# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-carter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:27.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-carter"
name: "Ron Carter"
slug: "ron-carter"
description: "Ronald Levin Carter is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on the instrument. In addition to a solo career of more than 60 years, Carter is well-known for playing on numerous iconic Blue Note albums in the 1960s, as well as being the anchor of trumpeter Miles Davis's \"Second Great Quintet\" from 1963-1968."
tagline: "American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_plays.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           23.17262
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.roncarter.net"
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    title: "Картер, Рон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump