Ron Carter discography

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This is the discography for American double bassist Ron Carter.

As leader/co-leader[]

Ron Carter with Foursight at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 2015.
  • 1961: Where? (New Jazz)
  • 1969: Uptown Conversation (Embryo)
  • 1972: Alone Together (Milestone) with Jim Hall
  • 1973: Blues Farm (CTI)
  • 1973: All Blues (CTI)
  • 1974: Spanish Blue (CTI)
  • 1975: Anything Goes (Kudu)
  • 1976: Yellow & Green (CTI)
  • 1976: Pastels (Milestone)
  • 1977: Piccolo (Milestone)
  • 1977: Third Plane (Milestone)
  • 1978: Peg Leg (Milestone)
  • 1978: A Song for You (Milestone)
  • 1978: 1 + 3 (JVC) trio live with Hank Jones or Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams
  • 1978: Carnaval (Galaxy) quartet live with Sadao Watanabe, Hank Jones and Tony Williams - released 1983
  • 1978: Pick 'Em (Milestone)
  • 1979: Parade (Milestone)
  • 1979: New York Slick (Milestone)
  • 1980: Patrão (Milestone) - released 1981
  • 1980: Parfait (Milestone) - released 1982
  • 1980: Empire Jazz (RSO)
  • 1981: Super Strings (Milestone)
  • 1981: Heart & Soul (Timeless) with Cedar Walton - released 1982
  • 1982: Etudes (Elektra Musician) - released 1983
  • 1982: Live at Village West (Concord Jazz) with Jim Hall - released 1984
  • 1984: Telephone (Concord Jazz) with Jim Hall - released 1985
  • 1985: Ron Carter Plays Bach (Phillips)
  • 1986: The Puzzle (SMS)
  • 1987: Very Well ()
  • 1988: All Alone (EmArcy)
  • 1989: Something in Common (Muse) with Houston Person - released 1990
  • 1989: Duets (EmArcy) with Helen Merrill
  • 1990: Now's the Time (Muse) with Houston Person
  • 1990: Eight Plus (Victor (Japan))
  • 1990: Panamanhattan (Dreyfus Jazz) with Richard Galliano - released 1991
  • 1991: Meets Bach (Blue Note) - released 1992
  • 1992: Friends (Blue Note) - released 1993
  • 1994: A Tribute to Miles (Qwest/Reprise/Warner Bros.) with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Wallace Roney
  • 1994: Jazz, My Romance (Blue Note)
  • 1995: Mr. Bow-tie (Blue Note)
  • 1995: Brandenburg Concerto (Blue Note)
  • 1997: The Bass and I (Blue Note)
  • 1998: So What? (Blue Note)
  • 1999: Orfeu (Blue Note)
  • 2000: (Blue Note)
  • 2000: When Skies Are Grey... (Blue Note)
  • 2000: Dialogues (HighNote) with Houston Person
  • 2001: Stardust (Blue Note)
  • 2003: The Golden Striker (Blue Note)
  • 2005: Just Between Friends (HighNote) with Houston Person
  • 2007: Dear Miles (Blue Note)
  • 2007: It's the Time (Blue Note)
  • 2008: Jazz & Bossa (Blue Note)
  • 2009: The World Of Ron Carter (Somethin' Else)
  • 2011: Ron Carter's Great Big Band (Sunnyside)
  • 2013: Cocktails At The Cotton Club (Somethin' Else)
  • 2014: In Memory of Jim (Somethin' Else) with Larry Coryell and Peter Bernstein
  • 2015: Chemistry (HighNote) with Houston Person
  • 2017: An Evening with Ron Carter & Richard Galliano (In+Out)
  • 2018: Remember Love (HighNote) with Houston Person
  • 2019: (Blue Note) with Danny Simmons

As sideman[]

With Pepper Adams

With Nat Adderley

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

With Eric Alexander

  • Nightlife in Tokyo (Milestone, 2002)

With Geri Allen

  • Twenty One (Blue Note, 1994)
  • Timeless Portraits and Dreams (Telarc, 2006)

