Betty Carter's 1981 Concert History

Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent U.S. jazz singer, renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Carter expanded the role of the vocalist in jazz, to a full, improvising member of the band. Although her voice was not as admired by the public as such vocalists as Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald, many consider her to have exercised mastery of the human voice previously unheard in jazz. Carmen McRae once claimed that "there's really only one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter."...

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 04, 1981
Betty Carter Blues Alley Washington, District of Columbia, United States
May 09, 1981
Betty Carter Rockefeller's Houston, Texas, United States
Jazz
Soul
Female Vocalists
Vocal Jazz
Lounge
Bebop
Hard Bop
Adult Standards
Post-Bop
Bossa Nova
Mpb
Jazz Ballads
Samba
Pagode
Stride
Jazz Vocal
Velha Guarda
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1981 2 concerts
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