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The Betty Carter Album

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Released
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Betty Carter

Recorded
  
Before 1975

Length
  
39:44

Label
  
Bet-Car MK 1002/Verve 835 682-2

The Betty Carter Album is a 1976 album by Betty Carter. It is unique among her albums in its use of overdubbing on some tracks to allow her to record multiple vocal lines. It was also her first album for which she wrote the majority of the songs herself.

Contents

The album was originally released on Carter's own Bet-Car label. It was first reissued on CD by Verve in 1988.

Track listing

  1. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:57
  2. "I Can't Help It" (Betty Carter) – 2:45
  3. "What is It?" (Carter) – 5:35
  4. "On Our Way Up (Sister Candy)" (Freddie Roach) – 1:36
  5. "We Tried" (Carter) – 5:53
  6. "Happy" (Carter) – 2:08
  7. "Sunday, Monday or Always" (Sonny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:19
  8. "Tight" (Carter) – 1:36
  9. "Children Learn What They Live" (Dorothy Law Nolt) – 4:16
  10. "Sounds (Movin' On)" (Carter) – 7:17

Personnel

  • Betty Carter - vocals
  • Danny Mixon - piano
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano (tracks 1, 3 and 7)
  • Buster Williams - double bass
  • Louis Hayes - drums
  • Chip Lyle - drums (tracks 2, 8, 9 and 10)

    • References

    The Betty Carter Album Wikipedia
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