With Gene Ammons

  • The Black Cat! (Prestige, 1970)
  • My Way (Prestige, 1971)
  • Got My Own (Prestige, 1972)
  • Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1972)

With Roy Ayers

With Noah Baerman

With Chet Baker

With Gato Barbieri

  • Fenix (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
  • Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)
  • Yesterdays (Flying Dutchman, 1974)
  • Chapter Four: Alive in New York (Impulse!, 1975)

With Joey Baron

With Kenny Barron

  • 1+1+1 (BlackHawk, 1986) – recorded in 1984

With Gary Bartz

  • Harlem Bush Music (Milestone, 1997) – recorded in 1970–71

With George Benson

  • Giblet Gravy (Verve, 1968)
  • Shape of Things to Come (A&M, 1969)
  • The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M, 1970)
  • Beyond the Blue Horizon (CTI, 1971)
  • White Rabbit (CTI, 1972)
  • Body Talk (CTI, 1973)
  • Bad Benson (CTI, 1974)
  • Tenderly (Warner Bros., 1989)
  • Big Boss Band (Warner Bros., 1990)

With Cindy Blackman

  • The Oracle (Muse, 1995)
  • In the Now (HighNote, 1998)

With Terence Blanchard

  • Magnetic (Blue Note, 2013)

With Bob Brookmeyer

  • Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (Columbia, 1962)

With Ray Bryant

  • Up Above the Rock (Cadet, 1968)
  • MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970)

With Kenny Burrell

With Henry Butler

  • The Village (Impulse!, 1987)

With Jaki Byard

  • Here's Jaki (New Jazz, 1961)
  • Hi-Fly (New Jazz, 1962)
  • Out Front! (Prestige, 1964)
  • Jaki Byard with Strings! (Prestige, 1968)

With Donald Byrd

  • Electric Byrd (Blue Note, 1970)
  • Kofi (Blue Note, 1969–70)

With Benny Carter

  • Central City Sketches (MusicMasters, 1987)

With Billy Cobham

  • Spectrum (Atlantic, 1973)

With Alice Coltrane

With Harry Connick, Jr.

  • Harry Connick Jr. (Columbia, 1987)

With Chick Corea

  • Inner Space (Atlantic, 1973)

With Hank Crawford

  • Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
  • It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion, 1971)
  • Help Me Make it Through the Night (Kudu, 1972)
  • We Got a Good Thing Going (Kudu, 1972)

With A. J. Croce

  • A. J. Croce (Private Music, 1993)

With Tadd Dameron

  • The Magic Touch (Riverside 1962)

With Miles Davis

  • Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)
  • Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
  • Four & More
  • My Funny Valentine
  • Live in Milan 1964
  • Miles Davis in Europe
  • Miles in Berlin
  • Live at the Plugged Nickel
  • Miles Smiles
  • ESP
  • Miles in the Sky
  • Seven Steps to Heaven
  • Sorcerer
  • Filles de Kilimanjaro
  • Water Babies
  • Nefertiti
  • Miles in Tokyo
  • Live-Evil
  • Big Fun
  • Circle in the Round
  • Direction

With Eli Degibri

With Paul Desmond

  • Summertime (A&M/CTI, 1968)
  • From the Hot Afternoon (A&M/CTI, 1969)
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water (A&M/CTI, 1970)
  • Skylark (CTI, 1973)
  • Pure Desmond (CTI, 1975)

With Eric Dolphy

  • Out There (Prestige, 1960)
  • Far Cry (Prestige, 1960)

With Lou Donaldson

  • Lush Life (1967)
  • Sophisticated Lou (1973)

With Charles Earland

  • Kharma (Prestige, 1974)

With Don Ellis

  • How Time Passes (Candid, 1960)
  • New Ideas (New Jazz, 1961)

With Bill Evans

  • Loose Blues (Milestone, 1982)

With Art Farmer

  • The Many Faces of Art Farmer (Scepter, 1964)

With Roberta Flack

  • First Take (Atlantic, 1969)
  • Quiet Fire (Atlantic, 1971)
  • Killing Me Softly (Atlantic, 1973)

