Louis, Ella And Frank
March, 1995
Steady BettyWith Carmen McRae gone and Ella Fitzgerald ill, Betty Carter now stands alone as jazz's greatest female vocalist. And with the death of Art Blakey, she has also assumed the role of jazz talent scout. For years, musicians have joined Carter's trios as boys but left as men, after meeting her virtuosic musical demands. Her latest album, Feed the Fire (Verve), recorded on tour in 1993, stars Carter's first sidewoman: Geri Allen, who helped concoct the arrangements. But the all-star trio...
