Finally - Betty Carter (1969)

 
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Personnel:

Album Info:
Norman Simmons - piano Roulette CDP 7953332
Lisle Atkinson - bass
Al Harewood - drums Recorded live at Judson Hall, New York City, on December 6, 1969.

 

Songs:
Seems Like Old Times [Lombardo/Loeb]/I Remember You [Mercer/Schestzinger]/Remember [Berlin] 8:25
Blue Moon [Rodgers/Hart] 2:03
The Sun Died [Charles/Gregory/Griaud/Delande] 5:29
I Only Have Eyes for You [Warren/Dubin] 2:27
Body and Soul [Green/Heyman/Sour/Egton]/ Heart and Soul [Loesser/Carmichael] 8:58
I Didn't Know What Time it Was [Rodgers/Hart]/All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]/I Could Write a Book [Rodgers/Hart] 5:52
Girl Talk [Hefti/Troup] 5:46
You're a Sweetheart [McHugh/Adamson] 4:40
Ego [Weston/Carter] 3:23
All Through the Day [Hammerstein/Kern] 8:39

 

Production Notes:

 This marked Betty Carter's final recording before she founded Bet-Car productions - the tracks for 'Round Midnight (the second album given that title, it having been previously used for an 1963 Atco release) were also recorded during this same December 1969 live date.

 

Reviews:

  • Among the finest vocal jazz albums ever made. - Penguin Guide to Jazz, 1994 ed.
  • The music is consistently unpredictable and often fascinating. - All-Music Guide to Jazz

 

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