Ron Carter discography

As leader

1961: Where? (New Jazz)

1969: Uptown Conversation (Embryo)

1972: Alone Together (Milestone) with Jim Hall

1973: Blues Farm (CTI)

1973: All Blues (CTI)

1974: Spanish Blue (CTI)

1975: Anything Goes (Kudu)

1976: Yellow & Green (CTI)

1976: Pastels (Milestone)

1977: Piccolo (Milestone)

1977: Third Plane (Milestone)

1978: Peg Leg (Milestone)

1978: A Song for You (Milestone)

1978: 1+3 (JVC) trio live with Hank Jones or Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams

1978: Pick 'Em (Milestone)

1979: Parade (Milestone)

1980: New York Slick (Milestone)

1980: Patrao (Milestone)

1980: Parfait (Milestone)

1980: Empire Jazz (RSO)

1981: Super Strings (Milestone)

1981: Heart & Soul (Timeless) with Cedar Walton

1982: Etudes (Elektra Musician)

1982: Live at Village West (Concord Jazz) with Jim Hall

1984: Telephone (Concord Jazz) with Jim Hall

1985: Ron Carter Plays Bach (Phillips)

1986: The Puzzle (SMS)

1987: Very Well (Deep Moat)

1988: All Alone (EmArcy)

1990: Eight Plus (Victor)

1990: Panamanhattan (Dreyfuss Jazz) with Richard Galliano

1991: Meets Bach (Blue Note)

1992: Friends (Blue Note)

1994: Jazz, My Romance (Blue Note)

1995: Mr. Bow Tie (Blue Note)

1995: Brandenburg Concerto (Blue Note)

1997: The Bass and I

1998: So What (Blue Note), trio with Kenny Barron and Lewis Nash

1999: Orfeu (Blue Note)

2001: When Skies Are Grey (Blue Note)

2002: Stardust (Blue Note)

2003: The Golden Striker (Blue Note)

2003: Eight Plus

2003: Ron Carter Plays Bach(Blue Note)

2006: Live at The Village Vanguard

2007: Dear Miles

2008: Jazz and Bossa

2011: Ron Carter's Great Big Band (Sunnyside)

As sideman

With Pepper Adams

Mean What You Say (Milestone, 1966) with Thad Jones

Encounter! (Prestige, 1968)

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko at Top of the Gate (1968)

With Geri Allen

Twenty One (Blue Note, 1994)

Timeless Portraits and Dreams (Telarc, 2006)

With Gene Ammons

The Black Cat! (Prestige, 1970)

My Way (Prestige, 1971)

Got My Own (Prestige, 1972)

Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1972)

With Roy Ayers

Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968)

Daddy Bug (Atlantic, 1969)

With Chet Baker

You Can't Go Home Again (Horizon, 1977)

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)

With Joey Baron

Down Home (Intuition, 1997) with Arthur Blythe and Bill Frisell

We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 1999) with Arthur Blythe and Bill Frisell

With Kenny Barron

1+1+1 (BlackHawk, 1984 [1986])

With Gary Bartz

Harlem Bush Music (Milestone, 1970–71)

With George Benson

Giblet Gravy (1968)

Shape of Things to Come (1969)

The Other Side of Abbey Road (1970)

Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)

White Rabbit (1972)

Body Talk (1973)

Bad Benson (1974)

Big Boss Band (1990)

With Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (Columbia, 1962)

With Ray Bryant

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)

With Henry Butler

The Village (Impulse!, 1987)

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, 1969–70)

With Billy Cobham

Spectrum (1973)

With Alice Coltrane

Ptah, The El Daoud (Impulse!, 1970)

With Harry Connick, Jr.

