Musician Ron Carter celebrates his 88th birthday with twelve consecutive concerts.

A living legend of music who is still active, Ron Carter has been part of several of the most important jazz lineups, including those of Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk, and Miles Davis. With the trumpeter, he recorded albums like 'Miles in the Sky' and 'Bitches Brew,' during a shift in public taste. In this transition, he coincided with the new generation of 'cool jazz,' such as Herbie Hancock – who is alive and on tour – and Wayne Shorter, and with them, he remained faithful, years later, to the more contemporary style, which he would solidify in every note.

With a long list of albums, about twenty of them as a solo artist; others in duo, like those he did with his friend Jim Hall; many with a jam session flavor; and countless as a collaborator, his face is known beyond specialists, with cameos in series like 'Treme' (HBO). Overall, he is one of the greats of the genre and is still in top form.

Always elegant, on May 4th he turns 88 years old and wants to reach that night as he approaches every day of his life, playing. "My birthday is just around the corner, ladies and gentlemen," Carter wrote a few days ago. With the unusual honor of being the "resident birthday musician" for a week at the jazz temple Blue Note in New York, his unique celebration lasts six days. It ends on Sunday, May 4th.

Most nights he alternates with his usual touring musicians, with whom he has been seen in Spain in his latest concerts, the Foursight Quartet – with Renee Rosnes on piano and the rhythm section of Jimmy Greene and Payton Crossley –; and on two dates he switches to a trio format, with pianist Donald Vega and saxophonist Donald Harrison. Ticket prices are around 50 euros per person.

As if playing six consecutive nights, especially at nearly 88 years old, wasn't enough, the tireless Carter doubles down. There are two concerts each night, starting two and a half hours apart, which gives an idea of the extensive repertoire he has and wants to share, without announcing a setlist. "To find out, you'll just have to come see for yourself," joked the 'maestro', considered the jazz bassist with the most recorded sessions in history, over 2,200.

Born in 1937 in Michigan, United States, he started in music at the age of ten and by the late fifties, jazz had definitively captured him, although he also flirted with stars like Roberta Flack and Billy Joel. With Ron Carter, there is much to remember, and perhaps at the stroke of midnight on his birthday, 'Round Midnight' might play.