The Audience with Betty Carter

1980 live album by Betty Carter

The Audience with Betty Carter

Live album by

Betty Carter

Released| 1980
Recorded| December 6–8, 1979, San Francisco
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 91:20
Label| Betcar, Verve (reissue)
Producer| Betty Carter
Betty Carter chronology
| The Betty Carter Album
(1976)  | The Audience with Betty Carter
(1980)  | Whatever Happened to Love?
(1982)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]

The Audience with Betty Carter is a 1980 live double album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter.

## Signatures

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The album's first track, "Sounds (Movin' On)", is 25 minutes in length and features an epic scat solo. The use of the Academy Award-nominated classic "The Trolley Song", is a nod to the city of San Francisco, where the album was recorded. The second half of the album features several songs written by Carter. The penultimate track is a fresh take on Rodgers and Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music, far different from the version by John Coltrane on his 1960 album of the same name. The set ends with the plaintive "Open the Door," Carter's signature tune.

The Audience With Betty Carter was first released on Carter's own Bet-Car Records and later reissued on Verve.

## Reception

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album four out of four stars, including a special crown for a "recording of merit", an honor bestowed on fewer than 100 jazz recordings."[2] Billboard magazine gave the album a lukewarm review on its release in 1980, saying that "She won't please all jazz fans - some of her affectations are annoying. But overall, it's a strong package."[4] The Audience with Betty Carter was later included in an appendix to 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.[5]

## Track listing

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Disc One

1. "Sounds" (Movin' On) (Betty Carter) – 25:20
2. "I Think I Got It Now" (Carter) – 3:33
3. "Caribbean Sun" (Carlos Garnett) – 4:17
4. "The Trolley Song" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:37
5. "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Harold Adamson, Burton Lane) – 6:16
6. "I'll Buy You a Star" (Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:12

Disc Two

1. "I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:41
2. "Can't We Talk It Over"/"Either It's Love or It Isn't" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)/(Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 7:26
3. "Deep Night" (Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallée) – 2:45
4. "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 7:22
5. "Tight" (Carter) – 3:44
6. "Fake" (Carter) – 4:16
7. "So..." (Carter) – 7:03
8. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 4:39
9. "Open the Door" (Carter) – 5:09

## Personnel

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(Recorded December 6–8, 1979, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco)

* Betty Carter \- vocals
* John Hicks \- piano
* Curtis Lundy \- double bass
* Kenny Washington \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. The Audience with Betty Carter at AllMusic
2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). London & New York: Penguin. p. 787\. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 38. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 August 1980. p. 66\. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. ^ Tom Moon (28 August 2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 949–. ISBN 978-0-7611-5385-6.

* v
* t
* e

Betty Carter

Studio albums|

* Social Call
* Out There
* The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
* 'Round Midnight
* Inside Betty Carter
* Now It's My Turn
* The Betty Carter Album
* Look What I Got!
* It's Not About the Melody
* I'm Yours, You're Mine

Duet albums|

* Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant
* Ray Charles and Betty Carter
* The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets

Live albums|

* Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard
* Finally, Betty Carter
* Round Midnight
* The Audience with Betty Carter
* Whatever Happened to Love?
* Droppin' Things
* Feed the Fire

Compilations|

* I Can't Help It

Related articles|

* "Open the Door"

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* t
* e

John Hicks

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.