With Tommy Flanagan

  • The Master Trio (Baybridge, 1983)
  • Blues in the Closet (Baybridge, 1983)

With Aretha Franklin

With Michael Franks

  • Tiger in the Rain (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
  • Skin Dive (Warner Bros., 1985)

With Bill Frisell

  • Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)

With Johnny Frigo

  • Live from Studio A in New York City (1988)

With Letizia Gambi

  • Introducing Letizia Gambi (2012)
  • Blue Monday (2016)

With Red Garland

  • Red Alert (Galaxy, 1977)
  • Crossings (Galaxy, 1977)
  • Stepping Out (Galaxy, 1979)
  • So Long Blues (Galaxy, 1984) – recorded in 1979
  • Strike Up the Band (Galaxy, 1981) – recoded in 1979

With Stan Getz

  • Voices (Verve, 1967)
  • Sweet Rain (Verve, 1967)
  • What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)
  • Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Verve, 1973)

With Gerry Gibbs

With Astrud Gilberto

With Giorgio

  • Party of the Century (Lettera A, 2010)

With Benny Golson

  • Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) – also released as Just Jazz!
  • Free (Argo, 1962)
  • This Is for You, John (Baystate, 1984)
  • Stardust (Denon, 1987) with Freddie Hubbard
  • One Day, Forever (Arkadia Jazz, 2001) – recorded in 1999

With Dexter Gordon

  • Landslide (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1961-62

With Johnny Griffin

  • White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)
  • The Kerry Dancers (Riverside, 1961–62)

With Jim Hall

  • Concierto (CTI, 1975)
  • Commitment (A&M/Horizon, 1976)
  • Live at Village West (Concord Jazz, 1984)
  • Telephone (Concord Jazz, 1985)

With Chico Hamilton

  • The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)

With Johnny Hammond

  • Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971)
  • The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)
  • Higher Ground (Kudu, 1973)

With Herbie Hancock

  • Empyrean Isles (Blue Note)
  • Maiden Voyage (Blue Note)
  • Speak Like a Child (Blue Note)
  • V.S.O.P. (Columbia, 1977) – recorded in 1976
  • Quartet (Columbia, 1982) – recorded in 1981

With Barry Harris

  • Magnificent! (Prestige, 1969)

With Eddie Harris

  • The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965)
  • Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966)
  • The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966)
  • Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968)
  • Excursions (Atlantic, 1966–73)
  • How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)

With Gene Harris

  • Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Blue Note, 1972)

With Coleman Hawkins

  • Night Hawk (Swingville, 1960)
  • The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)

With Roy Haynes

  • Thank You Thank You (Galaxy, 1977)

With Joe Henderson

  • Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966)
  • The Kicker (Milestone, 1968)
  • Tetragon (Milestone, 1968)
  • Power to the People (Milestone, 1969)
  • Black Is the Color (Milestone, 1972)
  • Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976)
  • Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980)
  • The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 1985)

With John Hicks

  • Friends Old and New (Novus, 1992)

With Andrew Hill

  • Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968)
  • Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969)
  • Passing Ships (Blue Note, 1969)

With Dan Hill

  • If Dreams Had Wings (Epic Records, 1980)

With Johnny Hodges

With Shirley Horn

  • I Remember Miles (Verve, 1998)

With Freddie Hubbard

  • Red Clay (CTI, 1970)
  • Straight Life (CTI, 1970)
  • First Light (CTI, 1971)
  • In Concert Volume One (CTI, 1973)
  • In Concert Volume Two (CTI, 1973)

With Bobby Hutcherson

  • Components (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic, 1994)

With Ethan Iverson

  • The Purity of the Turf (Criss Cross Jazz, 2016)

With Jackie and Roy

With Milt Jackson

  • Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
  • Invitation (Riverside, 1962)
  • Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965)
  • Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)
  • Sunflower (CTI, 1972)
  • Goodbye (CTI, 1973)
  • Olinga (CTI, 1974)

