Ron Carter + Charlie Haden . . .

¤  Ron Carter

He was named Outstanding Bassist of the Decade by the Detroit News, Jazz Bassist of the Year by Downbeat magazine, and Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 1993 Ron Carter earned a Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group, the Miles Davis Tribute Band and another Grammy in 1998 for Call ‘Sheet Blues’, an instrumental composition from the film ‘Round Midnight.

In addition to scoring and arranging music for many films, including some projects for Public Broadcasting System, Carter has composed music for A Gathering of Old Men, starring Lou Gosset Jr., The Passion of Beatrice directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and Blind Faith starring Courtney B. Vance. Carter shares his expertise in the series of books he authored, among which are Building Jazz Bass Lines and The Music of Ron Carter; the latter contains 130 of his published and recorded compositions. Carter earned a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School 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. Most recently he was honored by the French Minister of Culture with France’s premier cultural award–the medallion and title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, given to those who have distinguished themselves in the domain of artistic or literary creation and for their contribution to the spread of arts and letters in France and the world. Carter has lectured, conducted, and performed at clinics and master classes, instructing jazz ensembles and teaching the business of music at numerous universities. He was Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies while it was located in Boston and, after 18 years on the faculty of the Music Department of The City College of New York, he is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus although, as a performer, he remains as active as ever.

•→http://fora.tv/2010/10/18/Jazz_Legacies_A_Conversation_with_Ron_Carter

◊  Ron Carter ↓  Interview

In a career spanning more than half a century, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Ron Carter has been so continually in demand that he’s performed on more than 2,000 albums. PreViews Editor John Mark Rafacz speaks with Carter about why, in his youth, he switched his focus from cello to bass. Carter also discusses what he misses about his time with the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet of the 1960s. In addition, Carter talks about his trio’s new pianist Donald Vega, who succeeded Mulgrew Miller. Guitarist Russell Malone rounds out the trio. An excerpt of Malone’s composition «Cedar Tree» from the album «Golden Striker» — performed by Carter, Malone, and Miller — enhances the video.

•→ Ron Carter Trio – Jazzwoche Burghausen [2006]←

♦  Ron Carter Quartet  @ Ploiesti, Romania ⇐[2012]

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¤  Charlie Haden  [1937-2014]

• Geri Allen + Charlie Haden + Paul Motian

⇒‘Lonely Woman’⇐

◊  Charlie Haden Quartet West

‘First Song’  ⇓  w/ Gary Foster-tenor + Alan Broadbent-piano + Larence Marable-drums

∇   ‘My Love & I’   ⇓   [2010]

 ♦  C H Quartet West & Schleswig-Holstein Chamber Orchestra ↓  [Jazz Baltica_2000]

C. Haden -bass + Ernie Watts -tenor sax + Larance Marable -drums + Alan Broadbent -piano

⇑  «Here’s Looking at you» 

∞ Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden ↓ ‘Spiritual’ [«Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories)» 1997]

·  ·  ·   ↓  ‘Waltz For Ruth’

♣  Charlie Haden, Lee Konitz & Brad Mehldau  ↓  ‘Alone Together’  (1997)

Alone together – Beyond the crowd  – Above the world
We’re not too proud to cling together
We’re strong as long as we’re together

Alone together – The blinding rain – The starless night
We’re not in vain  for we’re together
And what is there to fear together

Our love is as deep as the sea – Our love is as great as a love can be 
And we can weather the great unknown if we’re alone together . . .

Speak low when you speak, love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak, love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we’re swept apart, too soon
Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We’re late, darling, we’re late
The curtain descends, ev’rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon

◊→ Charlie Haden & John Taylor ↓  ‘Silence’ [2003]

◊  Charlie Haden ↓ on His Life, Music & Politics

Amy Goodman [Democracy Now!]  spoke with legendary bass player and composer, Charlie Haden, one of the most politically outspoken jazz musicians of his time. During the middle of the Vietnam War, Haden formed the Liberation Music Orchestra that mixed songs from the Spanish Civil War, anti-war songs and a tribute to Che Guevara. He recently re-formed the group to respond to the Bush administration and the invasion of Iraq. He titled the new album «Not In Our Name.»        [SEPTEMBER 1, 2006]

Interview starts past minute 18′ . . .

•→www.democracynow.org/rip_jazz_legend_charlie_haden_watch⇐