This is the discography for American double bassist Ron Carter.
As leader/co-leader
Recording date Title Label Year released Notes 1961-06 Where? New Jazz 1961 1969-10 Uptown Conversation Embryo 1970 live 1972-08 Alone Together with Jim Hall Milestone 1973 live 1973-01 Blues Farm CTI 1973 1973-10 All Blues CTI 1974 1974-11 Spanish Blue CTI 1975 1975-06 –1975-07 Anything Goes Kudu 1975 1976-05 Yellow & Green CTI 1976 1976-10 Pastels Milestone 1976 1977-03 Piccolo Milestone 1977 live 1977-07 Third Plane Milestone 1977 1977-11 Peg Leg Milestone 1978 1978-06 A Song for You Milestone 1978 1978-07 1 + 3 with Hank Jones or Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams JVC 1979 live 1978-07 Carnaval with Sadao Watanabe, Hank Jones and Tony Williams Galaxy 1983 live 1978-12 Pick 'Em Milestone 1980 1979-03 Parade Milestone 1980 1979-12 New York Slick Milestone 1980 1980-05 Patrão Milestone 1981 1980 Empire Jazz RSO 1980 1980-09 Parfait Milestone 1982 1981-04 Super Strings Milestone 1981 1981-12 Heart & Soul with Cedar Walton Timeless 1982 1982-09 Etudes Elektra Musician 1983 1982-11 Live at Village West with Jim Hall Concord Jazz 1984 live 1984-08 Telephone with Jim Hall Concord Jazz 1985 live 1986 Plays Bach Phillips 1987 1986-05 The Puzzle SMS 1986 1987-08 Very Well Polydor Deep Moat 1987 1988-03 All Alone EmArcy 1988 1989-02 Something in Common with Houston Person Muse 1990 1989-09 Duets with Helen Merrill EmArcy 1989 1990-01 Now's the Time with Houston Person Muse 1990 1990-04 Eight Plus Victor 1990 1991-07 Panamanhattan with Richard Galliano Dreyfus Jazz 1991 live 1992? Meets Bach Blue Note 1992 1993? Friends Blue Note 1993 1994-01 Jazz, My Romance Blue Note 1994 1992-09, 1994 A Tribute to Miles with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Wallace Roney Qwest 1994 1995-02 Mr. Bow-tie Blue Note 1995 1995-12 Brandenburg Concerto Blue Note 1996 1997-01 The Bass and I Somethin' Else 1997 1998-01 So What? Somethin' Else 1998 1999-02, 1999-03 Orfeu Somethin' Else 1999 2000-04 Holiday in Rio Blue Note 2001 2000-05 When Skies Are Grey... Blue Note 2001 live 2000-08 Dialogues with Houston Person HighNote 2002 2001-04 Stardust Blue Note 2001 2002-07 The Golden Striker Blue Note 2003 2005-10 Just Between Friends with Houston Person HighNote 2008 2006-02 Dear Miles Blue Note 2007 2007-04, 2007-06 It's the Time Blue Note 2007 2008-04 Jazz & Bossa Blue Note 2008 [3CD] 2009-06 The World of Ron Carter Somethin' Else 2009 2010-06 Ron Carter's Great Big Band Sunnyside 2011 2012-12 Cocktails At The Cotton Club Somethin' Else 2013 2014-01 In Memory of Jim with Larry Coryell and Peter Bernstein Somethin' Else 2014 2014-07 My Personal Songbook with The WDR Big Band In+Out 2015 [CD + DVD-Video] 2015-12 Chemistry with Houston Person HighNote 2016 2016-10 An Evening with Ron Carter & Richard Galliano with Richard Galliano In+Out 2017 live 2018-03 Remember Love with Houston Person HighNote 2018 2018-10 Skyline with Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba 5Passion 2021 Grammy won album 2018-11 Foursight: The Complete Stockholm Tapes In+Out 2022 [2CD] live (combines Volume 1 and Volume 2) 2019-04 Remembering Bob Freedman Shanti Music 2021 live, Grammy nominated album 2019? The Brown Beatnik Tomes with Danny Simmons Blue Note 2019 live 2014 –2021 Finding The Right Notes In+Out 2022 soundtrack
As sideman
With Pepper Adams The Adams Effect (Uptown, 1988) Mean What You Say with Thad Jones (Milestone, 1966) Encounter! (Prestige, 1969)
With Nat Adderley Calling Out Loud (CTI, 1968) A Little New York Midtown Music (Galaxy, 1979)
With Geri Allen Twenty One (Blue Note, 1994) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (Telarc, 2006)
With Gene Ammons The Black Cat! (Prestige, 1971) My Way (Prestige, 1971) Got My Own (Prestige, 1972) Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1973)
With Roy Ayers Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968) Daddy Bug (Atlantic, 1969)
With Chet Baker She Was Too Good to Me (CTI, 1974) Carnegie Hall Concert with Gerry Mulligan (CTI, 1975) – live You Can't Go Home Again (Horizon, 1977) Once Upon a Summertime (Artists House, 1980) The Best Thing for You (A&M, 1989)
