Results for "Ron Carter"

Telepathy

By Ron Carter

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing:

Disc One:Bag's Groove; All The Things You Are; Blue Monk; New Waltz; Down From Antigua; Summer Night; St. Thomas; Embraceable You; Laverne Walk; Baubles; Bangles And Beads. (Total Time: 58:44)

Disc Two:Introduction; Telephone; Indian Summer; Candlelight; Chorale And Dance; Alone Together; Stardust; Two's Blues. (Total Time: 43:39)

Anything Goes (24-Bit Remastering, Kudu Best 12 series)

By Ron Carter

Label: Kudu
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Anything Goes (Cole Porter) 5:24 2. De Samba (Ron Carter) 5:49 3. Baretta’s Theme (Dave Grusin / Morgan Ames) 5:06 4. Can’t Give You Anything (Hugo Peretti / Luigi Creatore / George David Weiss) 5:10 5. Quarto Azul (Ron Carter) 6:55 6. Big Fro (Ron Carter) 5:06

Classical Jazz Quartet: Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"

by Jim Santella
December 1, 2001

Like the Modern Jazz Quartet, the foursome on this new release folds visions of great classical music into a mainstream jazz setting. Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet has always provided special holiday vibes for the holidays. This year, Bob Belden's musical arrangements have put a new spin on it; still leaving a lot of space for veteran improvisation. ...

Ron Carter: Pick 'Em/Super Strings

by Derek Taylor
August 1, 2001

Ron Carter’s place in the preeminent line of master jazz bassists is unassailable. Possessing a gargantuan technique he’s been a prominent bandleader and session man since his start in the late 1950s. Where he’s come under justifiable critical fire over the years is in his at times lamentable choice of projects. The two Milestone dates gathered ...

Ron Carter and Jim Hall: Telepathy

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2001

Duo music as important as that of Haydn and Mozart. Telepathy is the union on compact disc of two Ron Carter/Jim Hall live collaborations. Live at the Village Gate (Concord 4245, 1984) comprises the first disc of this two-disc set, while Telephone (Concord 4270, 1985) comprises the second. Collectively, Telepathy offers a seamless look a to ...

Ron Carter: When Skies Are Grey

by Michael Fortuna
July 1, 2001

The album cover for Ron Carter's When Skies Are Grey shows the jazz bassist contemplatively looking up toward an overcast New York City sky.Perhaps the title is in reference to how Carter felt during the recording sessions because his wife had died the week before. He attended funeral services over that weekend and came ...

Ron Carter: When Skies Are Grey...

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 1, 2001

Sometimes knowing the whole story can enhance the appreciation of a work of art. In the case of When Skies Are Grey..., the death of Carter's wife around the same time as the recording session helped make the disc a tangible example of the human spirit overcoming adversity. Far from the gloomy state that its title ...

Ron Carter: When Skies Are Grey...

by Jim Santella
February 1, 2001

While a Latin jazz element is his focus for this project, veteran Ron Carter’s recordings always hold the mainstream of jazz in high regard. A quiet session that swings, the bassist’s latest album swirls through the tradition with a light conga tinge. Bob Freedman’s intricate arrangements place the bassist in roles ranging from opening obbligato to ...

Ron Carter: When Skies Are Grey

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2001

Ron Carter's expansive interests long have included investigations into the nature of Latin music, and then the recording of his own interpretations of it. Fusing his legendary experience as a bassist extraordinaire with the rhythmic displacements and variety of Latin music, Carter's seeming ease and his statesman-like approach to the instrument have made the music accessible ...

Magnificent!

By Barry Harris

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Bean and the Boys; You Sweet and Fancy Lady; Rouge; Ah-Leu-Cha; Just Open Your Heart; Sun Dance; These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You); Dexterity.