Social Call | ||||
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Studio album by Betty Carter | ||||
Released | 1980 | |||
Recorded | May 13, 1955 and April 25, 1956 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 57:27 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Betty Carter (reissue) | |||
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Allmusic | link |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
Social Call is an album by Betty Carter featuring Ray Bryant and a big band arranged by Gigi 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, which Columbia Records released in 1980.
Recorded May 13 & 16, 1955, New York City, New York, USA (tracks 1-6):
Recorded April 25, 1956 (tracks 7-11):