It's Not About The Melody
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It's Not About the Melody | ||
Studio album by Betty Carter | ||
Released | 1992 | |
Recorded | May 25-26 1992 | |
Genre | Jazz | |
Length | 71:34 | |
Label | Verve Records | |
Producer(s) | Betty Carter | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Betty Carter chronology | ||
Droppin' Things (1990) |
It's Not About The Melody (1992) |
Feed the Fire (1996) |
It's Not About the Melody is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter.
[edit] Track listing
For the 1992 Verve CD Issue 314-513870-2.
- "Naima's Love Song" (Betty Carter, John Hicks) – 8:25
- "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 7:11
- "Make Him Believe" (Betty Carter) – 5:10
- "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 3:26
- "Once upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) – 5:58
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:35
- "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 4:07
- "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis Rene) – 7:45
- "The Love We Had Yesterday" (Pat Watson) – 7:17
- "Dip Bag" (Betty Carter) – 8:57
- "You're Mine, You" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 7:12
[edit] Personnel
Recorded May 25 - 26, 1992, at the The Bottom Line, New York City:
- Cyrus Chestnut - piano
- John Hicks
- Mulgrew Miller
- Craig Handy - tenor saxophone
- Walter Booker - double bass
- Christian McBride
- Ariel J. Roland
- Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
- Lewis Nash
- Clarence Penn