Harry Connick Jr. (1987)

With Chick Corea

Inner Space (Atlantic, 1973)

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 Tadd Dameron

The Magic Touch (Riverside 1962)

With Miles Davis

Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)

Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival

Four & More

My Funny Valentine

Live in Milan 1964

Live at the Plugged Nickel

Miles Smiles

ESP

Miles in the Sky

Seven Steps to Heaven

Sorcerer

Filles de Kilimanjaro

Water Babies

Nefertiti

With Eli Degibri

Israeli Song (2010)

With Paul Desmond

Summertime (A&M/CTI, 1968)

From the Hot Afternoon (A&M/CTI, 1969)

Bridge Over Troubled Water (A&M/CTI, 1970)

Skylark (CTI, 1973)

Pure Desmond (CTI, 1975)

With Eric Dolphy

Out There (Prestige, 1960)

Far Cry (Prestige, 1960)

With Lou Donaldson

Lush Life (1967)

Sophisticated Lou (1973)

With Charles Earland

Kharma (Prestige, 1974)

With Don Ellis

How Time Passes (Candid, 1960)

New Ideas (New Jazz, 1961)

With Art Farmer

The Many Faces of Art Farmer (Scepter, 1964)

With Roberta Flack

First Take (1970)

Quiet Fire (1971)

Killing Me Softly (1973)

With Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)

With Johnny Frigo

Live from Studio A in New York City (1988)

With Red Garland

Crossings (1977)

Strike Up The Band (1977)

Red Alert (1977)

With Stan Getz

Voices (1967)

What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)

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 Astrud Gilberto

Gilberto with Turrentine with Stanley Turrentine (CTI, 1971)

With Giorgio

Party of the Century (2010)

With Benny Golson

Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) – also released as Just Jazz!

Free (Argo, 1962)

With Johnny Griffin

White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)

The Kerry Dancers (Riverside, 1961–62)

With Jim Hall

Concierto (CTI, 1975)

Live at Village West (1984)

Telephone (1985)

With Chico Hamilton

The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)

With Johnny Hammond

Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971)

The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)

Higher Ground (Kudu, 1973)

With Herbie Hancock

Empyrean Isles (Blue Note)

Maiden Voyage (Blue Note)

Speak Like a Child (Blue Note)

VSOP (Columbia)

Quartet (Columbia, 1981)

With Barry Harris

Magnificent! (Prestige, 1969)

With Eddie Harris

The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965)

Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966)

The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966)

Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968)

Excursions (Atlantic, 1966–73)

How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)

With Gene Harris

Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Blue Note, 1972)

With Coleman Hawkins

Night Hawk (Swingville, 1960)

The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)

With Joe Henderson

Power to the People (Milestone, 1969)

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

3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Freddie Hubbard

Red Clay (CTI, 1970)

Straight Life (CTI, 1970)

First Light (CTI, 1971)

With Bobby Hutcherson

Components (Blue Note, 1965)

With Jackie and Roy

Time & Love (CTI, 1972)

With Milt Jackson

Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)

Invitation (Riverside, 1962)

Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965)

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)

Sunflower (CTI, 1972)

Goodbye (CTI, 1973)

Olinga (CTI, 1974)

With Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave (A&M, 1967)

Stone Flower (CTI, 1970)

With Billy Joel

"Big Man on Mulberry Street" on album The Bridge (1986)

With J. J. Johnson

The Total J.J. Johnson (RCA Victor, 1967)

Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)

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, 1977 [1981]) as The Great Jazz Trio

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, 1967)

Black Whip (Prestige, 1973)

With Quincy Jones

Gula Matari (CTI, 1970)

With Sam Jones

Down Home (Riverside, 1962)

With Lee Konitz

Spirits (Milestone, 1971)

With Steve Kuhn and Gary McFarland

The October Suite (Impulse!, 1966)

With Yusef Lateef

The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (Riverside, 1960)

With Hubert Laws

Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1968)

Crying Song (CTI, 1969)

Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970)

The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1971)

Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972)

Morning Star (CTI, 1972)

Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)

In the Beginning (CTI, 1974)

The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1974)

With Johnny Lytle

The Soulful Rebel (Milestone, 1971)

With Junior Mance

Happy Time (Jazzland, 1962)

With Herbie Mann

Glory of Love (CTI, 1967)

Concerto Grosso in D Blues (Atlantic, 1969)

Stone Flute (Embryo, 1969 [1970])

With Arif Mardin

Journey (Atlantic, 1974)

With Les McCann

Much Les (Atlantic, 1968)

Comment (Atlantic, 1970)

With Howard McGhee

Dusty Blue (Bethlehem, 1960)

