The Modern Sound of Betty Carter

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The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedAugust 18–30, 1960
GenreJazz
Length57:27
LabelABC
ProducerRichard Wess
Betty Carter chronology
Out There
(1958)
The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
(1960)
Ray Charles and Betty Carter
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

The Modern Sound of Betty Carter is a 1960 (see 1960 in music) album by Betty Carter.

The album has been available since 1992 on CD format as I Can't Help It on GRP Records' Impulse! label series (ASIN no. B000003N6D). (This CD includes songs from the 1958 Peacock LP Out There.)[2]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:06
  2. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, George Durgom, Hal Hopper) – 3:11
  3. "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" (Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler) – 2:24
  4. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:24
  5. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton) – 2:50
  6. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:06
  7. "Don't Weep for the Lady" (Darshan Singh) – 3:02
  8. "Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)" (Norman Mapp) – 1:58
  9. "For You" (Joe Burke, Al Dubin) – 2:21
  10. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:24
  11. "At Sundown" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:44
  12. "On the Alamo" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 1:56

Personnel[edit]

Recorded August 18–30, 1960, New York City, New York, USA:

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