With Antonio Carlos Jobim

  • Wave (A&M, 1967)
  • Tide (A&M, 1970)
  • Stone Flower (CTI, 1970)

With Billy Joel

  • The Bridge (Columbia, 1986)

With J. J. Johnson

  • The Total J.J. Johnson (RCA Victor, 1967)
  • Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)

With Hank Jones

  • Hanky Panky (East Wind, 1975)
  • I'm Old Fashioned (East Wind, 1976) with Sadao Watanabe and The Great Jazz Trio
  • The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
  • The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
  • The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (East Wind, 1981) as The Great Jazz Trio – recorded in 1977
  • Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
  • Direct from L.A. (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
  • Milestones (East Wind, 1978) as The Great Jazz Trio
  • New Wine in Old Bottles (East Wind, 1978) with Jackie McLean and the Great Jazz Trio

With Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones

  • Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones (Prestige, 1967)
  • Black Whip (Prestige, 1973)

With Philly Joe Jones

  • Philly Mignon (Galaxy, 1977)

With Quincy Jones

  • Gula Matari (CTI, 1970)

With Sam Jones

  • Down Home (Riverside, 1962)

With Eddie Kendricks

  • Vintage '78 (Arista, 1978)

With Lee Konitz

  • Spirits (Milestone, 1971)

With Steve Kuhn and Gary McFarland

  • The October Suite (Impulse!, 1966)

With Janis Ian

  • Night Rains (Columbia Records, 1979)

With Yusef Lateef

  • The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (Riverside, 1960)

With Hubert Laws

  • Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1968)
  • Crying Song (CTI, 1969)
  • Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970)
  • The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1971)
  • Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972)
  • Morning Star (CTI, 1972)
  • Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)
  • In the Beginning (CTI, 1974)
  • The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1974)

With Mike LeDonne

  • Night Song (Savant, 2005)

With Mel Lewis

  • Mel Lewis and Friends (A&M/Horizon, 1977)

With Johnny Lytle

  • The Soulful Rebel (Milestone, 1971)

With Harold Mabern

  • Straight Street (DIW, 1989)
  • The Leading Man (DIW, 1993)

With Junior Mance

  • Happy Time (Jazzland, 1962)

With Herbie Mann

  • Glory of Love (CTI, 1967)
  • Concerto Grosso in D Blues (Atlantic, 1969)
  • Stone Flute (Embryo, 1970) – recorded in 1969

With Arif Mardin

  • Journey (Atlantic, 1974)

With Les McCann

  • Much Les (Atlantic, 1968)
  • Comment (Atlantic, 1970)

With Howard McGhee

With Ken McIntyre

  • Year of the Iron Sheep (United Artists, 1962)

With Charles McPherson

With Meeco

  • Amargo Mel (Connector, 2009)

With Helen Merrill

  • Duets (EmArcy, 1987)

With Bette Midler

  • The Divine Miss M (Atlantic, 1972)
  • Some People's Lives (Atlantic, 1990)
  • Bathhouse Betty (Warner Bros., 1998)

With Buddy Montgomery

  • Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987)
  • So Why Not? (Landmark, 1988)

With Wes Montgomery

  • SO Much Guitar! (Riverside, 1961)
  • Tequila (Verve, 1966)
  • A Day in the Life (A&M, 1967)
  • Down Here on the Ground (A&M, 1968)

With James Moody

  • The Blues and Other Colors (Milestone, 1969)

With Airto Moreira

  • Free (CTI, 1972)

With Frank Morgan

  • Yardbird Suite (Contemporary, 1988)
  • Reflections (Contemporary, 1989)
  • Listen to the Dawn (Antilles, 1994)

With Idris Muhammad

  • Peace and Rhythm (Prestige, 1971)

With Mark Murphy

  • Bridging a Gap (Muse, 1972)

With Oliver Nelson

  • Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1966)
  • Happenings (Impulse!, 1966)
  • Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
  • The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)

With Aaron Neville

  • Nature Boy: The Standards Album (Verve, 2003)

With David "Fathead" Newman

  • The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969)
  • Newmanism (Atlantic, 1974)
  • Mr. Fathead (Warner Bros., 1976)
  • Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)
  • Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool (Kokopelli, 1994)

With the New York Jazz Quartet

  • In Concert in Japan (Salvation, 1975)

With Hermeto Pascoal

  • Hermeto (1971)
  • Slaves Mass (1976)

With Rosa Passos

  • Entre Amigos (Chesky, 2003)

With Duke Pearson

  • Sweet Honey Bee (Blue Note, 1966)

With Art Pepper

  • New York Album (Galaxy, 1985) – recorded in 1979
  • So in Love (Artists House, 1979)

With Houston Person

With Austin Peralta

  • Maiden Voyage (Eighty-Eight's, 2006)

With Pony Poindexter

With Sam Rivers

  • Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Contours (Blue Note, 1965)

With Wallace Roney

  • Intuition (Muse, 1988)
  • Crunchin' (Muse, 1993)

With Tom Rush

  • Tom Rush (Columbia, 1970)

With Shirley Scott

With Gil Scott-Heron

  • Pieces of a Man (Flying Dutchman, 1972)

With Don Sebesky

  • Giant Box (CTI, 1973)
  • The Rape of El Morro (CTI, 1975)

With Bud Shank

With Marlena Shaw

  • From the Depths of My Soul (Blue Note, 1973)

With Woody Shaw

  • In the Beginning (Muse 1965, 1983) – recorded in 1965
  • Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)

With Wayne Shorter

  • Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964)
  • The Soothsayer (Blue Note, 1965)
  • The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Schizophrenia (Blue Note, 1967)
  • Moto Grosso Feio (Blue Note, 1970)
  • Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1970)

With Janis Siegel

  • Experiment in White (Atlantic Records, 1982)

With Horace Silver

With Paul Simon

  • Paul Simon (Columbia, 1972)

With Grace Slick

  • Manhole (Grunt/RCA, 1973)

With Jimmy Smith

With Lonnie Smith

  • Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971)

With Phoebe Snow

  • Second Childhood (Columbia, 1976)

With James Spaulding

  • Gotstabe a Better Way! (Muse, 1990) – recorded in 1988
  • Brilliant Corners (Muse, 1988)

With Candi Staton

  • Candi Staton (Warner Bros., 1980)

With Sonny Stitt

  • Satan (Cadet, 1974)

With Ed Summerlin

  • Ring Out Joy (Avant-Garde, 1968)

With Gábor Szabó

  • Spellbinder (Impulse!, 1966)
  • Mizrab (CTI, 1972)

With Buddy Terry

With Ed Thigpen

  • Out of the Storm (Verve, 1966)

With Bobby Timmons

  • In Person (1961)
  • Born to Be Blue! (1963)
  • The Soul Man! (1966)
  • Got to Get It! (1967)

With Charles Tolliver

With A Tribe Called Quest

  • The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991)

With Stanley Turrentine

  • Let It Go (Impulse!, 1966)
  • Sugar (CTI, 1970)
  • The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)
  • Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)
  • More Than a Mood (MusicMasters, 1992)
  • If I Could (MusicMasters, 1993)

With McCoy Tyner

  • The Real McCoy (Blue Note, 1967)
  • Expansions (Blue Note, 1970)
  • Extensions (Blue Note, 1973) – recorded in 1970
  • Trident (Milestone, 1975)
  • Fly with the Wind (Milestone, 1976)
  • Supertrios (Milestone, 1977)
  • Passion Dance (Milestone, 1978)
  • 13th House (Milestone, 1981) – recorded in 1980
  • New York Reunion (Chesky, 1991)
  • Counterpoints (Milestone, 2004) – recorded in 1978

With Mal Waldron

  • The Quest (New Jazz, 1961)

With Cedar Walton

With Grover Washington Jr.

  • Inner City Blues (Kudu, 1971)
  • All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972)
  • Soul Box (Kudu, 1973)
  • Aria (Sony Classical, 2000)

With Randy Weston

  • Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
  • Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)
  • Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)

With Kai Winding

With Leo Wright

  • Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)

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