It's Not About the Melody (1992)
Naima's Love Song   8:25
 In the Still of the Night    4:07
Stay as Sweet as You Are     7:11 When It's Sleepy Time Down South    7:45
Make Him Believe    5:10 The Love We Had Yesterday    7:17
I Should Care    3:26 Dip Bag   8:57
Once Upon a Summertime     5:58 You're Mine, You    7:12
You Go to My Head     5:35

Featured musicians

Cyrus Chestnut, Mulgrew Miller, John Hicks - piano     Verve 513870
Ariel J. Roland, Christian McBride, Walter Booker - bass     
Clarence Penn, Lewis Nash, Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums     
Craig Handy - tenor saxophone          

Reviews:

Carter's voice and style have only ripened with time... It's Not About the Melody may be the best record of her career... - Musician, 11/92
   

Each selection is so carefully shaped that it commands complete attention... Carter achieves her very best... - Stereo Review, 12/92
   

Betty Carter's at the peak of her stylized powers, plumbing subtleties of adult love with an alto that's as luscious and fluid as a seductress' embrace... - Audio, 3/93
   

Yet another memorable outing for Betty Carter, an all-time great. - All-Music Guide to Jazz
   

By a whisker the most attractive of the post-Audience crop. - Penguin Guide to Jazz, 1994 ed.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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