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

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We revisit Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee’s conversation with Grammy-winning, world recording-holding jazz bassist Ron 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.

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