Droppin' Things
1990 live album by Betty Carter
Droppin' Things | ||||
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Live album by Betty Carter | ||||
Released | September 1990 | |||
Recorded | May 25–26, 1990, at The Bottom Line, New York City and June 7, at Mastersound, New York City | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 61:34 | |||
Label | Verve 843 991-2 | |||
Producer | Betty Carter | |||
Betty Carter chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Droppin' Things is a 1990 live album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter.[2]
At the 32nd Grammy Awards, Carter's performance on this album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
Droppin' Things peaked at 3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[3]
Reception
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AllMusic | [2] |
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote that Droppin' Things "solidified her [Carter's] credentials as one of jazz's top singers", and described the music as "consistently stimulating".[2]
Track listing
For the 1990 Verve CD Issue, 843991-2.
- "30 Years" (Betty Carter) – 3:58
- "Stardust"/"Memories of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)/(Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 12:37
- "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:22
- "Open the Door '90" (Carter) – 5:20
- "Droppin' Things" (Carter) – 6:34
- "I Love Music" (Emile Boyd, Hal Smith) – 7:40
- "Why Him?" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 7:50
- "Dull Day (In Chicago)" (Carter) – 12:13
Personnel
- Performance
- Betty Carter - vocals, producer
- Geri Allen - piano
- Marc Cary - piano
- Craig Handy - tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Tarus Mateen - double bass
- Gregory Hutchinson - drums
- Production
- Chris Thompson - art direction
- Joe Ferla - engineer, mixing, recording
- Joe Newland - digital editor
- Ed Korengo, Dave Parla, David Merrill - assistant engineer
- Rich Cook - liner notes
- Susan Ragan, Courtney Brown Jr. - photography
- Ora Ross Harris - project coordinator
- Shelia Mathis - product manager
- David Lau - design
- Kooster McAlister, Paul Prestopino - Record Plant remote
References
- Bauer, William R. (2002). Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-47206-791-6.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
or co-leader
- The Printmakers (1984)
- Home Grown (1985)
- Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986)
- In the Year of the Dragon (1989)
- Segments (1989)
- Twylight (1989)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
- The Nurturer (1990)
- Maroons (1992)
- Twenty One (1994)
- Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96)
- Some Aspects of Water (1996)
- The Gathering (1998)
- The Life of a Song (2004)
- Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006)
- Flying Toward the Sound (2008)
- Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009)
- A Child Is Born (2011)
- Grand River Crossings (2012)
- A Lovesome Thing (2012)
- Expandable Language (1984)
- Otherside (1988)
- Talkin' Stick (1997)
- At This Time (2008)
- Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986)
- Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
- The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989)
- Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
- Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985)
- Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988)
- Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987)
- The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999)
- Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002)
- Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
- Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
- Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988)
- Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988)
- Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989)
- Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986)
- By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)