The Modern Sound of Betty Carter

The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
Studio album by Betty Carter
Released	1960
Recorded	August 18 - 30, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	57:27
Label	ABC
Producer	Betty Carter
Betty Carter chronology
Out There (1958) The Modern Sound of Betty Carter (1960) Ray Charles and Betty Carter (1961)

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Allmusic	[1]

The Modern Sound of Betty Carter is a 1960 (see 1960 in music) album by Betty Carter.

The album has been available since 1992 on CD format as I Can't Help It on GRP Records's Impulse! label series (ASIN no. B000003N6D). (This CD includes songs from the 1958 Peacock LP Out There.)^[2]

Track listing

1. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:06
2. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, George Durgom, Hal Hopper) – 3:11
3. "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" (Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler) – 2:24
4. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:24
5. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton) – 2:50
6. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:06
7. "Don't Weep for the Lady" (Darshan Singh) – 3:02
8. "Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)" (Norman Mapp) – 1:58
9. "For You" (Joe Burke, Al Dubin) – 2:21
10. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:24
11. "At Sundown" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:44
12. "On the Alamo" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 1:56

Personnel

Recorded August 18 - 30, 1960, New York City, New York, USA:

• Betty Carter - vocals
• Richard Wess - arranger, conductor

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Betty Carter Discography