 Ron Carter From Wednesday, April 11th - Sunday, April 15th, Yoshi's in Oakland will present the Ron Carter Quartet featuring Ron Carter on bass, Stephen Scott on piano, Payton Crossley on drums, and Rolando Morales-Matos on percussion. Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential jazz bassists in jazz. With more than 2,500 albums to his credit, Carter may well be the most recorded bassist around. He is equally successful as a leader and a supportive collaborator, anchoring extraordinary and varied sessions with commanding technique and impeccable taste.
Ron Carter has recorded with many of the greatest names in music: Oliver Nelson, Tommy Flanagan, Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron, Gil Evans, Lena Horn, James Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Bill Evans, Carlos Santana, Aretha Franklin, Sonny Rollins, Paul Simon, Janis Ian, Bette Midler, Benny Goodman, George Benson, B.B. King, Eric Gale, Johnny Hodges, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Helen Merrill, J.J. Johnson, Benny Golson, Sir Roland Hanna, Stan Getz, and Jessye Norman.
Ron’s many awards include citations by the Jaoan All-Star Jazz Poll and the Swing Journal Readers Poll. He was voted Outstanding Bassist of the Decade by the Detroit News and Jazz Bassist of the Year by Downbeat magazine. He was also named Most Valuable Player, Acoustic Bass, by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. His solo bass recording of the Bach Cello Suites on compact disc was certifi ed Gold in 1988.
Ron earned a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and a Master’s degree in double bass from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He has also received two honorary doctorates, from the New England
Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, and was the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Hutchinson Award from the Eastman School at the University of Rochester. Ron has lectured, conducted, and performed at clinics and master classes, instructing jazz ensembles and teaching the business of music at numerous colleges. He was Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies while it was located in Boston and, after eighteen years on the faculty of the Music Department of The City College of New York, he is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
Hear legendary bassist, Ron Carter with Stephen Scott on piano, Payton Crossley on drums, and Rolando Morales-Matos on percussion. on Wednesday, April 11th - Sunday, April 15th at Yoshi's in Oakland.
Wed & Thurs 8pm shows $20 & 10pm shows $14
Fri 8pm show $24 & 10pm show $18
Sat 8pm & 10pm shows $24 |
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