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Betty Carter
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Betty Carter grew up in Detroit, where as a teenager she stood on stage with Charlie Parker. Bebop remained her foundation. Lionel Hampton took her into his band in 1948 and gave her the nickname 'Betty Bebop'. She sang with great freedom: tempos that suddenly speed up or slow down, melodies she made almost unrecognisable. Record companies found her difficult, and so in 1969 she founded a label of her own. She took young musicians into her trio and trained them on the bandstand. Only in 1988 did she get, with Look What I Got!, a major label and a Grammy.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice how she stretches and bends a familiar melody into something new.
Look What I Got · Betty Carter, 1988
Tight · Betty Carter, 1979
Baby, It's Cold Outside · Ray Charles & Betty Carter, 1961
Discography
Studio albums
- 1958Out There With Betty Carter
- 1960The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
- 1961Ray Charles and Betty Carter
- 1963’Round Midnight
- 1964Inside Betty Carter
- 1972The Betty Carter Album
- 1976Now It's My Turn
- 1988Look What I Got!
- 1989The Bebop Girl
- 1992It's Not About the Melody
- 1994Feed the Fire
- 1995Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant / Little Susie
- 1996I'm Yours, You're Mine
- 2019Avant‐Garde Jazz (Remastered)
- 2020Cherry Pie
Other work
- 1979The Audience with Betty Carter
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader