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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

I had something in my head and I was trying to work it out, and he trusted myjudgment...

I had something in my head and I was trying to work it out, and he trusted my
judgment implicitly

Full Transcript

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I had something in my head
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and I was trying to work it out,
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and he trusted my judgment implicitly.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:52
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.
- The second great Miles Davis Quintet - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
- The second great Miles Davis Quintet
And if you look at the way they were built, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
And if you look at the way they were built,
- Ron is a very solid person. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
- Ron is a very solid person.
It would be like the cornerstone - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
It would be like the cornerstone
It's perfect for a bass player to be solid, like Ron is. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
It's perfect for a bass player to be solid, like Ron is...
- To me, jazz represents America in so many ways. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
- To me, jazz represents America in so many ways.
Jazz is complicated, but it's also simple. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
Jazz is complicated, but it's also simple.
Jazz is arrogant, it's down to Earth. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
Jazz is arrogant, it's down to Earth.
Jazz is all of the things that America is - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
Jazz is all of the things that America is
- The beautiful thing about jazz and maybe about all music - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:12
- The beautiful thing about jazz and maybe about all music
I was born in New York City in Harlem, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
I was born in New York City in Harlem,
Duke Ellington lived right next door. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
Duke Ellington lived right next door.
Coleman Hawkins, my idol, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
Coleman Hawkins, my idol,
Eventually clubs began opening downtown - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
Eventually clubs began opening downtown
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Billy Holiday. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Billy Holiday.
They all played on 52nd street, including myself. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
They all played on 52nd street, including myself.
I remember we did a tour in the 1970s. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
I remember we did a tour in the 1970s.
All the great players have an individual sound. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
All the great players have an individual sound.
You can identify Ron, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
You can identify Ron,
- Are you surprised they took that? (laughing) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
- Are you surprised they took that? (laughing)