Finally, Betty Carter is a live album by Betty Carter. Though it was recorded in 1969, its release was delayed until 1975 because the master recording was stolen. A second album of material recorded from the same concert, Round Midnight, was released the same year.

Finally, Betty Carter
Live album by
Released1975
RecordedDecember 6, 1969, Judson Hall, New York City, New York, USA)
GenreVocal jazz
Length55:42 (reissue)
LabelRoulette
ProducerAlan Douglas
Betty Carter chronology
Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard
(1970)
Finally, Betty Carter
(1975)
Round Midnight
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing edit

  1. Medley: "Seems Like Old Times"/"I Remember You"/"Remember" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)/(Irving Berlin) - 8:25
  2. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:03
  3. "The Sun Died" (Ray Charles, Hubert Giraud, Anne Gregory) - 5:29
  4. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 2:27
  5. Medley: "Body and Soul"/"Heart and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 8:58
  6. Medley: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"/"All the Things You Are"/"I Could Write a Book" (Rodgers, Hart)/(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)/ (Rodgers, Hart) - 5:52
  7. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:46
  8. "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:40
  9. "Ego" (Betty Carter, Randy Weston) - 3:23
  10. "All Through the Day" (Hammerstein, Kern) - 8:39

Personnel edit

Recorded December 6, 1969, Judson Hall, New York City, New York, USA

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 38. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.