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Award-winning jazz bassist Ron Carter celebrates 88th birthday with six-day celebration
Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist Ron Carter, a metro Detroit native, is celebrating his 88th birthday with six days of performances April 29-May 4 in New York City. One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe talked with Carter about his musical training, the challenges he faced as a young musician, discovering jazz, and collaborating with notable musicians like Miles Davis and A Tribe Called Quest.
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