BETTY CARTER - Inside Betty Carter (1964-1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

These recordings can be considered the final ones of Betty Carter's early period for, by the time she next appeared on record (in 1969), the singer was much more adventurous in her improvisations. This CD reissues eight selections from Carter's rather brief 1964 Roulette LP (under 26 minutes), plus it adds seven previously unissued numbers from 1965. On the former date Carter (who is quite memorable on "This Is Always," "Some Other Time," and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most") is accompanied by pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Roy McCurdy, while the "new" session ("There Is No Greater Love" and "You're a Sweetheart" are the standouts) features guitarist Kenny Burrell plus an unknown rhythm section in the backup band. Highly recommended to Betty Carter fans and to those listeners who find her later work somewhat forbidding. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     This Is Always 3'10
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
2     Look No Further 1'55
Richard Rodgers
3     Beware My Heart 5'07
Sam Coslow
4     My Favorite Things 1'35
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
5     Some Other Time 3'46
Leonard Bernstein / Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
6     Open the Door 3'11
Betty Carter
7     Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most 5'15
Fran Landesman / Tommy Wolf
8     Something Big 1'58
Richard Adler
9     New England 2'55
unkdown
10     The Moon Is Low 2'00
Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed
11     Once in Your Life 2'54
unkdown
12     It's a Big Wide Wonderful World 1'48
John Rox
13     There Is No Greater Love 3'46
Isham Jones / Marty Symes
14     You're a Sweetheart 4'02
Harold Adamson / Jimmy McHugh
15     Isn't It Romantic? 1'44
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers