Finally, Betty Carter

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Finally, Betty Carter
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Live album by
Released1975
RecordedDecember 6, 1969, Judson Hall, New York City, New York, USA)
Genre Vocal jazz
Length55:42 (reissue)
Label Roulette
Producer Alan Douglas
Betty Carter chronology
Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard
(1970)
Finally, Betty Carter
(1975)
Round Midnight
(1975)
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Finally, Betty Carter is a live album by Betty Carter. Though it was recorded in 1969, its release was delayed until 1975 because the master recording was stolen. A second album of material recorded from the same concert, Round Midnight , was released the same year.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Medley: "Seems Like Old Times"/"I Remember You"/"Remember" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)/(Irving Berlin) - 8:25
  2. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:03
  3. "The Sun Died" (Ray Charles, Hubert Giraud, Anne Gregory) - 5:29
  4. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 2:27
  5. Medley: "Body and Soul"/"Heart and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 8:58
  6. Medley: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"/"All the Things You Are"/"I Could Write a Book" (Rodgers, Hart)/(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)/ (Rodgers, Hart) - 5:52
  7. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:46
  8. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:40
  9. "Ego" (Betty Carter, Randy Weston) - 3:23
  10. "All Through the Day" (Hammerstein, Kern) - 8:39

Personnel

Recorded December 6, 1969, Judson Hall, New York City, New York, USA

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 38. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.