Trust: Ron Carter will bring the skill set. The heavy lifting resides in selecting who you want to play. Taking directives on how a session should go bypasses critical interior thinking. Flawless, son.Ĭarter’s supple, expressive moments, more often than not, appeared on other artists’ records.
He’s backed up Miles, Aretha, Jobim, filled in doing overdubs for Bootsy-you get the picture. A resume that reads like a Ph.D.-level music course.
According to the Guinness World Records, he is the most recorded bassist in jazz history. Not just talented, he’s the best ever. I’ve always believed that Little Dragon-the Swedish quartet who time and time again proves every form of pop/electronic-oriented music can be manufactured out of their home-built Gothenburg studio-suffered (and that’s an extreme version of the word) from what I call Ron Carter Syndrome.