| Now It's My Turn | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 40:23 | |||
| Label | Roulette | |||
| Producer | Betty Carter | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [1] |
Now It's My Turn is a 1976 album by American jazz singer Betty Carter.
Recorded March 9–10, June 21–22, 1976 at Sound Ideas Studio C :
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The Great American Music Hall is a concert hall in San Francisco, California. It is located on O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood on the same block as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre. It is known for its decorative balconies, columns, and frescoes and for its history of unique entertainment, which has included burlesque dancing as well as jazz, folk music, and rock and roll concerts. The capacity of the hall is 470 people.
Social Call is an album by Betty Carter featuring Ray Bryant and a big band arranged by Gigi Gryce. Of its eleven tracks, the first six were recorded in 1955 and originally released as part of the album Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant. The other five tracks were recorded in 1956 but remained unissued until this compilation, which Columbia Records released in 1980.
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