John Matera, Executive Producer for Partisan Pictures presenting the PBS documentary "Ron Carter Finding the Right Notes," visited WQED-FM speaking with Jim Cunningham about the October broadcast on WQED13. John is a former Pittsburgher back in town for the opening concert September 16th at the August Wilson Cultural Center of the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival which stars the 85 year old bass superstar who started his career in the 1950’s and has made more recordings than any other bassist with every major jazz star, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and many others totaling over 2,500 recordings. Why doesn’t everyone know his name? Probably because of his gentle easy going nature. He started down the road of a classical bass player with a degree from the Eastman School of Music but making it in the orchestral world has never been easy for an African American as the film reveals.
John Matera, Executive Producer for Partisan Pictures presenting the PBS documentary "Ron Carter Finding the Right Notes," visited WQED-FM speaking with Jim Cunningham about the October broadcast on WQED13. John is a former Pittsburgher back in town for the opening concert September 16th at the August Wilson Cultural Center of the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival which stars the 85 year old bass superstar who started his career in the 1950’s and has made more recordings than any other bassist with every major jazz star, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and many others totaling over 2,500 recordings. Why doesn’t everyone know his name? Probably because of his gentle easy going nature. He started down the road of a classical bass player with a degree from the Eastman School of Music but making it in the orchestral world has never been easy for an African American as the film reveals.