The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) has announced that NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bandleader and maestro of the bass, and ace bassist Corcoran Holt will serve as the 2024 DC Jazz Festival’s Artists-In-Residence. A 3-time Grammy winner and 5-time nominee, Ron Carter holds the...
Ron Carter brings The Golden Striker Trio, Great Big Band and Foursight Quartet to Birdland for his October residency… NEA Jazz Master and bass virtuoso Ron...
A Conversation with Mr. Ron Carter By David C. Gross and Tom Semioli… An icon of the instrument, a jazz giant, and an insightful educator –...
Ron Carter’s Cartography… If you have been under a rock you have probably never heard of Mr. Ron Carter however, I am betting that whether you...
I hope that you can enjoy this and learn a lot about great BASS LINES! This month, we will be covering: Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe Island: Artist:...
String Instrument Setups: 10 Setups That Will Make Your Instrument Louder, Better and Easier to Play Every bass player, upright or electric, is on a lifelong...
Author Mikko Nurmi’s new book The Art of Ron Carter offers a detailed look at the basslines of the great Ron Carter. The book is a...
Review of Red Hot + Bach with Ron Carter on Double Bass… I love music, I always have and always will. Listening to “Red Hot +...
Red Hot + Bach Features Ron Carter on Cello Suite #1… The creators of Red Hot + Bach embrace Bach as a living artistic force, as real and as...
The Sorcerer – A Bass Transcription by Alex Wilkerson… This transcription comes from a Herbie Hancock composition entitled “The Sorcerer”. It can be found on Herbie’s album:...
Interview with Bassist Ron Carter – There will be few if any readers that don’t know the name Ron Carter. If you went to Webster’s dictionary and...