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Betty Carter's Finest Hour

Betty Carter, Sahib Shihab (saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Sam J. Jones (double bass), Specs Wright (drums), Benny Golson (saxophone), Jimmy Powell (saxophone), Ray Copeland (trumpet), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Melba Liston (trombone), Gigi Gryce (saxophone), Peck Morrison (double bass), Jerome Richardson...

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Contents

Donaldson, Wa: You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)

Work length1:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Betty Carter, Ray Copeland (trumpet), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Melba Liston (trombone), Gigi Gryce (saxophone), Jimmy Powell (saxophone), Benny Golson (saxophone), Sahib Shihab (saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Sam J. Jones (double bass), Specs Wright (drums)
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Betty Carter: I Can't Help It

Work length2:46
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jerome Richardson (saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Peck Morrison (double bass), Specs Wright (drums)
  • Recorded: 1958-02
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Randolph Edward Weston: Babe's Blues

Work length2:50
$1.10
$1.50
  • Betty Carter, Ray Copeland (trumpet), Melba Liston (trombone), Peck Morrison (double bass), Specs Wright (drums), Jerome Richardson (saxophone), Jerome Richardson (bassoon), Jerome Richardson (flute), Wynton Kelly (piano)
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern: Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was / All The Things You Are / I Could Write A Book

Work length5:26
$1.10
$1.50
  • Norman Simmons (piano), Lisle Atkinson (double bass), Al Harewood (drums)
  • Recorded: 1970
  • Recording Venue: The Village Vanguard, New York, NY

Betty Carter: Tight

Work length1:37
$1.10
$1.50
  • Danny Mixon (piano), Buster Williams (double bass), Chip Lyles (drums)
  • Recorded: 1972
  • Recording Venue: Regent Studio, New York City

Betty Carter: Open The Door

Work length5:02
$1.10
$1.50
  • John Hicks (piano), Curtis Lundy (double bass), Kenny Washington (drums)
  • Recorded: 1979-12-08
  • Recording Venue: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Martin, Hugh: The Trolley Song (from Meet Me in St Louis)

Work length3:31
$1.10
$1.50
  • John Hicks (piano), Curtis Lundy (double bass), Kenny Washington (drums)
  • Recorded: 1979-12-08
  • Recording Venue: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Rodgers, R: Pal Joey: I Could Write A Book

Work length3:24
$1.10
$1.50
  • John Hicks (piano), Curtis Lundy (double bass), Kenny Washington (drums)
  • Recorded: 1979-12-08
  • Recording Venue: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Gigi Gryce: Social Call

Work length2:24
$1.10
$1.50
  • Betty Carter, Khalid Moss (piano), Curtis Lundy (double bass), Lewis Nash (drums)
  • Recorded: 1982-03-27
  • Recording Venue: The Bottom Line, New York City

Harry M. Woods: What A Little Moonlight Can Do

Work length10:17
$1.10
$1.50
  • Betty Carter
  • Recorded: 1982-03-27
  • Recording Venue: The Bottom Line, New York City

Ellington: It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)

Work length6:10
$1.10
$1.50
  • Eric Gunnison (piano), Jim Hughart (double bass), Winard Harper (drums)
  • Recorded: 1987
  • Recording Venue: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Sacha Distel: The Good Life

Work length6:56
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Braden (saxophone), Stephen Scott (piano), Ira Coleman (double bass), Lewis Nash (drums)
  • Recorded: 1988
  • Recording Venue: Clinton Recording Studios: NYC, NY

Betty Carter: Droppin' Things

Work length5:55
$1.10
$1.50
  • Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Craig Handy (saxophone), Marc Cary (piano), Tarus Mateen (double bass), Gregory Hutchinson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1990-05-25
  • Recording Venue: The Bottom Line, New York City

Porter, C: In the Still of the Night

Work length4:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Cyrus Chestnut (piano), Ariel J. Roland (double bass), Lewis Nash (drums)
  • Recorded: 1992
  • Recording Venue: Clinton Recording Studios: NYC, NY