'Round Midnight (1963 Betty Carter album)

'Round Midnight
Studio album by Betty Carter
Released	1963
Recorded	August 10, 1962, December 6, 1962, January 15, 1963
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	31:11
Label	Atco
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegün
Betty Carter chronology
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'Round Midnight is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter, arranged by Claus Ogerman and Oliver Nelson.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Scott Yanow, writing on Allmusic.com gave 'Round Midnight two and a half stars out of five. Yanow commented of Carter in this period that "...Her chance-taking style and unusual voice were mostly ignored and it would not be until the late '70s that she was finally "discovered."...Her style was a lot freer than it had been in her earlier records but was still more accessible than it would be. Her repertoire...was already becoming eclectic."^[1]

Billboard gave 'Round Midnight its "4-star rating" in March 1963. The rating was given for "new albums with sufficient commercial potential."^[3]

Track listings

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nothing More to Look Forward To"	Richard Adler	2:31
2.	"Who What Why Where When"	Betty Carter	3:05
3.	"Heart and Soul"	Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael	3:14
4.	"Call Me Darling"	Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, Bert Reisfeld	3:48
5.	"When I Fall in Love"	Edward Heyman, Victor Young	2:56
6.	"'Round Midnight"	Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk	3:14
7.	"I Wonder"	Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen	2:29
8.	"Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)"	Jerry Goldsmith, Pete Rugolo, Hal Winn	2:40
9.	"The Good Life"	Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon	2:30
10.	"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"	Ace Adams, Regina Adams, Lionel Hampton	2:40
11.	"Two Cigarettes in the Dark"	Lew Pollack, Paul Francis Webster	2:04
12.	"Shine On Harvest Moon"	Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth	2:06
13.	"One Note Samba"	Jon Hendricks, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça	2:21

Personnel

Recorded August 10, 1962 (tracks 1, 5, 9, 12, 13); December 6, 1962 (tracks 3, 4, 6, 10); and January 15, 1963 (tracks 2, 7, 8, 11).

• Betty Carter - vocals
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• Conte Candoli
• Richard Kamuca – tenor saxophone
• Bob Ashton
• Phil Woods – alto & tenor saxophone
• Danny Bank – baritone saxophone & bass clarinet
• Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
• Seymour Barab – cello
• Sidney Edwards
• Edgardo Sodero
• Lucien Schmit
• Lloyd Mayers – piano
• Russ Freeman
• Walter Davis
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• John Pizzarelli
• Monty Budwig – double bass
• George Duvivier
• Richard Davis
• Gary Chester – drums
• Shelly Manne
• Ed Shaughnessy
• Oliver Nelson - arranger
• Claus Ogerman

References

1. 'Round Midnight at AllMusic
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 38. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (16 March 1963). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 34–. ISSN 0006-2510.