Ensemble brings a lifetime of jazz stories and experience to the Orchestra Hall stage
Tickets on sale now at dso.org
Detroit, (March 13, 2025) – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) welcomes the Ron Carter Quartet to Orchestra Hall on April 4 as part of the Paradise Jazz Series.
Ron Carter is one of the most prolific and influential jazz bass players of all time, with over 60 years of experience under his belt. As the most recorded jazz bassist in history, the Detroit native has recorded with fellow jazz legends including Miles Davis, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Cannonball Adderley, and more. Carter will be joined by drummer Payton Crossley, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, and pianist Renee Rosnes. These musicians have toured the globe together and have collaborated on numerous recording projects.
Tickets for this performance start at $20 and can be purchased at dso.org or by calling the Box Office at 313.576.5111, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Prior to the Ron Carter Quartet performance in Orchestra Hall on April 4, the Civic Jazz Orchestra, part of the DSO’s Civic Youth Ensembles, will give an opening performance in the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube (The Cube) at 7 p.m., directed by Vincent Chandler. Click here to purchase tickets.
Currently in its 26th season, the Paradise Jazz Series is named for and honors the legacy of the Paradise Theatre, the historic Detroit jazz venue that was on the site of Orchestra Hall from 1941–1951. The DSO is one of few major American orchestras to present regular jazz programming on its main stage. Learn more about the series at dso.org/jazz.
The Paradise Jazz Series is supported by the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, Huntington, MGM Grand Detroit, and DownBeat Magazine.
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Paradise Jazz Series
Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m.
Orchestra Hall
Among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in Jazz, three-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Ron Carter brings his acclaimed quartet to the Paradise Jazz Series. Over his 60-year career, he has recorded with many of the jazz greats: Miles Davis, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Eric Dolphy, and Cannonball Adderley, to name a few.
This special performance includes drummer Payton Crossley, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, and star pianist Renee Rosnes. It will take you on a journey with music recorded on various albums—from standards that you can find on Dear Miles, to well-known originals documented throughout Carter’s long and illustrious career.
Please note: Program duration and the inclusion of an intermission are subject to change depending on the program.
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About the DSO
The acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra is known for trailblazing performances, collaborations with the world’s foremost musical artists, and a deep connection to its city. Led by Music Director Jader Bignamini since 2020, the DSO makes its home at historic Orchestra Hall within the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, offering a robust performance schedule that features classical, pops, jazz, and family concerts, plus community performances. Enrico Lopez-Yañez was named Principal Pops Conductor in 2023, trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard serves as the orchestra’s Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair, and Tabita Berglund began her tenure as Principal Guest Conductor in the 2024–25 season. A dedication to broadcast innovation and technology began in 1922, when the DSO became the first orchestra in the world to present a live radio broadcast of a concert and continues today with the groundbreaking Live from Orchestra Hall series of free webcasts.
The DSO’s distinguished history of recordings—many led by its renowned music directors—spans nearly a century, beginning with the orchestra’s first 78 rpm singles with Ossip Gabrilowitsch released on the Victrola label in 1928. A steady recording output has continued since then, with highlights including more than 20 releases with Paul Paray for Mercury’s Living Presence series, and 27 under the baton of Neeme Järvi, mostly on the Chandos label. In the 1970s, the DSO took part in the historic Black Composers Series for Columbia Records led by its then-Associate Conductor Paul Freeman and later made several acclaimed recordings with Antal Doráti for the Decca label. More recently, under the direction of Leonard Slatkin, the DSO recorded music by Rachmaninoff, Copland, and John Williams for the Naxos label, earning its first GRAMMY® nomination in 2017 for Copland’s Third Symphony / Three Latin American Sketches. The first recording with Jader Bignamini, of Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony, will be released in 2025 on the Pentatone label.
Since its first school concerts a century ago, and particularly since the founding of the Civic Youth Ensembles in 1970, the DSO has been a national leader in bringing the benefits of music education to students, teachers, and families in Detroit and surrounding communities. The DSO remains committed to expanding its participation in the growth and well-being of Detroit through programs like its Detroit Neighborhood Initiative—cultural events co-created with community partners and residents—and Detroit Harmony, a promise to provide an instrument and instruction to any student in the city who wants to learn. With unwavering support from the people of Detroit, the DSO actively pursues a mission to impact lives through the power of unforgettable musical experiences.