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Jazz Singer Betty Carter

Carter's latest album in her four decade career is "It's Not About the Melody," on the Verve Record Label. Carter signed to Verve in 1988, and released her Grammy-winning debut, Look What I Got, that same year. We play our interview with her from 1990, recorded when her album Droppin' Things was released.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 29, 1994: Interview with Sonny Rollins; Interview with Betty Carter.
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Sonny Rollins: The Quintessential Jazz Man

The tenor saxophonist is one of the jazz world's greatest improvisational artists. At the tender age of 23, he played with Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. In the early 1950s, he joined the Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet. He also began a critically-acclaimed solo career. Now in his sixties, he feels obligated to carry on the vision of his own mentors to today's rising stars. His latest album, "Old Flames," focuses on jazz standards and features Sonny backed by a brass section.

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