At The Village Vanguard (1970)



Personnel:

Album Info:
Norman Simmons - piano     Verve 519851
Lysle Atkinson - bass     
Al Harewood - drums     Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, on May 22, 1970.




Songs:

By the Bend of the River [Edwards/Haig]     1:52
Ego [Weston/Carter]     3:04
Body and Soul [Green/Eyton/Heyman/Sour]     5:21

Heart and Soul [Carmichael/Loesser]     3:30
Surrey with the Fringe on Top [Rodgers/Hammerstein]     7:38
Girl Talk [Hefti/Troup]     4:20
I Didn't Know What Time it Was [Rodgers/Hart]     2:08
All the Things You Are [Kern/Hammerstein]     0:59
I Could Write a Book [Rodgers/Hart]     2:18
The Sun Died [Charles/Giraud/Gregory/LeRoye]     5:31
Please Do Something [Carter]     3:03







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Production Notes:

Originally released as the first album on the Bet-Car label, Betty Carter (Bet-Car 1001-2), the album was rereleased in 1993 by Verve under the title At The Village Vanguard (Verve 519851).  Also note that this is the third album, all recorded within a year, of live recordings featuring Simmons, Atkinson and Harewood as her backup.