The Betty Carter Album (1972)
You're a Sweetheart  4:00
 Sunday, Monday, or Always    4:21
I Can't Help It    2:47 Tight    1:38
What Is It?   5:37 Children Learn What They Live 4:18
On Our Way Up    1:37 Sounds (Movin' On)  7:17
We Tried [Carter]     5:54
Happy [Carter]     2:10

Featured musicians

Buster Williams - bass     Verve 853682
Louis Hayes, Chip Lyle - drums     
Danny Mixon, Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano     

Production Notes:

Originally released in 1976 (four years after being recorded) by the Bet-Car label as The Betty Carter Album.  Verve reissued the album in 1990.

Reviews:

 

Betty Carter really digs into the material... using unusual tempos (and sometimes quick changes) and coming up with rather spontaneous and sometimes abstract interpretations... - All-Music Guide to Jazz
   

4 stars - Overcomes its mediocre recording quality with spunk, with and imagination. MusicHound Jazz - The Essential Album Guide
   

Carter's smoky, chocolaty timbre makes a compelling complement to both her edgy solos and molasses ballads. - Playboy Guide to Jazz

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Bet-Car production.
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