Arguably the most adventurous female jazz singer of all time, Betty Carter was an idiosyncratic stylist and a restless improviser who pushed the limits of melody and harmony as much as any bebop horn player. The husky-voiced Carter was capable of radical, off-the-cuff re-workings of whatever she sang, abruptly changing tempos and dynamics, or rearranging the lyrics into distinctive, off-the-beat rhythmic patterns.

Track Listing
Music Maestro, Please / Swing Brother Swing
I Was Telling Him About You
Wagon Wheels
New Blues (You Purr)
Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
Making Dreams Come True
Open the Door
Just Friends / Star Eyes
No More Words