- Social Call
Infobox Album | Name = Social Call
Type =Album
Artist =Betty Carter
| Released = 1980
Recorded = May 13, 1955 - April 25, 1956
Genre =Jazz
Length = 57:27
Label =Columbia Records
Producer =Betty Carter
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE5721ED34BAB7520E3B30D61FD9C3DC621FB61D5B73E076774F5997F6BA2206AC57AD781C8EFA31CF870B0FD2FBB580FD3CCA250F6DE60373D88FED71D&sql=10:cw5h8qzbbtv4 link] | Last album = "Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant "
(1955)
This album = " Social Call "
(1956)
Next album = "Out There with Betty Carter "
(1958)|"Social Call" is an album by
Betty Carter featuringRay Bryant and abig band arranged byGigi Gryce . Of its eleven tracks, the first six were recorded in 1955 and originally released as part of the album "Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant ". The other five tracks were recorded in 1956 but remained unissued until this compilation, whichColumbia Records released in 1980.Track listing
#"Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn,
Karl Suessdorf ) – 3:23
#"Thou Swell " (Lorenz Hart ,Richard Rodgers ) – 1:39
#"I Could Write a Book " (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:37
#"Gone with the Wind" (Herbert Magidson ,Allie Wrubel ) – 4:10
#"The Way You Look Tonight " (Dorothy Fields ,Jerome Kern ) – 2:42
#"Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James,Kay Swift ) – 2:25
#"Tell Him I Said Hello" (Jack J. Canning ,Bill Hagner ) – 2:32
#"Social Call" (Gigi Gryce ,Jon Hendricks ) – 2:37
#"Runaway" (Cy Coleman ) – 2:28
#"Frenesi" (Alberto Dominguez ,Leonard Whitcup ) – 2:29
#"Let's Fall in Love " (Harold Arlen ,Ted Koehler ) – 1:57Personnel
Recorded May 13 & 16, 1955, New York City, New York, USA (tracks 1-6):
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Betty Carter - vocals
*Ray Bryant -piano
*Jerome Richardson -flute ,saxophone
*Wendell Marshall -double bass
*Philly Joe Jones - drums
*Quincy Jones - arranger and leaderRecorded April 25, 1956 (tracks 7-11):
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Betty Carter - vocals
*Hank Jones -piano
*Bernie Glow ,Nick Travis ,Conte Candoli ,Joe Ferrante -trumpet
*Urbie Green ,Jimmy Cleveland -trombone
*Sam Marowitz ,Al Cohn ,Seldon Powell ,Danny Bank -saxophone
*Gigi Gryce - arranger and leader
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