Betty Carter's Finest Hour

Original Release Date:  April 8, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
• 2. I Can't Help It
• 3. Babe's Blues
• 4. Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was/All the Things You Are/I ...
• 5. Tight
• 6. Open the Door (Theme Song)
• 7. The Trolley Song
• 8. I Could Write a Book
• 9. Social Call
• 10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
• 11. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
• 12. The Good Life
• 13. Droppin' Things
• 14. In the Still of the Night

Credits

• Stephen Scott: Piano
• Betty Carter: Composer, Vocals, Producer
• Kenny Dorham: Trumpet
• Gigi Gryce: Composer, Sax (Alto)
• John Hicks: Piano
• Sam Jones: Bass
• Wynton Kelly: Piano
• Melba Liston: Trombone
• Jerome Richardson: Flute, Bassoon, Sax (Tenor)
• Norman Simmons: Piano
• Randy Weston: Composer
• Sacha Distel: Composer
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Don Braden: Sax (Tenor)
• Richard Rodgers: Composer
• Curtis Lundy: Bass
• Al Harewood: Drums
• Ray Copeland: Trumpet, Arranger
• Kenny Washington: Drums
• Craig Handy: Sax (Tenor)
• Jerome Kern: Composer
• Lewis Nash: Drums
• Marc Cary: Piano
• Cyrus Chestnut: Piano
• Ira Coleman: Bass
• Walter Donaldson: Composer
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Benny Golson: Sax (Tenor)
• Eric Gunnison: Piano
• Oscar Hammerstein II: Composer
• Winard Harper: Drums
• Lorenz Hart: Composer
• Freddie Hubbard: Trumpet
• Jon Hendricks: Composer
• Jim Hughart: Bass
• Chipper Lyles: Drums
• Hugh Martin: Composer
• Tarus Mateen: Bass
• Carmen McRae: Vocals, Producer
• Peck Morrison: Bass
• Khalid Moss: Piano
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Jimmy Powell: Sax (Alto)
• Jack Reardon: Composer
• Ariel J. Roland: Bass
• Sahib Shihab: Sax (Baritone)
• Mark Smith: Production Assistant
• Allan Tucker: Mastering
• Buster Williams: Bass
• Specs Wright: Drums
• Tom Copi: Photography
• Lee Tanner: Cover Photo
• Lisle Atkinson: Bass
• Hollis King: Art Direction
• Harry Woods: Composer
• Ralph Blaine: Composer
• Cynthia Sesso: Photo Research
• Bryan Koniarz: Supervisor
• Sherniece Smith: Art Producer
• Ken Druker: Executive Producer
• Robert Appleton: Series Design
• Stephanie Stein Crease: Notes Editing
• Paul Lombardi: Package Layout