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American Jazz musician Ron Carter plays upright acoustic bass as he leads leads the Foursight Quartet during the Blue Note Jazz Festival's 'The Legends Honor McCoy--McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes' concert at Central Park SummerStage, New York, New York, June 4, 2016. Brandi Disterheft attends the 2017 Juno Gala Dinner and Awards at Shaw Centre on April 1, 2017 in Ottawa, Canada.

What Brandi Disterheft learned from her studies with bass legend Ron Carter

By Chris Jisi published

The New York jazzer lifts the lid on her early lessons with the world’s most recorded bassist

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Russell Malone performs with the Ron Carter Trio during the Newport Jazz Festival 2019 at Fort Adams State Park on August 03, 2019 in Newport, Rhode Island

Acclaimed jazz guitarist Russell Malone, known for his work with Harry Connick Jr. and Ron Carter, has died aged 60

By Janelle Borg published

Malone had just finished a performance at Blue Note Tokyo with The Golden Striker Trio when he suffered a fatal heart attack

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Ron Carter: “Miles Davis was great. He never told me what not to play. We’d never talk about changes or tempo“

By Joel McIver published

The jazz legend reflects on a life spent in pursuit of double bass excellence and explains why the best is yet to come

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