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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

They assured me thatif I came to New York, that New York always lookedfor a good bass...

They assured me that
if I came to New York, that New York always looked
for a good bass player

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They assured me that if I came to New York,
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that New York always looked for a good bass player.
Duration
7 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:17
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 hadn't given up on the classical world - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
I hadn't given up on the classical world
The school would hire - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:07
The school would hire
The spring of my graduation year - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
The spring of my graduation year
He said, you know, I'd like to take you - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:11
He said, you know, I'd like to take you
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,