1965 · E.S.P.
The Second Great Quintet of 1964–68. Each member had independent careers, but together they fundamentally reinvented how jazz treated time.
Library — Double Bass
Ron Carter
3 albums as leader and 90 as sideman (1960–2026), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 3
As Sideman · 90
Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland
Art Blakey, Charlie Persip, Elvin Jones, "Philly" Joe Jones
1960 · Roulette
SidemanDouble Bass
Charles Tolliver And His All Stars
Charles Tolliver And His All Stars
1971 · Polydor
SidemanDouble Bass
In Concert Volume One
Freddie Hubbard / Stanley Turrentine With Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, Eric Gale
1974 · CTI Records
SidemanDouble Bass
Milestone Jazzstars In Concert
McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Ron Carter, Al Foster
1978 · Milestone (4)
SidemanDouble Bass
Brilliant Corners
James Spaulding, Wallace Roney, Ron Carter, Kenny Washington, Mulgrew Miller
1989 · Muse Records
SidemanDouble Bass
Hub Art - A Celebration Of The Music Of Freddie Hubbard
Essence All Stars, The
1995 · Hip Bop Essence
SidemanDouble Bass
Primal Blue
Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Tim Hagans, Craig Handy, Cedar Walton, Lenny White
1995 · Hip Bop Essence
SidemanDouble Bass
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
2006 · Nonesuch
SidemanDouble Bass
Notes on these albums · 6
Miles Davis
Tony Williams1966 · Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil
— Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter, Michelle Mercer, 2004
1973 · Blues Farm
Joe Henderson is remembered as a master tenor and composer. Yet bassist Ron Carter says he never once turned up with enough material — always two songs, ten minutes short — and would ask the band to compose on the spot: 'We're making an LP here, come on, Joe.'
— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-joe-henderson
Joe Henderson1964 · Empyrean Isles
Empyrean Isles
— Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook, 2003
1964 · Life Time
In 1963, Miles Davis hired 17-year-old Tony Williams as the drummer for his new quintet. Bassist Ron Carter later recalled that Williams opened up a rhythmic vocabulary on drums that nobody had thought possible.
— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-tony-williams
1965 · In the Beginning
Ron Carter is remembered as the bass of Miles Davis's classic quintet. But shortly before he took that chair, he recalls, he filled in for one night at the Half Note when Paul Chambers fell ill — the man about to inherit the seat quietly covering the one leaving it.
— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-paul-chambers
Paul Chambers