Etta James: Her Lonely Sound New Yorker (blog) When the supreme jazz singer, Betty Carter, died much too soon in 1998, there was a memorial service for her that my friend, the photographer Darryl Turner, and I felt obliged to attend. After all, Carter had fed us, over and over again, ...
Gordon Chambers — A Soul Singer With a Neighborhood Heart New York Times (blog) “In the late 1990s, you'd still bump into Spike or see Betty Carter sweeping her steps. Then, time passes, and you're one of the people who wooed you here in the first place. You start as a fan, but you become the keeper of the flame.
Joan Wickersham A valentine to Ella Boston Globe (Ray Charles and Betty Carter, in contrast, make it meltingly clear what it has to do with. And no discussion of sexy songs, however brief, can leave out Alberta Hunter singing on Amtrak Blues about her handyman.) But again, Ella's power has to do with ...
Bryan Nichols Quintet Returns to the AQ, January 27-28 Jazz Police And 2011 was surely a break-out year for the alum of Betty Carter's famed Jazz Ahead program, as he enjoyed the support of a McKnight grant, the release of his first CD as leader, performances with his quintet, trio , nine-piece We Are Many, ...
Singer Larkin McLean: Funny, Frothy and Sexy LifeGoesStrong Over the years, I saw Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Joe Williams, Betty Carter and Frank Sinatra — a roster that makes Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Bublé seem like talented imitators rather than innovators. Alas, the halcyon days ...
Music Manager To Jazz Greats John Levy Dies At 99 News One Vocalists Nancy Wilson, Roberta Flack, and the late Betty Carter saw their careers flourish under Levy's tutelage as well. Levy also worked with stars outside of music, managing comedian-actor Arsenio Hall for a time. According to an NPR report, ...
Weekend in Jazz | The last DC Jazz Loft at Red Door, Jimmy Cobb turns 84, and more CapitalBop (blog) ... Blues Alley profile Janine Gilbert-Carter Quartet, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 8 pm | Vocalist Janine Gilbert-Carter has a fulsome set of pipes that employs with masterful finesse and delicateness, in a style not entirely unlike Betty Carter's.
A healthy dose of jazz South Bend Tribune Usually, someone can be pigeonholed as being from the Sarah Vaughan school or the Betty Carter school or some other reference point. Monheit is remarkable in the sense that she doesn't bring anyone else specifically to mind.