leader

co-leader|

* Hells Bells (1975)
* Steadfast (1975)
* After the Morning (West 54, 1979)
* Some Other Time (1981)
* John Hicks (1982)
* In Concert (1984)
* Inc. 1 (1985)
* Luminous (and Elise Wood, 1985–88)
* Two of a Kind (and Ray Drummond, 1986–87)
* I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By (1987)
* East Side Blues (1988)
* Naima's Love Song (1988)
* Oleo (New York Unit, 1989)
* Rhythm-a-Ning (and Kenny Barron, 1989)
* Blue Bossa (New York Unit, 1990)
* Is That So? (1990)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven (1990)
* Power Trio (1990)
* St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors (1991)
* Tribute to George Adams (1991–92)
* After the Morning (Dominic Sciscente Music, 1992)
* Blues March: Portrait of Art Blakey (1992)
* Crazy for You (1992)
* Friends Old and New (1992)
* Moanin': Portrait of Art Blakey (1992)
* Now's the Time (New York Unit, 1992)
* Over the Rainbow (New York Unit, 1992)
* Single Petal of a Rose (1992)
* The Missouri Connection (and Jay McShann, 1992)
* Beyond Expectations (1993)
* Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (1993)
* Akari (New York Unit, 1994)
* Duality (and Peter Leitch, 1994)
* Gentle Rain (1994)
* In the Mix (1994)
* Heart Beats (Keystone Trio, 1995)
* Piece for My Peace (1995)
* Cry Me a River (1997)
* Newklear Music (Keystone Trio, 1997)
* Nightwind: An Erroll Garner Songbook (1997)
* Something to Live For: A Billy Strayhorn Songbook (1997)
* Trio + Strings (1997)
* Hicks Time (released 1998)
* Impressions of Mary Lou (1998)
* Beautiful Friendship (and Elise Wood, 2000)
* Music in the Key of Clark (2001)
* Fatha's Day: An Earl Hines Songbook (2003)
* Twogether (with Frank Morgan, 2005–6)
* I Remember You (2006)
* On the Wings of an Eagle (2006)
* Sweet Love of Mine (2006)

With
Art
Blakey|

* 'S Make It (and The Jazz Messengers, 1964)
* Soul Finger (and The Jazz Messengers, 1965)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
* Child's Dance (and The Jazz Messengers, 1972)

With
Arthur
Blythe|

* Illusions (1980)
* Blythe Spirit (1981)
* Blythe Byte (2001)
* Exhale (2002)

With
David
Murray|

* Morning Song (1983)
* Sketches of Tokyo (co-led, 1985)
* I Want to Talk About You (1986)
* Ming's Samba (1988)
* Ballads for Bass Clarinet (1991)
* David Murray/James Newton Quintet (1991)
* Fast Life (1991)
* MX (1992)
* For Aunt Louise (1993)
* Jazzosaurus Rex (1993)
* Love and Sorrow (1993)
* Saxmen (1993)
* Like a Kiss that Never Ends (2000)

With
Pharoah
Sanders|

* Journey to the One (1979)
* Pharoah Sanders Live... (1981)
* Rejoice (1981)
* Africa (1987)
* A Prayer Before Dawn (1987)

With
others|

* Solid! (Eric Alexander, 1998)
* Sunday in New York (Eric Alexander, 2005)
* Eby (Hamiet Bluiett, 1984)
* Fast Last! (Lester Bowie, 1974)
* Now It's My Turn (Betty Carter, 1976)
* The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
* It's Not About the Melody (Betty Carter, 1992)
* Gardenias for Lady Day (James Carter, 2003)
* The Bassist: Homage to Diversity (Richard Davis, released 2001)
* Structurally Sound (Booker Ervin, 1966)
* Flying Colors (Ricky Ford, 1980)
* Interpretations (Ricky Ford, 1982)
* Awakening (Sonny Fortune, 1985)
* The Outside Within (Chico Freeman, 1978)
* Spirit Sensitive (Chico Freeman, 1978–79)
* Habana (Roy Hargrove, 1997)
* Again and Again (Oliver Lake, 1991)
* 52nd Street Themes (Joe Lovano, 1999)
* On This Day ... Live at The Vanguard (Joe Lovano, 2002)
* Streams of Expression (Joe Lovano, 2005)
* Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
* Taru (Lee Morgan, 1968)
* Staying on the Watch (Sonny Simmons, 1966)
* Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (Charles Tolliver, 1972)
* Love Remains (Bobby Watson, 1986)

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