Betty Carter's Finest Hour
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Betty Carter
Betty Carter's Finest Hour
[ Verve Records / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 8 April 2003
Arguably the most adventurous female jazz singer of all time, Betty Carter was an idiosyncratic stylist and a restless improviser who pushed the limits of melody and harmony...
Arguably the most adventurous female jazz singer of all time, Betty Carter was an idiosyncratic stylist and a restless improviser who pushed the limits of melody and harmony as much as any bebop horn player.
This collection of Betty Carter's Verve material may not literally be her finest hour of recorded music, but it is easily her finest hour of recordings for the labels associated with Verve, which include not only her later Verve recordings, but also those on ABC from the early 1960s. This is a solid selection of Carter's artistry.
Tracks:
1. You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) - 1:47
2. I Can't Help It - 2:48
3. Babe's Blues - 2:52
4. Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was/All the Things You Are/I ... - 5:29
5. Tight - 1:39
6. Open the Door (Theme Song) - 5:02
7. The Trolley Song - 3:31
8. I Could Write a Book - 3:26
9. Social Call - 2:25
10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - 10:17
11. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - 6:12
12. The Good Life - 6:59
13. Droppin' Things - 5:57
14. In the Still of the Night - 4:06
