Singer: Betty Carter
Title: Betty Carter's Finest Hour
Label: Verve Records ‎– 314 589 778-2
Series: Finest Hour Verve –
Type: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Date of released: 2003
Category: Jazz, Blues
Style: Soul-Jazz, Swing
Size MP3 zip: 1408 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1242 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 VOX WMA AIFF MMF DTS MIDI FLAC FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	You're Driving Me Crazy Written-By – Walter Donaldson
2	I Can't Help It Written-By – Betty Carter
3	Babe's Blues Written-By – Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston
4	Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was / All The Things You Are / I Could Write A Book Written-By [All The Things You Are] – Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II*Written-By [I Didn't Know What Time It Was / I Could Write A Book] – Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart*
5	Tight Written-By – Betty Carter
6	Open The Door (Theme Song) Written-By – Betty Carter
7	The Trolley Song Written-By – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
8	I Could Write A Book Written-By – Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart*
9	Social Call Written-By – Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks
10	What A Little Moonlight Can Do Written-By – Harry Woods
11	It Don't Mean A Thing Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
12	The Good Life Written-By – Jack Reardon, Sacha Distel
13	Droppin' Things Written-By – Betty Carter
14	In The Still Of The Night Written-By – Cole Porter

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Verve Music Group
• Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
• Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce (tracks: 1), Jimmy Powell (tracks: 1)
• Arranged By – Betty Carter (tracks: 4, 5), Ray Copeland (tracks: 3)
• Baritone Saxophone – Sahib Shihab (tracks: 1)
• Bass – Ariel J. Roland (tracks: 14), Buster Williams (tracks: 5), Curtis Lundy (tracks: 6 to 10), Ira Coleman (tracks: 12), Jim Hughart (tracks: 11), Lisle Atkinson (tracks: 4), Peck Morrison (tracks: 2, 3), Sam Jones (tracks: 1), Tarus Mateen (tracks: 13)
• Bassoon – Jerome Richardson (tracks: 3)
• Drums – Al Harewood (tracks: 4), Chip Lyles (tracks: 5), Gregory Hutchinson (tracks: 13), Kenny Washington (tracks: 6 to 8), Lewis Nash (tracks: 9, 10, 12, 14), Specs Wright (tracks: 1 to 3), Winard Harper (tracks: 11)
• Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: 3)
• Piano – Cyrus Chestnut (tracks: 14), Danny Mixon (tracks: 5), Eric Gunnison (tracks: 11), John Hicks (tracks: 6 to 8), Khalid Moss (tracks: 9, 10), Marc Cary (tracks: 13), Norman Simmons (tracks: 4), Stephen Scott (tracks: 12), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson (tracks: 1), Craig Handy (tracks: 13), Don Braden (tracks: 12), Jerome Richardson (tracks: 2, 3)
• Trombone – Melba Liston (tracks: 1, 3)
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard (tracks: 13), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 1), Ray Copeland (tracks: 1, 3)
• Vocals – Betty Carter, Carmen McRae (tracks: 11)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31458 97782 7