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The Modern Sound of Betty Carter (Verve By Request) Limited 180gram LP

by Betty Carter

Release Date: 23 February 2024

Format: LP Vinyl

Label: Verve

£29.99

Betty Carter The Modern Sound of Betty Carter (Verve By Request) Limited 180gram Vinyl LP

Overview:

This 1960 album’s inventive Richard Weiss arrangements combine with Carter’s uniquely masterful – and modern - vocals for fresh takes on standards. Highlights include a lively run through ‘What A Little Moonlight Can Do’, inspired scatting on ‘On The Alamo’ and a beautifully tender take on ‘There’s No You’. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.

Featured Tracks:

1 What a Little Moonlight Can Do
2 There's No You
3 I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire
4 Remember
5 My Reverie
6 Mean to Me
7 Don't Weep for the Lady
8 Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)
9 For You
10 Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)
11 At Sundown
12 On the Alamo