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Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies.
May 12, 2024 · Betty Carter (born May 16, 1930, Flint, Michigan, U.S.—died September 26, 1998, Brooklyn, New York) was an American jazz singer who is best remembered for the scat and other complex musical interpretations that showcased her remarkable vocal flexibility and musical imagination.
Betty Carter developed a legendary reputation, along with Art Blakey, as one of the great mentors for young jazz musicians. Equally legendary was her singing prowess, creating a distinctive style of improvisation that could transcend any song.
Sep 28, 1998 · Betty Carter, one of jazz's great singers and a composer and arranger whose groups were virtual schools for generations of jazz musicians, died at home in the Fort Greene section...
Aug 14, 2008 · For nearly 50 years, Betty Carter was an irrepressible and incomparable practitioner of the jazz vocal tradition, with an intense, adventurous style and a booming voice. The fiercely dedicated...
A virtuosic, world-renowned female jazz singer took the world by storm between the 1980s to 1990s. Her unique style of singing, involving improvised lines, scatt phrasing, and bebop, mixed with her daring and unpredictable change in tempos, meters, and melodies grabbed the world by storm and swung it around the jazz club.
Sep 27, 1998 · Grammy-winning singer Betty Carter, known as the godmother of jazz for nurturing young musical talent, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at her Brooklyn home. She was 69.
Jun 5, 2024 · Jazz musician Betty Carter's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.
Jan 3, 1999 · Betty Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones, in Flint, Mich., and by the time she first recorded under her own name, she had settled on being the fearless Betty Carter, having passed through...
Sep 27, 1998 · Betty Carter, a Grammy-winning singer who worked with the musicians Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and later nurtured young musical talent, died of pancreatic cancer at her home in New...
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