Betty Carter

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Born
16 May 1929
Born In
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States
Died
26 September 1998 (aged 69)
Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent U.S. 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. Carmen McRae once claimed that "there's really only one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter." Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones on 16th May 1929 in Fl… read more
Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent U.S. 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 vocalis… read more
Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent U.S. 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 exerci… read more

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1 Play track Inside Betty Carter This Is Always
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2 Play track Avant‐Garde Jazz (Remastered) Every Time We Say Goodbye - Remastered
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3 Play track Inside Betty Carter Open The Door
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4 Play track Betty Carter's Finest Hour I Could Write a Book
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5 Play track The Modern Sound Of Betty Carter Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
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6 Play track Avant‐Garde Jazz (Remastered) Cocktails for Two - Remastered
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7 Play track Inside Betty Carter Beware My Heart
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8 Play track All My Sorrows (On a Lonely Night) It's A Big Wide Wonderful World
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9 Play track I Can't Help It Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)
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10 Play track 'Round Midnight 'round Midnight
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Albums

  1. 149,099 listeners

    1964 · 8 tracks

    Inside Betty Carter
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  2. 30,617 listeners

    1 Jan 1963 · 13 tracks

    'Round Midnight
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    Avant-Garde Jazz (Remastered)
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  4. 24,288 listeners

    1 Jan 2003 · 14 tracks

    Betty Carter's Finest Hour
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