Walk into any record store, head to the jazz section and pull out an album at random (or tune into your favorite jazz public radio station) — there is a very good chance that NEA Jazz Master Ron ...

In his 1989 autobiography, the legendary jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis recalled meeting an aspiring bassist named Ron Carter in 1958 in Rochester, New York, where Carter was studying at the ...

Ron Carter, the world’s most recorded jazz bassist, is now part of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Carter was inducted into the hall of fame during an Aug. 3 ceremony at the historic Carver Theatre in ...

The film opens with a title card that reads: “I’m trying to find out what the top of the mountain looks like, and the only way to get there is by playing every night like it’s my last chance to get ...

During parts of the new documentary “Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes,” the Ferndale-born jazz bass great muses on the occasion of his 80th birthday about how long he can keep going. Five years ...