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	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.

1. "Naima's Love Song" (Betty Carter, John Hicks) – 8:25
2. "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 7:11
3. "Make Him Believe" (Carter) – 5:10
4. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 3:26
5. "Once upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) – 5:58
6. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:35
7. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 4:07
8. "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis Rene) – 7:45
9. "The Love We Had Yesterday" (Pat Watson) – 7:17
10. "Dip Bag" (Carter) – 8:57
11. "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 - piano
• Mulgrew Miller - Piano
• Craig Handy - tenor saxophone
• Walter Booker - double bass
• Christian McBride - double bass
• Ariel J. Roland - double bass
• Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
• Lewis Nash - drums
• Clarence Penn - drums