Betty Carter's Finest Hour

~ Release by Betty Carter (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
alto saxophone:
Gigi Gryce (in 1958-02) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (in 1958-02)
baritone saxophone:
Sahib Shihab (American jazz musician) (in 1958-02)
bass guitar:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Specs Wright and Charles “Specs” Wright (in 1958-02)
instruments:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (in 1958-02)
tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (in 1958-02)
trombone:
Melba Liston (US jazz trombonist) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1958-02) and Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1958-02)
lead vocals:
Betty Carter
vocals:
Betty Carter (in 1958-02)
cover recording of:
You’re Driving Me Crazy
lyricist:
Walter Donaldson
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1930)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Donaldson Publishing Co., Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
1:48
2I Can't Help It
bass:
Peck Morrison (Jazz bass player from the 60s) (in 1958-02)
bass clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Jerome Richardson (in 1958-02)
bass guitar:
John "Peck" Morrison (Jazz bass player from the 60s) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (in 1958-02)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (in 1958-02)
trombone:
Melba Liston (US jazz trombonist) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1958-02)
lead vocals:
Betty Carter (in 1958-02)
vocals:
Betty Carter (in 1958-02)
recording of:
I Can't Help It (in 1958-02)
lyricist and composer:
Betty Carter
2:49
3Babe's Blues
bass:
Peck Morrison (Jazz bass player from the 60s)
bass clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Jerome Richardson (from 1958-02 to present)
bass guitar:
John "Peck" Morrison (Jazz bass player from the 60s) (in 1958-02)
bassoon:
Jerome Richardson (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Specs Wright and Charles “Specs” Wright (in 1958-02)
flute:
Jerome Richardson (from 1958-02 to present, in 1958-02)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (in 1958-02)
trombone:
Melba Liston (US jazz trombonist) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1958-02)
lead vocals:
Betty Carter
vocals:
Betty Carter (in 1958-02)
arranger:
Ray Copeland (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1958-02)
cover recording of:
Babe's Blues (in 1958-02)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Randy Weston
2:53
4Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was / All the Things You Are/I Could Write a Book
bass guitar:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Al Harewood
instruments and vocals:
Betty Carter
piano:
Norman Simmons
medley including a cover recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
medley including a cover recording of:
I Could Write a Book
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Pal Joey
medley including a cover recording of:
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Pal Joey)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1939)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1939)
publisher:
Lorenz Hart Publishing Co. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Pal Joey
5:29
5Tight
bass guitar:
Buster Williams (US jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Chipper Lyles
instruments and vocals:
Betty Carter
piano:
Danny Mixon
recording of:
Tight
lyricist and composer:
Betty Carter
1:39
6Open the Door (Theme Song)
bass guitar:
Curtis Lundy (American Musician, composer, producer, choir director, arranger and double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Washington (drums)
piano:
John Hicks (American jazz pianist)
vocals:
Betty Carter
recording of:
Open the Door
lyricist and composer:
Betty Carter (in 1964)
5:02
7The Trolley Song
bass guitar:
Curtis Lundy (American Musician, composer, producer, choir director, arranger and double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Washington (drums)
piano:
John Hicks (American jazz pianist)
vocals:
Betty Carter
cover recording of:
The Trolley Song (“‘Clang, Clang, Clang,’ Went the Trolley…”)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane
composer:
Hugh Martin
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
3:31
8I Could Write a Book
bass guitar:
Curtis Lundy (American Musician, composer, producer, choir director, arranger and double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Washington (drums)
piano:
John Hicks (American jazz pianist)
vocals:
Betty Carter
cover recording of:
I Could Write a Book
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Pal Joey
3:26
9Social Call
bass guitar:
Curtis Lundy (American Musician, composer, producer, choir director, arranger and double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Lewis Nash (American jazz drummer)
piano:
Khalid Moss
vocals:
Betty Carter
cover recording of:
Social Call
writer:
Gigi Gryce and Jon Hendricks
publisher:
Jacogg Publications, Inc.
2:26
10What a Little Moonlight Can Do
bass guitar:
Curtis Lundy (American Musician, composer, producer, choir director, arranger and double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Lewis Nash (American jazz drummer)
piano:
Khalid Moss
vocals:
Betty Carter
cover recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
10:17
11It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
bass guitar:
Jim Hughart
drums (drum set):
Winard Harper
piano:
Eric Gunnison
vocals:
Betty Carter and Carmen McRae
cover recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
6:13
12The Good Life
bass guitar:
Ira Coleman
drums (drum set):
Lewis Nash (American jazz drummer)
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Don Braden
vocals:
Betty Carter
cover recording of:
The Good Life
lyricist:
Jack Reardon (American songwriter)
composer:
Sacha Distel (in 1962)
publisher:
Intersong USA, Inc. (publisher) and Prosadis
version of:
Marina
7:00
13Droppin' Things
bass guitar:
Tarus Mateen
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson
piano:
Marc Cary
tenor saxophone:
Craig Handy
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard
vocals:
Betty Carter
recording of:
Droppin' Things
lyricist and composer:
Betty Carter
5:57
14In the Still of the Night
bass guitar:
Ariel J. Roland
drums (drum set):
Lewis Nash (American jazz drummer)
piano:
Cyrus Chestnut (American jazz composer and pianist)
vocals:
Betty Carter
cover recording of:
In the Still of the Night (Cole Porter song)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
4:07