Ron Carter - Sculpture

The Concept

Since 1963 legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter’s hands have played the music that is the
soundtrack of our lives. From his early days as a member of Miles Davis’ Second Great
Quartet, through iconic 70’s and 80’s pop music with Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Billy Joel
and Paul Simon, to seminal hip hop albums from a Tribe Called Quest, Ron Carter has been
(and remains) the go-to-bassist for the most influential musicians across all genres. Not to
mention his own award-winning work with his own bands and his innovative work arranging
compositions by JS Bach.

Sculptor Michael Evert usually makes busts of his subjects as they sit for him over time.
They talk, there is a “vibe” and their interaction finds its way into the finished piece. For this
project, Evert chose the life cast method to recreate the Maestro’s left hand to create an
actual, historical record of the hand that created all that music that was so integral to our
lives, rather than his artistic interpretation of it. Plus, says Evert, “I’ve always been old
school. You can’t get older school than life casting, plus, the double bass is an old-school
instrument, it plays all genres in the old-school tradition (as opposed to electric bass), it was
the obvious choice. It is his actual hand. There are no degrees of separation.”
Evert chose the left hand because while the right hand is always busy and important, of
course, it’s the left hand that moves up and down the neck and reaches across and creates
so many different sounds and effects.

Dimensions - 15" x 5" x 3.625"

Limited edition 1/20