Betty Carter: I Can't Help It

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Betty Carter l I Can't Help It
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Some of the songs here may be familiar to fans of the Great American Songbook, but Betty's versions are distinctive. Betty was not one to pander to commercialism so her records were not promoted as much as they deserved, despite the enthusiastic support of Ray Charles, who recorded some duets with her (not included here). Betty's music is rooted in jazz but has plenty of soul in it. Betty could sing ballads and up-tempo songs equally effectively, though the up-tempo songs allow her excellent musicians to show their talents also and I generally prefer these.

The most familiar songs here are You're getting to be a habit with me (recorded by many singers from Bing Crosby in the thirties to Diana Krall in the nineties, but Betty's version is among the best), But beautiful, Something wonderful, What a little moonlight can do (my favorite here - a truly outstanding version of this classic up-tempo song), Mean to me, I don't want to set the world on fire, Stormy weather (normally associated with Lena Horne or Ethel Waters, but there have been countless versions) and My reverie (originally sung by Bea Wain).

Track listing

1. "I Can't Help It" (Betty Carter) – 2:44
2. "By the Bend of the River" (Clara Edwards) – 2:07
3. "Babe's Blues" (Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston) – 2:49
4. "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:30
5. "But Beautiful" (Sonny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:58
6. "All I Got" (David Cole) – 2:15
7. "You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)" (Walter Donaldson) – 1:45
8. "Foul Play" (Norman Mapp) – 2:21
9. "On the Isle of May" (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) – 2:02
10. "Make It Last" (Dick Haymes, Bill Paxton) – 4:30
11. "The Bluebird of Happiness" (Sandor Harmati, Edward Heyman) – 1:30
12. "Something Wonderful" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:37
13. "For You" (Burke, Dubin) – 2:20
14. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:04
15. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:24
16. "At Sundown" (Donaldson) – 2:42
17. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:04
18. "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" (Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler) – 2:22
19. "On the Alamo" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 1:55
20. "Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)" (Mapp) – 1:56
21. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, George Durgom, Hal Hopper) – 3:08
22. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:21
23. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 2:47
24. "Don't Weep for the Lady" (Darshan Singh) – 3:00

[edit] Personnel

Recorded February 1958, New York City, New York, USA (tracks 1-6):

* Betty Carter - vocals
* Ray Copeland - trumpet, arranger
* Melba Liston - trombone, arranger
* Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
* Wynton Kelly - piano
* Peck Morrison - bass
* Specs Wright - drums

Recorded February 1958, New York City, New York, USA (tracks 7-12):

* Betty Carter - vocals
* Kenny Dorham, Ray Copeland - trumpets
* Melba Liston - trombone
* Gigi Gryce, Jimmy Powell - alto saxophones
* Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
* Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
* Wynton Kelly - piano
* Sam Jones - bass

Arrangements by Copeland, Liston, Gryce, Golson & Tommy Bryce

Recorded August 18, 29, & 30, 1960, New York City, New York, USA (tracks 13-24):

* Betty Carter - vocals
* Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Weiss

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