Thursday, May 16, 2024

May 16 - Betty Carter (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 16th may be found here: Liberace (2019), Richard Tauber (2020), Woody Herman (2021), Liberace (2022), and Woody Herman (2023)

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Betty Carter (16 May 1929 – 26 September 1998) was an innovative American jazz singer. 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice and Easy... Not

Don’t judge her with excessive haste,

Her voice is an acquired taste.

And rest assured, the art that lurks

Behind her odd expressive quirks,

Is worth the effort when you find it,

Though, at first, you had maligned it.

 

 

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