With Charles McPherson

Charles McPherson (Mainstream, 1971)

With Meeco

Amargo Mel (Connector, 2009)

With Helen Merrill

Duets (1987)

With Wes Montgomery

So Much Guitar (1961)

Tequila

California Dreaming

With James Moody

The Blues and Other Colors (Milestone, 1969)

With Airto Moreira

Free (CTI, 1972)

With Idris Muhammad

Peace and Rhythm (Prestige, 1971)

With Oliver Nelson

Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1966)

Happenings (Impulse!, 1966)

Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)

The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)

With David "Fathead" Newman

The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969)

Newmanism (Atlantic, 1974)

Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool : A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1994, Kokopelli)

With the New York Jazz Quartet

In Concert in Japan (1975)

With Hermeto Pascoal

Hermeto (1971)

Slaves Mass (1976)

With Rosa Passos

Entre Amigos (2003)

With Duke Pearson

Sweet Honey Bee (Blue Note, 1966)

With Art Pepper

New York Album (Galaxy, 1979 [1985])

So in Love (Artists House, 1979)

With Houston Person

Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1972)

With Austin Peralta

Maiden Voyage (2006)

With Pony Poindexter

Pony's Express (Epic, 1962)

With Sam Rivers

Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note, 1964)

Contours (Blue Note, 1965)

With Shirley Scott

On a Clear Day (1966)

Mystical Lady (Cadet, 1971)

Superstition (Cadet, 1973)

With Gil Scott-Heron

Pieces of a Man (1972)

With Don Sebesky

Giant Box (CTI, 1973)

The Rape of El Morro (CTI, 1975)

With Bud Shank

This Bud's for You... (Muse, 1984)

With Marlena Shaw

From the Depths of My Soul (1973)

With Woody Shaw

In the Beginning (Muse 1965 [1983])

Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)

With Wayne Shorter

Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964)

The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1965)

With Horace Silver

Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)

Silver 'n Wood (Blue Note, 1976)

Silver 'n Voices (Blue Note, 1976)

Silver 'n Percussion (Blue Note, 1977)

Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (Blue Note, 1978)

The Hardbop Grandpop (1996)

A Prescription for the Blues (1997)

With Paul Simon

"Run That Body Down" on Paul Simon (Columbia, 1972)

With Grace Slick

Manhole (1973)

With Jimmy Smith

Got My Mojo Workin' (Verve, 1966)

Off the Top (1982)

With Phoebe Snow

Second Childhood (1976)

With Sonny Stitt

Satan (Cadet, 1974)

With Ed Summerlin

Ring Out Joy (Avant-Garde, 1968)

With Gábor Szabó

Spellbinder (Impulse!, 1966)

Mizrab (CTI, 1972)

With Livingston Taylor

In Harmony (1980)

With Buddy Terry

Electric Soul! (Prestige, 1967)

With Ed Thigpen

Out of the Storm (Verve, 1966)

With Bobby Timmons

In Person (1961)

Born to Be Blue! (1963)

The Soul Man! (1966)

Got to Get It! (1967)

With Charles Tolliver

Paper Man (Freedom, 1968)

With A Tribe Called Quest

The Low End Theory (1991)

With Stanley Turrentine

Let It Go (Impluse!, 1966) with Shirley Scott

The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)

Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)

With McCoy Tyner

The Real McCoy (Blue Note)

Expansions (Blue Note)

Trident (Milestone)

Counterpoints (Milestone)

Fly with the Wind (Milestone)

Supertrios

Extensions

With Mal Waldron

The Quest (1961)

With Cedar Walton

The All American Trio (Baystate, 1984) with Jack DeJohnette

Roots (Astor Place, 1997)

With Grover Washington Jr.

Inner City Blues (Kudu, 1971)

All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972)

Soul Box (Kudu, 1973)

With Randy Weston

Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)

Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)

Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)

With Kai Winding

The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones (Impulse!, 1960)

Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)

Israel (A&M/CTI, 1968) with J. J. Johnson

Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1969) with J. J. Johnson

Stonebone (A&M/CTI (Japan), 1969) with J. J. Johnson

With Leo Wright

Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)

With Terence Blanchard

Magnetic (Blue Note, 2013)