How many Betty Carter releases are on Riffiter?

83 releases are catalogued, spanning 1900 to 2026.

What genre is Betty Carter?

Betty Carter is catalogued under Jazz.

What is the most recent Betty Carter release on Riffiter?

Baby, It's Cold Outside (Remastered), released in 2026.

Artist

Betty Carter

Betty Carter is a jazz artist from Flint, USA. 83 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Jazz · Flint, USA · Best jazz albums

83
Releases: 1900–2026
Active years

Tidal

Deezer

Discography

78

Singles & EPs

5

Upcoming shows

About

Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones, May 16, 1929 - September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. The vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked, "There's really only one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter." Early life: Carter was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up in Detroit, where her father led a church choir. As a child, Carter was raised to be extremely independent and to not expect nurturing from her family. Even thirty years after leaving home, Carter was still very aware of and affected by the home life she was raised in, and was quoted saying, "I have been far removed from my immediate family. There's been no real contact of phone calls home every week to find out how everybody is...As far as my family is concerned, it's been a lonesome trek...It's probably just as much my fault as it is theirs, and I can't blame anybody for it. But there was no real closeness, where the family urged me on, or said...'We're proud'...and all that. No, no...none of that happened." Despite the isolation from her family…

Betty Carter in brief

How many Betty Carter releases are on Riffiter?: 83 releases are catalogued, spanning 1900 to 2026.
What genre is Betty Carter?: Betty Carter is catalogued under Jazz.
What is the most recent Betty Carter release on Riffiter?: Baby, It's Cold Outside (Remastered), released in 2026.