Ron Carter

[Elissa]

[Peter Friedman]

Probably my favorite playing by Ron Carter is in a sideman role on this album.

Bobby Timmons - The Soul Man - Prestige

This is a quartet session with Wayne Shorter on tenor, and Jimmy Cobb on drums.

Shorter's tune "Tom Thumb" , and these two tunes by Ron Carter - Ein Bahn Strasse"

and "Little Waltz" are all special favorites of mine.

[Tom Storer]

still very active but in semi-retirement.

Hmmm.

What is the consensus on his 2006 recording Dear Miles?

I love it.

Has he stopped playing free?

Oops, wrong word. You meant "started," right?

AllMusic.com rates his recordings all over the map but with very few 4 and 5 star ratings. Is it because of his compositions that he's not higher rated?

I can't speak for AllMusic.com, but ever since he left Miles there have been naysayers. Some don't like his bass sound, some say he plays flat, some say he rushes the tempo; in addition his albums have not always been memorable. I think he's on a roll nowadays. All his most recent albums I've found excellent.

[Gheorghe]

I heard him live several times. Once, the famous quartet with Kenny Barron, Ben Riley and Buster Williams. I must admit I liked more, what Buster Williams did on his few solos, that the piccolo solos of the leader himself.

But I like most of his work very much.

One album as a leader I always liked much is "Parade" from about 1979.