Now It's My Turn (album)
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Track listing

  1. "Music Maestro, Please"/"Swing Brother Swing" – 4:29
  2. "I Was Telling Him About You" – 5:04
  3. "Wagon Wheels" – 7:17
  4. "New Blues (You Purr)" (Betty Carter
    Betty Carter
    Betty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style...

    ) – 5:25
  5. "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" (Cole Porter
    Cole Porter
    Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

    ) – 3:03
  6. "Making Dreams Come True" – 2:55
  7. "Open the Door
    Open the Door (Betty Carter song)
    "Open the Door" is a popular song written by Betty Carter in 1964. Carter recorded it several times and made it a frequent part of her live performances, to the extent that it became her signature song. It has also been performed and recorded by other singers including Elsa Hedberg.Carter's...

    " (Carter) – 4:36
  8. "Just Friends
    Just Friends (1931 song)
    "Just Friends" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The song was written in 1931 by John Klenner with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. Although introduced by Red McKenzie and His Orchestra in October 1931, it first became a hit when singer Russ Columbo performed it with Leonard Joy’s...

    "/"Star Eyes" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
    Sam M. Lewis
    Sam M. Lewis was a Jewish-American singer and lyricist, born in New York City, New York as Samuel Levine-Biography:...

    )/(Gene de Paul
    Gene de Paul
    Gene de Paul was an American pianist, composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army during World War II....

    , Don Raye
    Don Raye
    Don Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...

    ) – 4:35
  9. "No More Words" – 7:04

Personnel

Recorded March 9th-10th, June 21st-22nd, 1976 at Sound Ideas Studio C http://home.att.net/~timcramm/nimt.htm:
  • Betty Carter
    Betty Carter
    Betty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style...

     - vocals
  • John Hicks
    John Hicks (jazz pianist)
    John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and the international jazz scene from the mid-1960s.-Biography:...

     - piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • Walter Booker
    Walter Booker
    Walter Booker was an American jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and tremolo techniques.-Biography:Booker moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in the mid 1940s...

     - bass
    Double bass
    The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...

  • unknown - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....


Production

  • Fred Bailin - producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

  • Joe Ferla - recording engineer
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