Jazz bassist & cellist & composer
Ron Carter
The most recorded bassist in jazz history, and a member of the Miles Davis quintet.
Ronald Levin Carter 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 to 1968.
- Born
- 1937-05-04, Ferndale, USAA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1937-05-04, Ferndale, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Detroitthe zone used then
America/DetroitThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 13°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 25°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 23°40′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 19°51′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 3°01′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 27°07′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 0°59′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 9°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 16°19′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 26°37′ | Direct |
Ron Carter is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ron Carter was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.