Betty Carter, It's Not About the Melody - 26m 52s

Tracks & Durations

1. Naima's Love Song	5:13
2. Stay as Sweet as You Are	5:06
3. Make Him Believe	4:39
4. I Should Care	3:29
5. You Go To My Head	4:15
6. In the Still of the Night	4:06

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Review

Betty Carter titled this album It's Not About the Melody not because she doesn't care about the melody but because she knows that the success of a jazz vocal depends on something deeper than tunefulness. Her new recording, in fact, is full of melody, for Carter exults not only in the opening themes of the 11 jazz standards and originals she tackles but also in the brand new, equally memorable strains she creates through her improvisations and variations. She's nonetheless correct; the triumph of this album derives not from the shape of the songs but from the intense emotional commitment behind the songs. --Geoffrey Himes

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It's Not About the Melody

Tracks: 11 (+5 tracks), Disk length: 1h 11m 8s (+44m 16s)

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