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No one asks them, what makes Beethoven so great
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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

No one asks them, whatmakes Beethoven so great

No one asks them, what
makes Beethoven so great

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No one asks them, what makes Beethoven so great.
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00:27:12
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Mar 15, 2025
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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 want to ask, just on the record, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
- I want to ask, just on the record,
Studied the music, studied the form, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
Studied the music, studied the form,
- The first thing is I understand what note choices I have. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
- The first thing is I understand what note choices I have.
- You know, so when I see a chord that says F, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
- You know, so when I see a chord that says F,
Now what I'm seeing is FAC, FAC, FAC, FAC, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
Now what I'm seeing is FAC, FAC, FAC, FAC,
- Now multiply that times a thirty-two bar tune, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
- Now multiply that times a thirty-two bar tune,
Some of 'em aren't always great, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
Some of 'em aren't always great,
- Russ Davis here at the Detroit Jazz Festival, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
- Russ Davis here at the Detroit Jazz Festival,
And who should I be sitting with, but Detroit's own, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
And who should I be sitting with, but Detroit's own,
- Four days of this festival playing with the nonet, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
- Four days of this festival playing with the nonet,
- We're on the 70th floor of a massive building - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:12
- We're on the 70th floor of a massive building
- For me, it's an important view - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
- For me, it's an important view
- [Speaker] To open a festival with the Ron Carter Nonet - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:11
- [Speaker] To open a festival with the Ron Carter Nonet
- [Speaker] And to that end, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:12
- [Speaker] And to that end,
In the 60s, the late 60s, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:11
In the 60s, the late 60s,
One thing I knew, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
One thing I knew,
Ron Carter, he put the tuxedo on all my recordings. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
Ron Carter, he put the tuxedo on all my recordings.
He dressed me up, and I started hearing that from people. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
He dressed me up, and I started hearing that from people.
- Someone said, I shouldn't be afraid to hear the tributes. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
- Someone said, I shouldn't be afraid to hear the tribu...
However, I think my thought is, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
However, I think my thought is,