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Ron Carter: Little Waltz (1977) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Having two bass players in a band is like having two spouses -- friction and fireworks are almost inevitable. Duke E...

Ron Carter: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

How many different ways can a bass player handle a ballad in 4/4 time? Listen to this track and you will find Ron Ca...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Ron Carter: Tamalpais (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

Ron Carter and this great ensemble assay Oscar Pettiford's composition with the kind of élan and impeccable verve we'...

Ron Carter: Seven Steps to Heaven (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

Victor Feldman's stint with Miles Davis was little more than a one-night stand (although his ballad accompaniment on ...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Ron Carter: Someday My Prince Will Come (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 01, 07

Ron Carter's ensembles often bring a wry sense of humor to their performances. This song is especially susceptible t...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Ron Carter (with Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams): Third Plane (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Ron Carter served as sideman on so many Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams sessions, and now he brings his stalwart col...

Jim Hall & Ron Carter: Alone Together (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 04, 08

The very title to the song and CD -- "Alone Together" -- promises an intimate duet. And the two musicians in questi...

Ron Carter (with Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams): Lawra (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

You could hardly imagine a simpler composition -- a repeated two-note figure, with a syncopated displace- ment in bar...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

Ron Carter: Cubano Chant (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 14, 08

This jazz standard from the Fifties gets the Ron Carter treatment, and it couldn't be in better hands. It's great to ...

Ron Carter: Tambien Conocido Como (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

I remember seeing this band at San Francisco's Keystone Korner around the time the Piccolo LP was released, and can s...

Ron Carter: Stella by Starlight (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

This is all bass, from beginning to end. Carter takes the melody, stretches out for a lengthy solo and handles the r...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Benny Carter: Central City Sketches (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

Benny Carter was six months shy of his 80th birthday when he debuted this extended composition at a "standing room on...

Eric Dolphy: Out There (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 09, 09

For his second album for Prestige, Eric Dolphy added Ron Carter to his group. The instrumentation of the group was s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

McCoy Tyner & John Scofield: Mr. P.C. (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 23, 08

McCoy Tyner has often returned to songs from his stint in the legendary John Coltrane Quartet. However, this Coltran...

Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Funkallero (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

In this rare studio encounter between two of the era's most lyrical and romantic improvisers, we find an uncharacteri...

Eric Dolphy: Bird's Mother (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

“Far Cry” is from a special record, Far Cry, by Eric Dolphy and Booker Little. The first time I played this tune, I w...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 CLASSIC JAKI BYARD TRACKS

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Junior Mance: Happy Time (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 08, 09

Julian C. Mance, Jr., better known as Junior Mance, was the pianist in Cannonball Adderley's first quintet in 1956-57...

Rosa Passos: Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Brazilian vocalist Rosa Passos teams with Ron Carter, whose longstanding affiliation with bossa nova makes for a memo...

McCoy Tyner: My Romance (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Tyner's style has mellowed with the passing years, and at time he floats over the changes rather than (as he might ha...

Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

Miles Davis, artwork by Michael Symonds When Miles Davis added Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams to h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

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