Click Here for Video Sample! Previously Unreleased Concert On Double LP!
Female Vocals: Impeccable Lyricism & Mesmerizing Balladry!
"The Music Never Stops" is a beautiful piece of unheard history: an archival recording of a concert headlined by the late, great vocalist Betty Carter. Recorded in 1992, the show was a centerpiece of one of Jazz at Lincoln Centers earliest seasons. Carter titled the singular show "The Music Never Stops," because, well, the music never really stopped. She assembled three trios, a big band, and a string section on the stage and darted back and forth between the different ensembles, transitioning seamlessly and effortlessly between burning be-bop and deeply felt ballads, wearing out the musicians with her stamina.
The album highlights the legendary Carters many talents: her effortless way with a melody, her endlessly inventive improvisations, and her unparalleled ability to build both a narrative and a mood by spontaneously weaving jazz standards and her own genius material together. But this concert wasnt just another night for Carter, and the record also features contributions from some of the best contemporary jazz instrumentalists working in NYC. The music contained everything one would anticipate from Carter: mesmerizing balladry, exhilarating swing, impeccable lyricism, stunning improvisation, and brilliantly constructed song-stories that are still visionary today.
A previously unreleased concert from the iconic Betty Carter, whose live performances were legendary. The first posthumous album of entirely new material from Betty Carter, who died in 1998.
"She was at the top of her game and had New York at her feet for all the right reasons - her own woman, in charge. You can hear how good that made Betty Carter feel." - NPR
Features:
• Double LP
• Previously unreleased
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Archive
• Recorded live on March 29, 1992
• Executive produced by Wynton Marsalis
• Gatefold jacket
Musicians:
Betty Carter, vocals
Small Group:
Geri Allen, piano
Cyrus Chestnut, piano
Ariel Roland, bass
Greg Hutchinson, drums
Clarence Penn, drums
The Big Band:
Jerry Dodgion, alto saxophone
Rick Wald, alto saxophone
Alex Foster, tenor saxophone
Lou Marini, tenor saxophone
Joe Temperley, baritone saxophone
Art Baron, trombone
Robin Eubanks, trombone
Joe Randazzo, trombone
Lew Soloff, trumpet
Earl Gardner, trumpet
Ron Tooley, trumpet
Kamau Adilifu, trumpet
John Hicks, piano
Lisle Atkinson, bass
Kenny Washington, drums
The Strings:
Jeanne LeBlanc, cello
Akua Dixon, cello
Julie Green, cello
Bruce Wang, cello
John Beal, bass
Dave Finck, bass
Selections:
1. Ms. B.C.
2. Make It Last
3. Tight! / Mr. Gentleman
4. Social Call
5. 30 Years
6. Why Him? / Where Or When / What's New?
7. Moonlight In Vermont
8. The Good Life
9. Bridges
10. If I Should Lose You
11. Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
12. Make Him Believe
13. Frenesi
