by @JMaster440 | Jul 24, 2020 | Books, News
This book is the answer to the question the Maestro is asked over and over by adult beginning bass players and private and public school music teachers of young students. Simply put, “how do I help my students (or myself) write good bass lines? Where to...
by @JMaster440 | Feb 25, 2020 | News
Ron Carter discusses How His Connect the Dots System Helps to Empower Bassists. DownBeat Magazine recently caught up with Carter and asked him to discuss how his Connect the Dots system helps to empower bassists and keeps them from becoming “stuck.”Carter dedicates a...
by @JMaster440 | Apr 13, 2019 | News
Ron Carter’s June Facebook Live Broadcast is now available. Visit the Q&A page to watch the video. The Maestro’s next Facebook Live broadcast is March 5 at 1:00 EST and the topic will be “The 5,000 Note Check Up” Join us on Facebook at...
by @JMaster440 | Apr 8, 2019 | News
Ron is selected as the first winner of the Jazz Beacon Award, conceived by Lewis Nash The Jazz Beacon Award, conceived by drummer Lewis Nash as a way to recognize the important role and contributions these musicians have given to the world of jazz. The Nash inducted...
by @JMaster440 | Apr 7, 2019 | News
Ron Carter Meets Bach Ron Carter bass choir arrangements of 13 JS Bach compositions for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 basses. Available in 3 volumes. Volume 1: Gavotte En Rondeau (2 basses), Preludium in C Minor (2 basses), Wachet, Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme (3 basses), Arioso (5...
by @JMaster440 | Apr 5, 2019 | News
Ron Carter’s Behind the Changes For the first time, Ron Carter puts down on paper what he has been doing instinctively for over 50 years. How he comes up with all those famous walking bass lines.Charlie Parker changed the melody – with this book you are...
