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| Bass, Buddies, Blues & Beauty Too |
| Keter Betts |
| első megjelenés éve: 2001 |
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| (2001)
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| 4.201 Ft
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| 1. | The Rev
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| 2. | Summertime
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| 3. | Alone Together
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| 4. | Sweet Georgia Brown
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| 5. | He's Funny That Way
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| 6. | Chung King
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| 7. | Squeeze Me
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| 8. | Echos of Madrid
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| 9. | Jandb
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Jazz
Keter Betts - Bass, Liner Notes, Producer
Bill Charlap - Piano
Dennis Mackrel - Drums
Ethel Ennis - Vocals
Jerry Weldon - Sax (Tenor)
Pete Minger - Trumpet
Steve Abshire - Guitar
Tommy Williams Jr. - Trumpet
* Archie Moore - Editing, Mastering
* Carolyn Collins Petersen - Graphic Design
* Chris Biondo - Producer
* Eric Lemley - Engineer, Mixing
Picking up where he left off with Bass, Buddies & Blues, Keter Betts offers his second solo date, Bass, Buddies, Blues & Beauty Too. The beauty in this case is Baltimore singer Ethel Ennis who joins the band on two numbers; a curiously arranged, but fun "Summertime" and "He's Funny That Way." There are only three band originals this time out (two by Betts and one from tenor sax man Jerry Weldon), the standards are quite refreshing. Sweet Georgia Brown sports an arrangement that is pure funk and Milt Jacobson's uptown tune, "The Rev," is one of Bett's most concise and snappy solo numbers yet. Fans familiar with Bett's many recordings and concerts with Ella Fiztgerald will no doubt get a kick out of hearing him work with another singer again and the relaxed atmosphere of this disc is made all the more appealing by the leader's inspired, lyrical playing.
---John Duffy, All Music Guide
Keter Betts
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jul 25, 1928 in Port Chester, NY
Died: Aug 06, 2005 in Silver Spring, MD
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Bop, Swing, Bossa Nova, Post-Bop
Having played with some of the most important and influential names in jazz in a career that spans six decades, Keter Betts is perhaps one of the most important journeyman bassists of the genre. His bluesy, melodic, and thick tone and creative use of string popping and glissando have long made him an in-demand player. Born in Port Chester, NY, he traveled to New York City as a youth to study jazz drums, but eventually grew tired of hauling his Gene Krupa kit up and down four flights of stairs. He switched to bass in 1946, the year he graduated high school. He landed his first professional gig with tenor saxophonist Carmen Leggio in Washington, D.C. A four-week stay turned into 13 weeks. Betts was 19. He would later settle in the city and raise five children with his wife.
Constant work in D.C. and New York led to a job with R&B barnstormer Earl Bostic (1949) and later Dinah Washington. He joined the employ of Washington, D.C., guitarist Charlie Byrd in 1957, staying with him through the bossa nova craze, which found him playing on dates alongside Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. As a member of the Tommy Flanagan Trio, Betts backed Ella Fitzgerald beginning in 1965. In 1971, he joined her band full-time for an unprecedented 24-year stretch. Flanagan and Betts, alongside various drummers (including Bobby Durham, Ed Thigpen, and Gus Johnson), formed an infallible rhythm section: flexible, swinging, playful, warm, and refined -- all the qualities Fitzgerald herself personified. Betts played with Fitzgerald until her final performance in 1993. Sidework over the years has also included recordings with Hamiet Bluiett, Sam Jones, Cannonball Adderley, Joe Pass, Clifford Brown, Kenny Burrell, Louis Bellson, and Joe Williams.
It wasn't until 1998 that Betts ever recorded under his own leadership. The self-released Bass, Buddies & Blues (1998) was followed a year later by Bass, Buddies, Blues & Beauty Too, featuring Baltimore vocalist Ethel Ennis. Live at the East Coast Jazz Festival (2000) featured Etta Jones. In his later years, Betts maintained an impressive schedule, performing and lecturing at schools and youth music workshops in the Washington, D.C., area. He also served as musical coordinator for jazz programming at Black Entertainment Television and as an instructor/lecturer at Howard University. Betts passed away at age 77 in his home in Silver Spring, MD, in 2005.
---John Duffy, All Music Guide |
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