The Betty Carter Album

1976 studio album by Betty Carter

The Betty Carter Album

Studio album by

Betty Carter

Released| 1976
Recorded| Before 1975
Genre| Jazz
Length| 39:44
Label| Bet-Car MK 1002/Verve 835 682-2
Producer| Betty Carter
Betty Carter chronology
| Now It's My Turn
(1976)  | The Betty Carter Album
(1976)  | The Audience with Betty Carter
(1979)

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Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [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.[3][4]

The album was originally released on Carter's own Bet-Car label. It was first reissued on CD by Verve in 1988.[5]

## Reception

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The singer Bilal names it among his 25 favorite albums and one of the first jazz records he purchased, citing Carter's vocal stylings.[6]

## Track listing

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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

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* 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

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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.
3. ^ Bauer, William R. Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002), 398.
4. ^ Carter, Betty (1976). The Betty Carter Album [CD liner notes]. New York: Polygram Records, Inc.
5. ^ "Betty Carter - The Betty Carter Album at Discogs". discogs.com. 1976. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
6. ^ Simmons, Ted (February 26, 2013). "Bilal's 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

## External links

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* The Betty Carter Album at Discogs (list of releases)

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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"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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