She knew something about jazz that nobody else knew. A brilliant genious that could move your soul. I love Betty! Thanks for sharing this with us!!!!

Beautiful.

What a Musician!!

she is the jazziest singer

My absolute favorite jazz singer. Nobody will ever surpass her...!! Just listen to that voice, that phrasing, that total creativity . No one else compares except Ray Charles..!!

The drummer is the great Clifford Barbaro who is still alive and plays regularly at clubs in NYC such as Smalls, Fat Cat and more. He is one of my favorite drummers/musicians.

Super RARE, Super Talent ,Superb Woman / Vocalist ./Thankyou, so much Betty Baby....

I worry about a world in which there are 700,000 people actually studying jazz, all of whom own computers, and 692,000 of whom have not watched this astounding performance. To mix metaphors: you can't wrap your head around this much nerve. Five tunes, cold from vocal? A true jazz instrumental bandleader who carries no axe to the gig? Indeed. Watch this woman's CBS JAzz Ahead feature - she drills kids into being badass back-time be-boppers! "Amazon": thrill as she defends the planet at 224 bpm

I must have seen Betty a hundred times between 1979 and 1982.

What a great singer. Thank you for sharing this. I love Betty!!!

betty is true genius!

One of the greatest ever, up there with Billy and Ella

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I met Betty in New Orleans in 1994. What a sweet,sassy woman.

Thanks so much for posting this amazing performance!

Umm, and can I just this was UNREAL. She killed it and acted like it was nothing. What a total professional!

Love songs are so missing today

All the songs in this medley had been recorded by Charlie Parker....it's a lovely tribute....

thanks for this moment... she´s unique.

If i should lose you Just friends All the things you are I didn't know what time it was Star eyes

looks like a very difficult place to play-yet she kills it!

It's Charlie Parker greatest hits Medley. John Hicks was the best pianist Betty ever had, a great guy as well and I miss him.... Dennis Irwin did a great job as always (miss him too) and Clifford Barbaro is a very underrated drummer. He really knows how to play for a singer, (great intensity but not high volume).

That was outstanding.

the piano player is John Hicks , on bass Rogelito 2 weeks ago says that is Dannis Erwin, i don't know the drummer. the location i think is bologna in Italy in 1977 ciao

Ohhhh Betty how I miss you....!! Tears fall when I hear you.......

Betty Carter distilling & reimagining Charlie Parker’s “With Strings” ballads! Medley For Bird - Betty Carter If I Should Lose You [Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin] 0:00 Just Friends [John Klenner / Sam M. Lewis] 2:35 All The Things You Are [Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II] 4:15 I Didn't Know What Time It Was [Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart] 4:58 Star Eyes [Gene de Paul / Don Raye] 6:37

Ok planet we're up a solid 25 per cent on the eight thousand views....in here check again: the as-if-she-wrote -them lyrics read - plus the follow of the core melodies..with an ultra cool over-blow where Just Friends gets corny in line...Did he gaze, Mr Louis Armstrong from the ether upon this stage, and at the mic, his absolute ultimate product, as I understand this woman, Ms Betty Carter?

That broheim is playing well

30 per cent more views. Ms Betty Carter demonstrating how to operate both hemispheres of the human brain - the only way this can be done as a heaa arrangement, off-book. Lead characters in drama don't also serve as the conductor in the pit - except for, here

@carlocoseca Thanks so much for posting. The more Betty the better! Any idea of the year, location, and musicians' names?

where is it? I´ld love to see the entire performance. Nice post!

@carlocoseca The bass player is Dennis Irwin. Not Erwin. Close!!!!!

yes cliff after gaylord birch as if betty's trios weren't always ill.. i'm noticing key changes here...unprecedented, none dared.

@deanna2150 You are right!!!

Senza RaiTre la televisione italiana sarebbe stata una delle peggiori al mondo. Eccezionale concerto di Betty Carter 🎺

@deanna2150 LOL what?? I guess.........

Let's admit it's not good...