Ron Carter (1937- ) is a jazz bassist. He came to notoriety via the most famous of the Miles Davis quintets of the early 1960's with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter[?] and the 17 year-old Tony Williams.

External Link:

• http://stu.cofc.edu/~dmweber/Carter.htm
• http://www.allaboutjazz.com/iviews/RCarter.htm - interview
• http://www.jazzradio.org/rcarter.htm