Ron Carter at 75: A Life in Music

The Juilliard School celebrates the milestone birthday of one of its most illustrious faculty members—who also happens to be one of the most storied bass players in modern-jazz history, with a CV that features key sessions with Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy and a Tribe Called Quest, to name only a few. Tonight he's feted by Carl Allen, Benny Golson, Hubert Laws, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Mulgrew Miller, Lewis Nash and Buster Williams in a glitzy fund-raising gala; for ticket information, call (212) 769-7409.