The Modern Sound of Betty Carter

by Betty Carter

The Modern Sound of Betty Carter cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: ABC-Paramount
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:05
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Modern Sound of Betty Carter' presents Carter's flexible vocal phrasing within big-band and standards settings. The album documents her early effort to modernize vocal jazz through rhythmic play and interpretive independence.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, vocal

Tracklist

  1. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (2:03)
  2. There's No You (3:09)
  3. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire (2:22)
  4. Remember (2:22)
  5. My Reverie (2:47)
  6. Mean To Me (2:04)
  7. Don't Weep For The Lady (3:00)
  8. Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul) (1:56)
  9. For You (2:19)
  10. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time) (3:21)
  11. At Sundown (2:42)
  12. On The Alamo (1:56)

Credits

  • Betty Carter - primary artist
  • Richard Wess - arranged by, conductor

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