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Ron Carter has long been one of the most in-demand bassists, a talented player in both jazz and classical music.

Sunday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., many of the most notable figures in jazz looked toward the future and celebrated the storied past.

ArtistShare 2009 The new biography of bassist Ron Carter possesses everything one could desire: an introduction by noted jazz writer Nat Hentoff, a judicious discography, copious photographs and a stream of well-researched facts and anecdotes about Carter and his 50+ years as a professional musician.

SOURCE: From Riches to Ragtime: Peter Cobb After a year in New York, I can say with confidence that a free lunch is hard to find.

Join us this Friday, September 25th for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview and performance session with legendary bassist Ron Carter with special guest Russell Malone .

Plus Bonus Dvd - Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe '67 - Only Video Of This Group Ever Commercially Released All Albums - Most Recent Expanded Editions Of '90s And '00s With Bonus Material, Others Heard In Original Form - Packaged In Japanese Style Mini-Lp Cd And Double-Cd Jackets, ...

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes Dan Ouellette Paperback; 435 pages ISBN: 978-0-615-26526-1 ArtistShare 2009 Songwriter and vocalist Gil Scott-Heron said that his basslines "glowed in the dark." Trumpeter Miles Davis proclaimed him the "anchor" of his groundbreaking quintet of the 1960s.

Shine! is the second Sunnyside release by saxophonist JD Allen and his trio with bassist Gregg August and drummer Rudy Royston.

This seven-tune recording, which sat in the Blue Note vaults for four decades, catches the trumpeter at his creative best on the road with pianist Roland Hanna, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Louis Hayes.

Soulful and melodic tenor saxophonist Houston Person has had a lengthy career in the basics of classic jazz: blues, ballads and bop.

July 19 -- Monika Herzig. July 26 -- Blair Clark. Aug. 2 -- Wendy Reed. Aug. 9 -- Heather Ramsey.

One of the most eagerly anticipated annual musical events in Naples is set to make its return to the city in just a few weeks.

Brazilian guitarist Guilherme Monteiro has worked as a sideman to jazz musicians like bassist Ron Carter and Latin artists like singer Lila Downs and percussionist Duduka da Fonseca.

The irony is that good bluegrass music is highly complex and technically challenging.

Blue Note Records Do you listen to the music of great jazz artists differently once they pass away? This newly-issued live date, with bassist Ron Carter , drummer Louis Hayes and the late pianist Sir Roland Hanna , may elicit nostalgia and sadness mixed with a spirit of wonder and startled appreciation of the recently departed trumpet master ...

Meeco is a rather young musician who appears drawn not simply to the musical idioms of jazz, popular music and a myriad of those in the Latin tradition; he also set out to do what musicians of his age seldom attempt: he's made a troubadour record.

Among the legions of neglected jazz guitar players, the late Attila Zoller is one of the best.

Pianist Kevin Hays will be performing a solo piano concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Spring "Harlem in the Himalayas Series." Kevin Hays - piano Jazz pianist and composer Kevin Hays has now recorded nearly a dozen CDs as a leader.

Concord Music Group McCoy Tyner may be best-known for his legendary tenure with John Coltrane 's quartet in the early '60s, as well as his recordings as a leader for Blue Note, but budding fans should investigate his formidable output from the subsequent decade.