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Out There (Betty Carter album)

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Released
  
1958 (1958)

Artist
  
Betty Carter

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Length
  
32:00

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Peacock Records

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Recorded
  
February 1958 (1958-02) New York City, U.S.A.

Out There (1958)
  
The Modern Sound of Betty Carter (1960)

Genres
  
Bebop, Avant-garde, Avant-garde music

Similar
  
Betty Carter albums, Other albums

Out there with betty carter 1958 full vinyl lp


Out There (also listed as Out There with Betty Carter) is a critically acclaimed[ref?] bebop album by jazz vocalist Betty Carter with an allstar ensemble under the direction of alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce. The arrangements were provided by Gryce, Ray Copeland, Melba Liston, Benny Golson and Tommy Bryce. The album was produced by Esmond Edwards and released 1958 on Peacock Records. Ron Wynn of Allmusic called the album "a dynamic set."

Contents

All the tracks from Out There were reissued on the 1992 Impulse!/GRP compilation album I Can't Help It. The album Out There as such was also reissued in 2005 in France on Blue Moon Records.

Tracks

  1. “You're Driving Me Crazy” (Walter Donaldson) – 1:45
  2. “I Can't Help It” (Betty Carter) – 2:44
  3. “By the Bend of the River” (Clara Edwards) – 2:07
  4. “Babe's Blues” (Randy Weston, Jon Hendricks) – 2:49
  5. “Foul Play” (Norman Mapp) – 2:21
  6. “You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me” (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:30
  7. “On the Isle of May” (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) – 2:02
  8. “But Beautiful” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sonny Burke) – 3:58
  9. “All I've Got” (David Cole) – 2:15
  10. “Make It Last” (Dick Haymes, Bill Paxton) – 4:30
  11. “Blue Bird of Happiness” (Edward Heyman, Sandor Harmati) – 1:30
  12. “Something Wonderful” (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:35

Personnel

  • Betty Carter - vocals
  • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger
  • Ray Copeland - trumpet
  • Kenny Dorham - trumpet (#1–6)
  • Melba Liston - trombone
  • Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone (#1–6)
  • Benny Golson - tenor saxophone (#1–6)
  • Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (#1–6)
  • Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, bassoon (#7–12)
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass (#1, 3–6)
  • Peck Morrison - bass (# 2, 7–12)
  • Specs Wright - drums
  • Songs

    1You're Driving Me Crazy1:45
    2I Can't Help It2:44
    3By the Bend of the River2:07

    References

    Out There (Betty Carter album) Wikipedia