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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

My dad was over thereand he says, ah, Ron Jr., your dad tellsme you're playing trumpet

My dad was over there
and he says, ah, Ron Jr., your dad tells
me you're playing trumpet

Full Transcript

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My dad was over there and he says, ah,
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Ron Jr., your dad tells me you're playing trumpet.
Duration
6 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:31
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.
He understood that I was trying to play a certain fashion. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
He understood that I was trying to play a certain fashion.
I had something in my head - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
I had something in my head
- 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.