Episode · MD MEETS · 2026-09-06
Books mentioned on Jazz Legend Ron Carter: A Life in Music – From Coltrane to Miles Davis
Jazz legend Ron Carter has spent nearly 75 years searching for what he calls “the right note.” The most recorded jazz bassist in history has played alongside some of the defining artists of modern music - from Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock to countless other icons who shaped jazz as we know it.
Mathias Döpfner discussed The Double Bass by Patrick Süskind.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Double Bass
Discussed“There is a famous a very successful book in Germany written by Patrick Zuskint. Uh it's called the double bass and it's basically about a bass player from a classical orchestra and the book is dealing with his inferiority complexes that he is never in the forefront of attention that he's always in the background.”
Where to get it
