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The Latin word maestro translates to the word master and according to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, one definition of this esteemed label, as it pertains to the following content, is ‘a great figure of science or art whose work serves as a model or ideal’, while another interpretation reads ‘having or showing very great skill or proficiency’. For jazz enthusiasts and critics alike, all can agree that Ron Carter embodies these characterizations to the Nth degree.
Given that Carter has played on over 2500 albums, there is little point in going further except to note that the upcoming documentary Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes, or at least the soundtrack is not filled with those tracks, but rather with more recent material