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At 85, legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter is still going strong

Published August 19, 2022 at 11:20 AM CDT

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We revisit Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee’s conversation with Grammy-winning, world recording-holding jazz bassistRon Carter from March. Carter celebrated his 85th birthday with a concert at Carnegie Hall in May.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Carter is the most recorded jazz bassist with over 2200 sessions.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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