It's Not About the Melody (1992)

 
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Personnel:

Album Info:
Cyrus Chestnut, Mulgrew Miller, John Hicks - piano Verve 513870
Ariel J. Roland, Christian McBride, Walter Booker - bass
Clarence Penn, Lewis Nash, Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
Craig Handy - tenor saxophone

 

Songs:
Naima's Love Song [Hicks/Carter] 8:25
Stay as Sweet as You Are [Gordon/Revel] 7:11
Make Him Believe [Carter] 5:10
I Should Care [Cahn/Stordahl/Weston] 3:26
Once Upon a Summertime [Bacri/LeGrand/Mercer] 5:58
You Go to My Head [Gillespie/Coots] 5:35
In the Still of the Night [Porter] 4:07
When It's Sleepy Time Down South [Rene/Rene/Muse] 7:45
The Love We Had Yesterday [Watson] 7:17
Dip Bag [Carter] 8:57
You're Mine, You [Greene/Heyman] 7:12

 

Reviews:

  • Carter's voice and style have only ripened with time... It's Not About the Melody may be the best record of her career... - Musician, 11/92
  • Each selection is so carefully shaped that it commands complete attention... Carter achieves her very best... - Stereo Review, 12/92
  • Betty Carter's at the peak of her stylized powers, plumbing subtleties of adult love with an alto that's as luscious and fluid as a seductress' embrace... - Audio, 3/93
  • Yet another memorable outing for Betty Carter, an all-time great. - All-Music Guide to Jazz
  • By a whisker the most attractive of the post-Audience crop. - Penguin Guide to Jazz, 1994 ed.

 

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