Ron Carter Autographs
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) 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.
Beginning with Where? in 1961, Carter's studio albums as leader also include Uptown Conversation (1969), Blues Farm (1973), All Blues (1973), Spanish Blue (1974), Anything Goes (1975), Yellow & Green (1976), Pastels (1976), Piccolo (1977), Third Plane (1977), Peg Leg (1978), A Song for You (1978), Etudes (1982), The Golden Striker (2003), Dear Miles (2006), and Ron Carter's Great Big Band (2011).
Carter was born in Ferndale, Michigan. At the age of 10, he started playing the cello, switching to bass while at Cass Technical High School. He earned a B.A. in music from the Eastman School of Music (1959) and a master's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music (1961). While at Eastman, Carter began the shift from classical to jazz when he, Pee Wee Ellis and other friends put together a house band to play at the Pythodd Room, a club on Clarissa Street in segregated Rochester, where he met players on the Chitlin Circuit who encouraged him to go to New York City.
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Current items with a signature of Ron Carter
These are the most current items with a signature of Ron Carter that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Ron Carter Signed Fat Tuesday�fs Concert Ticket Stub 1970's , Jazz [A11560]8h3 | $27.60 |  |
| Ron Carter Signed Fat Tuesday�fs Concert Ticket Stub 1970's , Jazz [A11560]8h3 | $27.60 | |
Traded items with a signature of Ron Carter
The most expensive item with a signature of Ron Carter (Mega Komvolut, 400x Signed Lps / Vinyl Genesis, Scorpions, Ron Carter) was sold in May 2025 for $7,517.50 while the cheapest item (Ron Carter is an American jazz double bassist Hand Signed 4 5/8 x 3.25 Page) found a new owner for $5.13 in August 2019. The month with the most items sold (9) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $255.98 for an autographed item of Ron Carter. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $600.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.75 was January 2015. In average, an autographed item from Ron Carter is worth $99.02.
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Latest News about Ron Carter
At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’ (05/09/2022): The famously curious musician and bandleader will celebrate his milestone birthday with a career-spanning Carnegie Hall concert. 
