [Announcer] We're gonna begin tonight with
A native Detroiter, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
A native Detroiter,
He told me backstage it's really the no net, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
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 00:06
- He doesn't have to have a spotlight on him.
He brings the spotlight to him - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
He brings the spotlight to him
He brings the ? ?tlight to him - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
He brings the ? ?tlight to him
Watching him decipher, and watching him solve problems. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
Watching him decipher, and watching him solve problems.