Betty Carter - It's Not About The Melody album flac
Performer: Betty CarterTitle: It's Not About The Melody
Released: 1992
Country: US
MP3 album: 1955 mb
FLAC album: 1918 mb
Rating: 4.4
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Genre: Jazz
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios and Eastside Sound Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Artist: Betty Carter Title Of Album: It's Not About The Melody Year Of Release: 1992 Label: Verve Genre: Vocal Jazz Quality: FLAC (image+. cue,scans,log) Bitrate: lossless Total Time: 71:03. Night (Porter) 4:07 8. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Muse, Rene, Rene) 7:45 9. The Love We Had Yesterday (Watson) 7:17 10. Dip Bag (Carter) 8:57 11. You're Mine, You (Green, Heyman) 7:12. Personnel: Betty Carter - vocals Craig Handy - tenor saxophone Mulgrew Miller, John Hicks, Cyrus Chestnut - piano Christian McBride, Walter Booker, Ariel J. Roland - bass Jeff "Tain" Watts, Lewis Nash, Clarence Penn - drums.
Out There (also listed as Out There with Betty Carter) is a bebop album by jazz vocalist Betty Carter with an ensemble under the direction of alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce. The arrangements were provided by Gryce, Ray Copeland, Melba Liston, Benny Golson and Tommy Bryce. The album was produced by Esmond Edwards and released 1958 on Peacock Records.
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Artists Betty Carter Out There With Betty Carter. Out There With Betty Carter Betty Carter. Out There With Betty Carter. This album has an average beat per minute of 122 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 62/203 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Out There With Betty Carter. Album starts at 110BPM, ends at 120BPM (+10), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Betty Carter. It's Not About the Melody. Look What I Got! 1988. Get the Tempo of more than 6 Million songs.
Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent . jazz singer, renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Carter expanded the role of the vocalist in jazz, to a full, improvising member of the band. Although her voice was not as admired by the public as such vocalists as Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald, many consider her to have exercised mastery of the human voice previously unheard in jazz.
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This is great Betty "Bebop" Carter singing at her best. Those that she has accompanying her on this CD are at their best also. 3 people found this helpful.
Tracklist
| 1 | Naima's Love Song | 8:25 |
| 2 | Stay As Sweet As You Are | 7:11 |
| 3 | Make Him Believe | 5:10 |
| 4 | I Should Care | 3:26 |
| 5 | Once Upon A Summertime | 5:58 |
| 6 | You Go To My Head | 5:35 |
| 7 | In The Still Of The Night | 4:07 |
| 8 | When It's Sleepy Time Down South | 7:45 |
| 9 | The Love We Had Yesterday | 7:17 |
| 10 | Dip Bag | 8:57 |
| 11 | You're Mine, You | 7:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D 100173
Credits
- Bass – Ariel J. Roland* (tracks: 1,3,4,6,7,10,11), Christian McBride (tracks: 2,5,8), Walter Booker (tracks: 9)
- Drums – Clarence Penn (tracks: 3,4,10,11), Jeff "Tain" Watts (tracks: 1,9), Lewis Nash (tracks: 2,5-8)
- Piano – Cyrus Chestnut (tracks: 3,4,6,7,10,11), John Hicks (tracks: 1,9), Mulgrew Miller (tracks: 2,5,8)
- Tenor Saxophone – Craig Handy (tracks: 1,9)
- Vocals – Betty Carter
Notes
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios and Eastside SoundMfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 513 870-2 | Betty Carter | It's Not About The Melody (CD, Album) | Verve Records | 314 513 870-2 | US | 1992 |
| 314 513 870-4 | Betty Carter | It's Not About The Melody (Cass, Album) | Verve Records | 314 513 870-4 | US | 1992 |
| 513 870-2 | Betty Carter | It's Not About The Melody (CD, Album) | Verve Records | 513 870-2 | Europe | 1992 |
| POCJ1134 | Betty Carter | It's Not About The Melody (CD, Album, Promo) | Verve Records | POCJ1134 | Japan | 1992 |









