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Pathetic nonsense

tom | 06/07/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"If classical music were a religion, its adherents would find this recording to be the most offensive and degrading sacrilege imaginable. Fortunately, it is not, and all Ron has managed to offend here are the musical sensibilities of his listeners.



No need to go into details; they might distract from the point. Ron is not capable of playing this kind of music, and he should stop trying to do so outside his own practice room. I like to sing in the shower, but I wouldn't misuse any fame I have to release my own album of arias. Mr. Carter lacks such restraint.



If you're aware of Mr. Carter's tendency to speak of himself as a classical bassist, whining that racism in the classical community prevented him from having a career, it might actually be worth your time to check these recordings out. He somehow fails to understand that the real reason he couldn't make the Philharmonic is that he sounds utterly terrible; in missing this obvious point, Mr. Carter does a disservice to those who actually have faced such struggles.



But I digress: Mr. Carter's Bach albums have value only as novelty items, to gawk at with other musicians who are aware of his great accomplishments in jazz. Shame on Universal, Blue Note Records, and any other company that affords this deluded old jazz legend the chance to make an ass of himself."

Plain horrible

Leonardo Burci | Kronberg, Germany | 03/23/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Unfortunately the first two reviewers are spot on.

Carter plays theese wonderful pieces in a casual almost sluggish way. It is hard not to associate a beginner struggling with his instrument while trying to play a piece to difficult for his abilities. This is not a question regarding the preference of an interpretational style over the other. The disappointing fact is that Carter doesn't play any Bach at all. Not on this record. Carter is a wonderful Jazz bassist - how sad to hear this nonsense from him."

I confess honestly

K. MIURA | Japan | 08/08/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I thought, that the African-American could not play European dance music. But I was wrong. Ron's play tought it to me. I respect his research of Bach. And after all his play is successfully done. He is a nice interpreter of the melody, harmony and rhythm of Bach's Cello Suites. I like Ron's Bach more than many recordings of classical musicians, for it is one of the minor cases for me, that do not make me bored.



Recorded 1985"