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Betty Carter, Jazz Vocalist

ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY ARTICLES 

Editor: Don Michael Randel 
Title: The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music 
Imprint: Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1996 
Page: 139 
Location: Music Library Reference ML105 H38 1996 

Editor: Colin Larkin 
Title: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music 
Imprint: Middlesex, England: Guinness Publishing, 1995 
Page: Vol. 1, 722 
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 P66 G84 1995 v.1

Editor: Nicolas Slonimsky 
Title: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians 
Imprint: New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1994 
Page: 161 
Location: Music Library Reference ML105 B16 1993

Editor: Donald Clarke 
Title: The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. 
Imprint: New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. 
Page: 210 
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 P66 P46 1989 

Editor: Barry Kernfeld 
Title: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 
Imprint: London: Macmillan, 1988. 
Pages: Vol. 1, p. 191 
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 J3 N48 1988

Authors: Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, and Brian Priestley 
Title: Jazz: The Essential Companion. 
Imprint: New York: Prentice Hall, 1988. 
Page: 78 
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 J3 C32 1988
 

Editors: H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie 
Title: The New Grove dictionary of American music. 
Imprint: London: Macmillan, 1986. 
Pages: Vol. 1, page 364 
Location: Music Library Reference ML101 U6 N48 1986

SHORT ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Article: Carter's Listening Lessons Lets Young Students Sing. David Zaworski. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 65:66 
Date: January 1998 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive 

Article: Down Beat's 43rd Annual International Critics Poll (Female Vocalist) 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 62:32 
Date: Aug `95 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: CD Reviews: Feed the Fire 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 61:44 
Date: Nov `94 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Down Beat 42nd Annual International Critics Poll (Female Jazz Singer) 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 61:25 
Date: Aug `94 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Down Beat's 58th Annual Readers Poll (Female Singer) 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 60:24 
Date: Dec `93 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Down Beat's 41st Annual International Critics Poll (Female Jazz Singer) 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 60:33 
Date: Aug `93 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Music: Body and Soul (album: It's not about the Melody; concert review). H. Als. 
Periodical: VILLAGE VOICE 
Citation: 38:65-6 
Date: Mar 23, 1993 
Location: Joyner Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive 

Article: Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead '94: BAM Majestic Theater/Brooklyn. Howard Mandel. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 60:52 
Date: Jul '93 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Review of Betty Carter: Droppin' things. Frank-John Hadley. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 58:38+ 
Date: May '91 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Blue notes: 3 jazz 'golden girls' are finally getting their major-label due. J. Levenson. 
Periodical: BILLBOARD 
Citation: 102:63 
Date: Dec 01 1990 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive 

Article: Record & CD reviews: Whatever Happened to Love? 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 57:42-3 
Date: Jul 1990 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Talent in action. 
Periodical: BILLBOARD 
Citation: 101:32 
Date: May 27 1989 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Blue notes: Look What Betty Carter's Got: Three hit albums. J. Levenson. 
Periodical: BILLBOARD 
Citation: 100:31 
Date: Oct 15 1988 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive 

Article: Record Reviews: Look What I Got! 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 55:29 
Date: Oct 1988 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Records: Look What I Got! 
Periodical: MUSICIAN 
Citation: n119:110 
Date: Sep 1988 
Location: Music Stacks ML1 M328 

Article: Betty Carter Strings out Beantown. Fred Bouchard. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 51:12 
Date: Feb '84 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound) ML3561 J3 D64x

FEATURE ARTICLES

Article: Everytime we say goodbye: A portrait of Betty Carter. William R. Bauer. 
Periodical: JAZZ EDUCATOR'S JOURNAL 
Citation: 31:108 
Date: Jan 1999 
Location: Music Library Current Periodicals

Article: Hall of Fame: Betty Carter. Dan Quellette. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 66:30-32 
Date: Aug '99 
Location: Music Library Current Periodicals and Bell & Howell Proquest thorugh NCLive 

Article: The True Meaning of Betty Carter: 1929-1998. Willard Jenkins. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 65:66-68 
Date: Dec '98 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive 

Article: Jazz Vocalist Betty Carter Remembered. Bill Holland. 
Periodical: BILLBOARD 
Citation: 110:5 
Date: Oct '98 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive 

Article: It's not about teaching, it's about doing. M. Bourne 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 61:16-17+ 
Date: Dec `94 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Betty Carter: American jazz diva. W. Self. 
Periodical: JAZZ EDUCATORS JOURNAL 
Citation: 24:26-29+ 
Date: Nov 3 1992 
Location: Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML1 N124 

Article: Behind every singer is a piano player (interview). Kevin Whitehead. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 59:34-6 
Date: Dec '92 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Betty Carter: look what we've got! James T. Jones. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 56:24-6 
Date: Aug '89 
Location: Music Library Microforms, Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound)
ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Betty Carter: Bebopper breathes fire. L. Prince. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 46:12 
Date: Nov 9, 1979 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound) ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Betty Carter. D. Hollenberg. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 44:44 
Date: Nov 8, 1977 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound) ML3561 J3 D64x 

Article: Betty Carter's Declaration of Independence. H. Nolan. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 43:23 
Date: No. 14, 1976 
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound) ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Betty Carter: The "In" singer. B. McLarney. 
Periodical: DOWN BEAT 
Citation: 33:18 
Date: Nov 15, 1966 
Location: Music Library Microforms 

BOOKS 

Author: Leslie Gourse 
Title: Louis' children: American jazz singers. 
Imprint: New York: W. Morrow, 1984. 
Location: Music Library Stacks ML3508 G68 1984 

Author: Michael Ullman 
Title: Jazz lives: portraits in words and pictures. 
Imprint: Washington, D.C.: New Republic Books, 1980. 
Location: Music Library Stacks ML3506 U44 J3 

RECORDINGS

Title: At the Village Vanguard, Betty Carter 
Label: Verve 
Date: 1993 
Location: Music Library Media CD-3826

Title: Best of the Jazz Vocalists. 
Label: Verve 
Date: 1992 
Location: Music Library Media CD-1632

Title: Social Call 
Label: CBS Special Products 
Date: 1990 
Location: Music Library Media CD-3936

Title: Droppin' things. 
Label: Polygram 
Date: 1990 
Location: Music Library Media CD-656

Title: When Malindy sings: jazz vocalists, 1938-1961. 
Label: New World Records 
Date: 1977 
Location: Music Library Media R-2419 

compiled 04-04-94 ask 
rev. 11-22-96 rc 
rev. 10-99 mb & dh 

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