With Gato Barbieri Fenix (Flying Dutchman, 1971) Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974) Yesterdays (Flying Dutchman, 1974) Chapter Four: Alive in New York (Impulse!, 1975) – live
With Joey Baron Down Home with Arthur Blythe and Bill Frisell (Intuition, 1997) We'll Soon Find Out with Arthur Blythe and Bill Frisell (Intuition, 1999)
With George Benson Giblet Gravy (Verve, 1968) Shape of Things to Come (A&M, 1968) The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M, 1970) – rec. 1969 Beyond the Blue Horizon (CTI, 1971) White Rabbit (CTI, 1972) – rec. 1971 Body Talk (CTI, 1973) Bad Benson (CTI, 1974) Tenderly (Warner Bros., 1989) Big Boss Band (Warner Bros., 1990)
With Cindy Blackman The Oracle (Muse, 1995) In the Now (HighNote, 1998)
With Ray Bryant Up Above the Rock (Cadet, 1968) MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970)
With Kenny Burrell Guitar Forms (Verve, 1964) A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1967) Blues – The Common Ground (Verve, 1968) Night Song (Verve, 1969) God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971) Togethering with Grover Washington Jr. (Blue Note, 1984)
With Jaki Byard Here's Jaki (New Jazz, 1961) Hi-Fly (New Jazz, 1962) Out Front! (Prestige, 1964) Jaki Byard with Strings! (Prestige, 1968)
With Donald Byrd Electric Byrd (Blue Note, 1970) Kofi (Blue Note, 1995) – rec. 1969–1970
With Billy Cobham Spectrum (Atlantic, 1973) The Art of Three (In+Out Records, 2001) The Art of Four (In+Out Records, 2006)
With Alice Coltrane Huntington Ashram Monastery (Impulse!, 1969) Ptah, The El Daoud (Impulse!, 1970)
With Hank Crawford Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969) It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion, 1971) Help Me Make it Through the Night (Kudu, 1972) We Got a Good Thing Going (Kudu, 1972)
With Miles Davis Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962) Seven Steps to Heaven (Columbia, 1963) Miles Davis in Europe (Columbia, 1964) – live Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival, 2003) – live My Funny Valentine (Columbia, 1965) – live Four & More (Columbia, 1966) – live Miles in Berlin (Columbia, 1965) – live Miles in Tokyo (CBS, 1969) – live Live at the Plugged Nickel (Columbia, 1995) – live ESP (Columbia, 1965) Miles Smiles (Columbia, 1967) Sorcerer (Columbia, 1967) Nefertiti (Columbia, 1968) Miles in the Sky (Columbia, 1968) Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1969) Live-Evil (Columbia, 1971) – partially live Big Fun (Columbia, 1974) Water Babies (Columbia, 1976) Circle in the Round (Columbia, 1979) Direction (Columbia, 1981) Live in Milan 1964 (RLR, 2007)
With Paul Desmond Summertime (CTI, 1968) From the Hot Afternoon (CTI, 1969) Bridge Over Troubled Water (CTI, 1970) Skylark (CTI, 1973) Pure Desmond (CTI, 1975)
With Eric Dolphy Out There (Prestige, 1961) Far Cry (Prestige, 1962)
With Lou Donaldson Lush Life (Blue Note, 1980) Sophisticated Lou (Blue Note, 1973)
With Don Ellis How Time Passes (Candid, 1960) New Ideas (New Jazz, 1961)
With Gil Evans Out of the Cool (Impulse!, 1960) The Individualism of Gil Evans (Impulse!, 1964)
With Roberta Flack First Take (Atlantic, 1969) Quiet Fire (Atlantic, 1971) Killing Me Softly (Atlantic, 1973)
With Tommy Flanagan The Master Trio (Baybridge, 1983) Blues in the Closet (Baybridge, 1983)
With Michael Franks Tiger in the Rain (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) Skin Dive (Warner Bros., 1985)
With Nnenna Freelon Nnenna Freelon (Columbia, 1992) Listen (Columbia, 1994)
With Letizia Gambi Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music S.r.l., 2012) Blue Monday (RP Production, 2016)
With Red Garland Red Alert (Galaxy, 1978) Crossings (Galaxy, 1978) Stepping Out (Galaxy, 1981) So Long Blues (Galaxy, 1984) Strike Up the Band (Galaxy, 1981)
With Stan Getz Voices (Verve, 1967) Sweet Rain (Verve, 1967) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968) – rec. 1966-1968 Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Verve, 1973) – rec. 1964
With Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio with Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound, 2013) We're Back with Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound, 2014) Live in Studio with Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound, 2015)
With Benny Golson Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) – also released as Just Jazz! Free (Argo, 1962) This Is for You, John (Baystate, 1984) Stardust (Denon, 1987) with Freddie Hubbard One Day, Forever (Arkadia Jazz, 2001) – rec. 1999
With Johnny Griffin White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961) The Kerry Dancers (Riverside, 1962)
With Jim Hall Concierto (CTI, 1975) Commitment (A&M, 1976) Live at Village West (Concord Jazz, 1984) Telephone (Concord Jazz, 1985)
With Johnny Hammond Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971) The Prophet (Kudu, 1972) Higher Ground (Kudu, 1973)
With Herbie Hancock Empyrean Isles (Blue Note, 1964) Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, 1965) Speak Like a Child (Blue Note, 1968) V.S.O.P. (Columbia, 1977) – rec. 1976 Quartet (Columbia, 1982) – rec. 1981
With Eddie Harris The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965) Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966) The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966) Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968) Excursions (Atlantic, 1966) How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)
With Coleman Hawkins Night Hawk (Swingville, 1961) – rec. 1960 The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)
With Joe Henderson Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966) The Kicker (Milestone, 1968) Tetragon (Milestone, 1968) Power to the People (Milestone, 1969) Black Is the Color (Milestone, 1972) Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976) Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980) The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 1985)
With Andrew Hill Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969) Passing Ships (Blue Note, 1969)
With Johnny Hodges Rippin' & Runnin' (Verve, 1968) 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
With Freddie Hubbard Red Clay (CTI, 1970) Straight Life (CTI, 1970) First Light (CTI, 1971) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (CTI, 1973) In Concert Volume Two (CTI, 1973) Sky Dive (CTI, 1973)
With Bobby Hutcherson Components (Blue Note, 1965) Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic, 1994)
With Milt Jackson Big Bags (Riverside, 1962) Invitation (Riverside, 1962) Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965) – live Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968) Sunflower (CTI, 1973) – rec. 1972 Goodbye (CTI, 1974) – rec. 1972-1973 Olinga (CTI, 1974) Opus De Funk (Prestige, 1975)
With Antonio Carlos Jobim Wave (A&M, 1967) Tide (A&M, 1970) Stone Flower (CTI, 1970) Jobim (MCA, 1973) Urubu (Warner Bros., 1976)
With J. J. Johnson The Total J.J. Johnson (RCA Victor, 1967) – rec. 1966 Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980) – rec. 1979
With Hank Jones Hanky Panky (East Wind, 1975) I'm Old Fashioned (East Wind, 1976) with Sadao Watanabe and The Great Jazz Trio The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (East Wind, 1981) as The Great Jazz Trio – rec. 1977 Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio Direct from L.A. (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio Milestones (East Wind, 1978) as The Great Jazz Trio New Wine in Old Bottles (East Wind, 1978) with Jackie McLean and the Great Jazz Trio
With Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones (Prestige, 1968) – rec. 1967 Black Whip (Prestige, 1973)
With Hubert Laws Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1969) – rec. 1968 Crying Song (CTI, 1969) Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970) The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1971) Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972) – rec. 1971-1972 Morning Star (CTI, 1972) Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973) – live In the Beginning (CTI, 1974) The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1975)
With Harold Mabern Straight Street (DIW, 1989) The Leading Man (DIW, 1993)
With Herbie Mann