Ron Carter discography

With Pepper Adams

• The Adams Effect (Uptown, 1988)
• Mean What You Say with Thad Jones (Milestone, 1966)
• Encounter! (Prestige, 1969)

With Nat Adderley

• Calling Out Loud (CTI, 1968)
• A Little New York Midtown Music (Galaxy, 1979)

With Geri Allen

• Twenty One (Blue Note, 1994)
• Timeless Portraits and Dreams (Telarc, 2006)

With Gene Ammons

• The Black Cat! (Prestige, 1971)
• My Way (Prestige, 1971)
• Got My Own (Prestige, 1972)
• Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1973)

With Roy Ayers

• Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968)
• Daddy Bug (Atlantic, 1969)

With Chet Baker

• She Was Too Good to Me (CTI, 1974)
• Carnegie Hall Concert with Gerry Mulligan (CTI, 1975) – live
• You Can't Go Home Again (Horizon, 1977)
• Once Upon a Summertime (Artists House, 1980)
• The Best Thing for You (A&M, 1989)

With Gato Barbieri

• Fenix (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
• Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)
• Yesterdays (Flying Dutchman, 1974)
• Chapter Four: Alive in New York (Impulse!, 1975) – live

With Joey Baron

• Down Home with Arthur Blythe and Bill Frisell (Intuition, 1997)
• We'll Soon Find Out with Arthur Blythe and Bill Frisell (Intuition, 1999)

With George Benson

• Giblet Gravy (Verve, 1968)
• Shape of Things to Come (A&M, 1968)
• The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M, 1970) – rec. 1969
• Beyond the Blue Horizon (CTI, 1971)
• White Rabbit (CTI, 1972) – rec. 1971
• Body Talk (CTI, 1973)
• Bad Benson (CTI, 1974)
• Tenderly (Warner Bros., 1989)
• Big Boss Band (Warner Bros., 1990)

With Cindy Blackman

• The Oracle (Muse, 1995)
• In the Now (HighNote, 1998)

With Ray Bryant

• Up Above the Rock (Cadet, 1968)
• MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970)

With Kenny Burrell

• Guitar Forms (Verve, 1964)
• A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1967)
• Blues – The Common Ground (Verve, 1968)
• Night Song (Verve, 1969)
• God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971)
• Togethering with Grover Washington Jr. (Blue Note, 1984)

With Jaki Byard

• Here's Jaki (New Jazz, 1961)
• Hi-Fly (New Jazz, 1962)
• Out Front! (Prestige, 1964)
• Jaki Byard with Strings! (Prestige, 1968)

With Donald Byrd

• Electric Byrd (Blue Note, 1970)
• Kofi (Blue Note, 1995) – rec. 1969–1970

With Billy Cobham

• Spectrum (Atlantic, 1973)
• The Art of Three (In+Out Records, 2001)
• The Art of Four (In+Out Records, 2006)

With Alice Coltrane

• Huntington Ashram Monastery (Impulse!, 1969)
• Ptah, The El Daoud (Impulse!, 1970)

With Hank Crawford

• Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
• It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion, 1971)
• Help Me Make it Through the Night (Kudu, 1972)
• We Got a Good Thing Going (Kudu, 1972)

With Miles Davis

• Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)
• Seven Steps to Heaven (Columbia, 1963)
• Miles Davis in Europe (Columbia, 1964) – live
• Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival, 2003) – live
• My Funny Valentine (Columbia, 1965) – live
• Four & More (Columbia, 1966) – live
• Miles in Berlin (Columbia, 1965) – live
• Miles in Tokyo (CBS, 1969) – live
• Live at the Plugged Nickel (Columbia, 1995) – live
• ESP (Columbia, 1965)
• Miles Smiles (Columbia, 1967)
• Sorcerer (Columbia, 1967)
• Nefertiti (Columbia, 1968)
• Miles in the Sky (Columbia, 1968)
• Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1969)
• Live-Evil (Columbia, 1971) – partially live
• Big Fun (Columbia, 1974)
• Water Babies (Columbia, 1976)
• Circle in the Round (Columbia, 1979)
• Direction (Columbia, 1981)
• Live in Milan 1964 (RLR, 2007)

With Paul Desmond

• Summertime (CTI, 1968)
• From the Hot Afternoon (CTI, 1969)
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (CTI, 1970)
• Skylark (CTI, 1973)
• Pure Desmond (CTI, 1975)

With Eric Dolphy

• Out There (Prestige, 1961)
• Far Cry (Prestige, 1962)

With Lou Donaldson

• Lush Life (Blue Note, 1980)
• Sophisticated Lou (Blue Note, 1973)

With Don Ellis

• How Time Passes (Candid, 1960)
• New Ideas (New Jazz, 1961)

With Gil Evans

• Out of the Cool (Impulse!, 1960)
• The Individualism of Gil Evans (Impulse!, 1964)

With Roberta Flack

• First Take (Atlantic, 1969)
• Quiet Fire (Atlantic, 1971)
• Killing Me Softly (Atlantic, 1973)

With Tommy Flanagan

• The Master Trio (Baybridge, 1983)
• Blues in the Closet (Baybridge, 1983)

With Michael Franks

• Tiger in the Rain (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
• Skin Dive (Warner Bros., 1985)

With Letizia Gambi

• Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music S.r.l., 2012)
• Blue Monday (RP Production, 2016)

With Red Garland

• Red Alert (Galaxy, 1978)
• Crossings (Galaxy, 1978)
• Stepping Out (Galaxy, 1981)
• So Long Blues (Galaxy, 1984)
• Strike Up the Band (Galaxy, 1981)

With Stan Getz

• Voices (Verve, 1967)
• Sweet Rain (Verve, 1967)
• What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968) – rec. 1966-1968
• Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Verve, 1973) – rec. 1964

With Gerry Gibbs

• Thrasher Dream Trio with Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound, 2013)
• We're Back with Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound, 2014)
• Live in Studio with Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound, 2015)

With Benny Golson

• Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) – also released as Just Jazz!
• Free (Argo, 1962)
• This Is for You, John (Baystate, 1984)
• Stardust (Denon, 1987) with Freddie Hubbard
• One Day, Forever (Arkadia Jazz, 2001) – rec. 1999

With Johnny Griffin

• White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)
• The Kerry Dancers (Riverside, 1962)

With Jim Hall

• Concierto (CTI, 1975)
• Commitment (A&M, 1976)
• Live at Village West (Concord Jazz, 1984)
• Telephone (Concord Jazz, 1985)

With Johnny Hammond

• Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971)
• The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)
• Higher Ground (Kudu, 1973)

With Herbie Hancock

• Empyrean Isles (Blue Note, 1964)
• Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, 1965)
• Speak Like a Child (Blue Note, 1968)
• V.S.O.P. (Columbia, 1977) – rec. 1976
• Quartet (Columbia, 1982) – rec. 1981

With Eddie Harris

• The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965)
• Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966)
• The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966)
• Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968)
• Excursions (Atlantic, 1966)
• How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)

With Coleman Hawkins

• Night Hawk (Swingville, 1961) – rec. 1960
• The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)

With Joe Henderson

• Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966)
• The Kicker (Milestone, 1968)
• Tetragon (Milestone, 1968)
• Power to the People (Milestone, 1969)
• Black Is the Color (Milestone, 1972)
• Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976)
• Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980)
• The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 1985)

With Andrew Hill

• Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968)
• Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969)
• Passing Ships (Blue Note, 1969)

With Johnny Hodges

• Rippin' & Runnin' (Verve, 1968)
• 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Freddie Hubbard

• Red Clay (CTI, 1970)
• Straight Life (CTI, 1970)
• First Light (CTI, 1971)
• Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (CTI, 1973)
• In Concert Volume Two (CTI, 1973)
• Sky Dive (CTI, 1973)

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Components (Blue Note, 1965)
• Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic, 1994)

With Milt Jackson

• Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
• Invitation (Riverside, 1962)
• Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965) – live
• Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)
• Sunflower (CTI, 1973) – rec. 1972
• Goodbye (CTI, 1974) – rec. 1972-1973
• Olinga (CTI, 1974)

With Antonio Carlos Jobim

• Wave (A&M, 1967)
• Tide (A&M, 1970)
• Stone Flower (CTI, 1970)
• Jobim (MCA, 1973)
• Urubu (Warner Bros., 1976)

With J. J. Johnson

• The Total J.J. Johnson (RCA Victor, 1967) – rec. 1966
• Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980) – rec. 1979

With Hank Jones

• Hanky Panky (East Wind, 1975)
• I'm Old Fashioned (East Wind, 1976) with Sadao Watanabe and The Great Jazz Trio
• The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
• The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
• The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (East Wind, 1981) as The Great Jazz Trio – rec. 1977
• Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
• Direct from L.A. (East Wind, 1977) as The Great Jazz Trio
• Milestones (East Wind, 1978) as The Great Jazz Trio
• New Wine in Old Bottles (East Wind, 1978) with Jackie McLean and the Great Jazz Trio

With Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones

• Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones (Prestige, 1968) – rec. 1967
• Black Whip (Prestige, 1973)

With Hubert Laws

• Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1969) – rec. 1968
• Crying Song (CTI, 1969)
• Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970)
• The Rite of Spring (CTI, 1971)
• Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972) – rec. 1971-1972
• Morning Star (CTI, 1972)
• Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973) – live
• In the Beginning (CTI, 1974)
• The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1975)

With Harold Mabern

• Straight Street (DIW, 1989)
• The Leading Man (DIW, 1993)

With Herbie Mann

• Glory of Love (CTI, 1968) – rec. 1967
• Concerto Grosso in D Blues (Atlantic, 1969) – rec. 1968
• Stone Flute (Embryo, 1970) – rec. 1968

With Les McCann

• Much Les (Atlantic, 1969)
• Comment (Atlantic, 1970)

With Helen Merrill

• The Feeling Is Mutual (Millestone, 1967)
• Duets (EmArcy, 1989)

With Jane Monheit

• Never Never Land (N-Coded, 2000)
• In the Sun (N-Coded, 2002)
• Taking a Chance on Love (Sony, 2004)

With Bette Midler

• The Divine Miss M (Atlantic, 1972) – rec. 1971-1972
• Some People's Lives (Atlantic, 1990)
• Bathhouse Betty (Warner Bros., 1998) – rec. 1997-1998

With Buddy Montgomery

• Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987)
• So Why Not? (Landmark, 1988)

With Wes Montgomery

• SO Much Guitar! (Riverside, 1961)
• Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance, 1965)^[1]
• Tequila (Verve, 1966)
• A Day in the Life (A&M, 1967)
• Down Here on the Ground (A&M, 1968)

With Frank Morgan

• Yardbird Suite (Contemporary, 1988)
• Reflections (Contemporary, 1989)
• Listen to the Dawn (Antilles, 1994)

With Oliver Nelson

• Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1967) – rec. 1966
• Happenings (Impulse!, 1966)
• Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
• The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)

With David "Fathead" Newman

• The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969) – rec. 1968-1969
• Newmanism (Atlantic, 1974)
• Mr. Fathead (Warner Bros., 1976)
• Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)
• Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool (Kokopelli, 1994)

With Hermeto Pascoal

• Hermeto (Cobblestone, 1970)
• Slaves Mass (Warner Bros., 1976)

With Art Pepper

• So in Love (Artists House, 1980) – rec. 1979
• New York Album (Galaxy, 1985) – rec. 1979

With Esther Phillips

• Alone Again, Naturally (Kudu, 1972)
• Black-Eyed Blues (Kudu, 1973)
• You've Come a Long Way, Baby (Mercury, 1977)

With The Rascals

• Once Upon a Dream (Atlantic, 1968)
• See (Atlantic, 1969)
• Peaceful World (Columbia, 1971)

With Sam Rivers

• Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note, 1964)
• Contours (Blue Note, 1965)

With Wallace Roney

• Intuition (Muse, 1988)
• Crunchin' (Muse, 1993)

With Shirley Scott

• On a Clear Day (Impulse!, 1966)
• Mystical Lady (Cadet, 1971)
• Superstition (Cadet, 1973)

With Don Sebesky

• Giant Box (CTI, 1973)
• The Rape of El Morro (CTI, 1975)

With Woody Shaw

• In the Beginning (Muse, 1983) – rec. 1965
• Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)

With Wayne Shorter

• Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964)
• The Soothsayer (Blue Note, 1965)
• The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1965)
• Schizophrenia (Blue Note, 1967)
• Moto Grosso Feio (Blue Note, 1970)
• Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1970)

With Horace Silver

• Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)
• Silver 'n Wood (Blue Note, 1976)
• Silver 'n Voices (Blue Note, 1976)
• Silver 'n Percussion (Blue Note, 1977)
• Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (Blue Note, 1978)
• The Hardbop Grandpop (Impulse!, 1996)
• A Prescription for the Blues (Impulse!, 1997)

With Jimmy Smith

• Got My Mojo Workin' (Verve, 1966)
• Off the Top (Elektra Musician, 1982)

With James Spaulding

• Gotstabe a Better Way! (Muse, 1990) – rec. 1988
• Brilliant Corners (Muse, 1988)

With Gábor Szabó

• Spellbinder (Impulse!, 1966)
• Mizrab (CTI, 1972)

With The Manhattan Transfer

• Jukin' (Capitol, 1971)
• Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)

With Bobby Timmons

• In Person (Riverside, 1961) – live
• Born to Be Blue! (Riverside, 1963)
• The Soul Man! (Prestige, 1966)
• Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)

With Stanley Turrentine

• Let It Go (Impulse!, 1966)
• Sugar (CTI, 1970)
• The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)
• Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)
• More Than a Mood (MusicMasters, 1992)
• If I Could (MusicMasters, 1993)

With McCoy Tyner

• The Real McCoy (Blue Note, 1967)
• Expansions (Blue Note, 1970)
• Extensions (Blue Note, 1973) – rec. 1970
• Trident (Milestone, 1975)
• Fly with the Wind (Milestone, 1976)
• Supertrios (Milestone, 1977)
• Passion Dance (Milestone, 1978)
• 13th House (Milestone, 1981) – rec. 1980
• New York Reunion (Chesky, 1991)
• Counterpoints (Milestone, 2004) – rec. 1978

With Cedar Walton

• The All American Trio with Jack DeJohnette (Baystate, 1984)
• Cedar Walton Plays (Delos, 1986)
• Roots (Astor Place, 1997)

With Grover Washington Jr.

• Inner City Blues (Kudu, 1972) – rec. 1971
• All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972)
• Soul Box (Kudu, 1973)
• Aria (Sony Classical, 2000) – rec. 1999

With Randy Weston

• Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1961)
• Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)
• Tanjah (Polydor, 1974)

With Vanessa Williams

• The Sweetest Days (Mercury, 1994)
• Star Bright (Mercury, 1996)

With Kai Winding

• The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones (Impulse!, 1960)
• Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)
• Israel with J. J. Johnson (A&M, 1968)
• Betwixt & Between with J. J. Johnson (A&M, 1969)
• Stonebone with J. J. Johnson (A&M, 1969)

With others

• Toshiko Akiyoshi, Toshiko at Top of the Gate (Nippon Columbia, 1968) – live
• Eric Alexander, Nightlife in Tokyo (Milestone, 2003) – rec. 2002
• Noah Baerman, Patch Kit (CD Baby, 2006) also with Ben Riley
• Kenny Barron, 1+1+1 (BlackHawk, 1986) – rec. 1984
• Gary Bartz, Harlem Bush Music (Milestone, 1997) – rec. 1970–1971
• Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note, 2013)
• Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (Columbia, 1964)
• Henry Butler, The Village (Impulse!, 1987)
• Jonathan Butler, Head to Head (Mercury, 1993)
• Benny Carter, Central City Sketches (MusicMasters, 1987)
• Harry Connick, Jr., Harry Connick Jr. (Columbia, 1987)
• Chick Corea, Inner Space (Atlantic, 1973) – compilation
• A. J. Croce, A. J. Croce (Private Music, 1993)
• Tadd Dameron, The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)
• Eli Degibri, Israeli Song (Anzic, 2010)
• Charles Earland, Kharma (Prestige, 1974)
• Bill Evans, Loose Blues (Milestone, 1982)
• Art Farmer, The Many Faces of Art Farmer (Scepter, 1964)
• Aretha Franklin, Soul '69 (Atlantic, 1969)
• Bill Frisell, Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)
• Johnny Frigo, Live from Studio A in New York City (Chesky, 1988) – live
• Terry Garthwaite, Terry (Arista, 1975)
• Astrud Gilberto, Gilberto with Turrentine with Stanley Turrentine (CTI, 1971)
• Giorgio, Party of the Century (Lettera A, 2010)
• Dexter Gordon, Landslide (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1961-1962
• Chico Hamilton, The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
• Barry Harris, Magnificent! (Prestige, 1969)
• Gene Harris, Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Blue Note, 1972)
• Roy Haynes, Thank You Thank You (Galaxy, 1977)
• John Hicks, Friends Old and New (Novus, 1992)
• Dan Hill, If Dreams Had Wings (Epic Records, 1980)
• Lena Horne, Lena & Michel (RCA, 1975)
• Shirley Horn, I Remember Miles (Verve, 1998)
• Janis Ian, Night Rains (Columbia Records, 1979)
• Ethan Iverson, The Purity of the Turf (Criss Cross Jazz, 2016)
• Jackie and Roy, Time & Love (CTI, 1972)
• Billy Joel, The Bridge (Columbia, 1986) – rec. 1985-1986
• Philly Joe Jones, Philly Mignon (Galaxy, 1977)
• Quincy Jones, Gula Matari (CTI, 1970)
• Sam Jones, Down Home (Riverside, 1962)
• Eddie Kendricks, Vintage '78 (Arista, 1978)
• Lee Konitz, Spirits (Milestone, 1971)
• Steve Kuhn and Gary McFarland, The October Suite (Impulse!, 1967) – rec. 1966
• Yusef Lateef, The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (Riverside, 1960)
• Mike LeDonne, Night Song (Savant, 2005)
• Mel Lewis, Mel Lewis and Friends (A&M, 1977)
• Johnny Lytle, The Soulful Rebel (Milestone, 1971)
• Junior Mance, Happy Time (Jazzland, 1962)
• Arif Mardin, Journey (Atlantic, 1974) – rec. 1973
• Jon Mark, Songs for a Friend (Columbia, 1975)
• Gene McDaniels, Outlaw (Atlantic, 1970)
• Howard McGhee, Dusty Blue (Bethlehem, 1960)
• Ken McIntyre, Year of the Iron Sheep (United Artists, 1962)
• Charles McPherson, Charles McPherson (Mainstream, 1971)
• Meeco, Amargo Mel (Connector, 2009)
• James Moody, The Blues and Other Colors (Milestone, 1969)
• Airto Moreira, Free (CTI, 1972)
• Idris Muhammad, Peace and Rhythm (Prestige, 1971)
• Geoff Muldaur, Is Having a Wonderful Time (Reprise, 1975)
• Mark Murphy, Bridging a Gap (Muse, 1973) – rec. 1972
• Aaron Neville, Nature Boy: The Standards Album (Verve, 2003)
• New York Jazz Quartet, In Concert in Japan (Salvation, 1975)
• Rosa Passos, Entre Amigos (Chesky, 2003)
• Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions, 2021)
• Duke Pearson, Sweet Honey Bee (Blue Note, 1966)
• Houston Person, Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1973) – rec. 1972
• Austin Peralta, Maiden Voyage (Eighty-Eight's, 2006) – rec. 2005
• Pony Poindexter, Pony's Express (Epic, 1962)
• Bruce Roberts, Bruce Roberts (Elektra, 1977)
• Tom Rush, Tom Rush (Columbia, 1970)
• Gil Scott-Heron, Pieces of a Man (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
• Bud Shank, This Bud's for You... (Muse, 1985) – rec. 1984
• Marlena Shaw, From the Depths of My Soul (Blue Note, 1973)
• Archie Shepp, The Way Ahead (Impulse!, 1969)
• Janis Siegel, Experiment in White (Atlantic Records, 1982)
• Paul Simon, Paul Simon (Columbia, 1972)
• Grace Slick, Manhole (RCA, 1974) – rec. 1973
• Lonnie Smith, Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971)
• Phoebe Snow, Second Childhood (Columbia, 1976)
• Candi Staton, Candi Staton (Warner Bros., 1980)
• Sonny Stitt, Satan (Cadet, 1974)
• Ed Summerlin, Ring Out Joy (Avant-Garde, 1968)
• Kate Taylor, Kate Taylor (Columbia, 1978)
• Buddy Terry, Electric Soul! (Prestige, 1967)
• Ed Thigpen, Out of the Storm (Verve, 1966)
• Charles Tolliver, Paper Man (Freedom, 1968)
• A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991) – rec. 1990-1991
• Kenny Vance, Vance 32 (Atlantic Records, 1975)
• Mal Waldron, The Quest (New Jazz, 1962) – rec. 1961
• The Tony Williams Lifetime, Ego (Polydor, 1971)
• Leo Wright, Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)