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Droppin' Things
''Droppin' Things'' is a 1990 live album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter. At the 32nd Grammy Awards, Carter's performance on this album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. ''Droppin' Things'' peaked at 3 on the ''Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums chart. Reception In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote that ''Droppin' Things'' "solidified her arter'scredentials as one of jazz's top singers", and described the music as "consistently stimulating". Track listing For the 1990 Verve CD Issue, 843991-2. #"30 Years" (Betty Carter) – 3:58 #"Stardust"/" Memories of You" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)/( Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 12:37 #"What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:22 #" Open the Door '90" (Carter) – 5:20 #"Droppin' Things" (Carter) – 6:34 #"I Love Music" (Emile Boyd, Hal Smith) – 7:40 #"Why Him?" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 7:50 #"Dull Day (In Chicago)" (Carter) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Carter
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. Vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked: "There's really only one jazz singer—only one: Betty Carter." Early life Carter was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up in Detroit, where her father, James Jones, was the musical director of a Detroit church and her mother, Bessie, was a housewife. As a child, Carter was raised to be extremely independent and to not expect nurturing from her family. Even 30 years after leaving home, Carter was still very aware of and affected by the home life she was raised in, and was quoted saying: I have been far removed from my immediate family. There's been no real contact or phone calls home every week to find out how everybody is…As far as family is concerned, it's been a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as television, electronic microphones, and sound recordings. Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for " Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and " Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on " Lazybones" and "Skylark". Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946, from ''Canyon Passage'', in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule. " In the Cool, Cool, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
