For the Love of Ron
Ron Carter and Friends: 85th Birthday Celebration

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Ron Carter by Seda Ozguven

GRAMMY-winning jazz musician Ron Carter — the most recorded jazz bassist of all-time with over 2,200 individual recording credits — is fêted at this one-night-only 85th birthday celebration. Named one of the “10 Greatest Bassists of All-Time” by Rolling Stone, Carter plays select material from his six-decade career, leading groups in three combinations: trio, quartet, and octet.

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Performers

Golden Striker Trio
··Ron Carter, Bass
··Donald Vega, Piano
··Russell Malone, Guitar
Ron Carter Foursight Quartet
··Ron Carter, Bass
··James Greene, Tenor Saxophone
··Irene Rosnes, Piano
··Payton Crossley, Drums
Ron Carter Octet
··Ron Carter, Piccolo Bass
··Maxine Neuman, Cello
··Zöe Hassman, Cello
··Sibylle Johner, Cello
··Dorothy Lawson, Cello
··Donald Vega, Piano
··Leon Maleson, Double Bass
··Payton Crossley, Drums
Lester Holt, MC
Stanley Clarke and Buster Williams, Speakers

Program

PETTIFORD "Laverne Walk"

RON CARTER "Candlelight"

HENDERSON "Soft Winds"

RON CARTER "595"

RON CARTER "Mr. Bowtie"

RODGERS "My Funny Valentine"

SCHWARTZ "You and the Night and the Music"

TRAD. "Abide with Me"

RON CARTER "El Rompe Cabeza"

RUSSELL "Song for You"

RON CARTER "Song for a Friend"

DAVIS "All Blues"

TRAD. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"

For the Love of RonRon Carter and Friends: 85th Birthday Celebration

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For the Love of Ron
Ron Carter and Friends: 85th Birthday Celebration