3:33⅓ with Betty Carter

Maybe you wish you knew more about Betty Carter, too. I’ve been in that boat but I’ve been learning a lot. She is a jazz singer’s jazz singer, constantly namechecked as the ultimate jazz vocalist. She started her own record label. She started a educational series called Jazz Ahead that was instrumental in jumpstarting the careers of talents like Dave Holland, Kenny Washington, Benny Green and others.
In my book if you are revered by your peers and your critics, you start your own label to control your career and you pay it forward onto the next generation, you’re the greatest. Plus, the instrument, the song choices, the courage, the vocal moves. She’s the whole package. Thank you Betty Carter.

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