Legendary bassist Ron Carter teams up with ETHEL for an unforgettable classical-jazz fusion at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. This special performance features the concert premiere of the music of Monk Suite, an album celebrating Thelonious Monk’s genius with string quartet and bass arrangements that Carter and the Kronos Quartet originally recorded 40 years ago.
Marking ETHEL’s Carnegie Hall debut, the program showcases Monk’s timeless music reimagined for strings, alongside Duke Ellington classics, and Carter’s inspired take on Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.
PROGRAM:
MONK “Well, You Needn’t” (arr. Tom Darter)MONK “Rhythm-A-Ning” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Crepuscle with Nellie” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Off Minor” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Epistrophy” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Round Midnight” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Misterioso” (arr. Tom Darter)
ELLINGTON “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing” (arr. Tom Darter)
ELLINGTON / MILEY “Black and Tan Fantasy” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Brilliant Corners” (arr. Ralph Farris)
J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Ron Carter)
RON CARTER “Tail Feathers” (arr. Kip Jones)
RON CARTER “Song for a Friend” (arr. Dorothy Lawson)
TRAD. “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (arr. Ron Carter)
DAN FRIEL “Valedictorian” (arr. Kip Jones)
MONK “Crepuscle with Nellie” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Off Minor” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Epistrophy” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Round Midnight” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Misterioso” (arr. Tom Darter)
ELLINGTON “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing” (arr. Tom Darter)
ELLINGTON / MILEY “Black and Tan Fantasy” (arr. Tom Darter)
MONK “Brilliant Corners” (arr. Ralph Farris)
J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Ron Carter)
RON CARTER “Tail Feathers” (arr. Kip Jones)
RON CARTER “Song for a Friend” (arr. Dorothy Lawson)
TRAD. “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (arr. Ron Carter)
DAN FRIEL “Valedictorian” (arr. Kip Jones)
