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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

Conversations with Christian." I'm your host Christian McBride, and we are here at...

Welcome to "The Lowdown:
Conversations with Christian." I'm your host Christian McBride, and we are here at the
National Jazz Museum in Harlem

Full Transcript

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Welcome to "The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian."
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I'm your host Christian McBride,
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and we are here at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:59
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.
Will you please welcome to The Lowdown, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
Will you please welcome to The Lowdown,
You were made official in the Guinness Book of World Records - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:10
You were made official in the Guinness Book of World Records
The number is 2,221. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
The number is 2,221.
- If you don't mind, let's let's go back to the beginning. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
- If you don't mind, let's let's go back to t...
- So at some point when I was 11 or so, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
- So at some point when I was 11 or so,
And on this table were these instruments, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
And on this table were these instruments,
And so now pick an instrument and we'll make this - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
And so now pick an instrument and we'll make this
And the cello seemed to be something that was easiest - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
And the cello seemed to be something that was easiest
Ultimately I got pretty good at it, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
Ultimately I got pretty good at it,
And I noticed that the orchestra, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
And I noticed that the orchestra,
So I went and looked around - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
So I went and looked around
So my solution is really uncomplicated. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
So my solution is really uncomplicated.
- [Christian] One of the first songs I ever learned of yours - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:09
- [Christian] One of the first songs I ever learned of yours
You said the bass player is the quarterback in any band. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
You said the bass player is the quarterback in any band.
- Would you mind elucidating. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
- Would you mind elucidating.
(audience laughing) - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:05
(audience laughing)
- One of the more knotty questions that we get asked, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:12
- One of the more knotty questions that we get asked,
What kind of bothers me though, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:14
What kind of bothers me though,
No one asks them, what makes Beethoven so great. - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:06
No one asks them, what makes Beethoven so great.
- I want to ask, just on the record, - Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes 00:08
- I want to ask, just on the record,