Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones, May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for herimprovisational technique, scatting abilities, and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. 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 and affected by the home life that she was raised in, and has been 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 that Carter felt from her family due to their lack of support, it is possible to attribute her fighting spirit and determination to make it in the music business to this sense of abandonment, leading her to be the legend that she is today She studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory at the age of fifteen, but did not exceed a modest level of expertise At the age of sixteen, Carter began singing. As her parents were not big proponents of her pursuing a singing career, Carter would sneak out at night to audition for amateur shows. After winning first place at her first amateur competition, Carter felt as though she were being accepted into the music world and decided that she must pursue it tirelessly. When Carter began performing live, she was too young to be admitted into bars, so she obtained a forged birth certificate to gain entry in order to perform.
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Betty Carter (nascut Lillie Mae Jones, Maig 16, 1929 fins 26 setembre 1998) va ser una cantant nord-americana de jazz conegut per herimprovisational tècnica, habilitats scatting, i altres habilitats musicals complexes que van demostrar el seu talent vocal i la interpretació imaginativa de lletres i melodies. El vocalista Carmen McRae va dir una vegada, "no hi ha realment només un cantant de jazz - només un:. Betty Carter"
Carter va néixer a Flint, Michigan i va créixer a Detroit, on el seu pare va dirigir un cor de l'església. Quan era nen, Carter va ser criat per ser extremadament independent i no esperar alimentar la seva família. Fins i tot trenta anys després de sortir de casa, Carter estava encara molt present i afectats per la vida a la llar que es va criar a, i ha estat citat dient:
"He estat lluny de la meva família immediata. No hi ha hagut cap contacte real de les trucades telefòniques a casa cada setmana per saber com tot el món és ... Quant a la meva família es refereix, ha estat una caminada solitària ... És probable que només tant per culpa meva, ja que és d'ells, i no puc culpar ningú per això. Però no hi va haver proximitat real, on la família em va impulsar, o dit ... 'Estem orgullosos' ... i tot això . no, no ... res d'això va succeir ".
Malgrat el aïllament que Carter es sentia de la seva família a causa de la seva falta de suport, és possible atribuir el seu esperit de lluita i determinació per triomfar en el món de la música a aquest sentiment d'abandó, que la va portar a ser la llegenda que és avui Ella Va estudiar piano al Conservatori de Detroit a l'edat de quinze anys, però no superior a un modest nivell d'experiència a l'edat de setze anys, Carter va començar a cantar. A mesura que els seus pares no eren grans defensors de la perseguia una carrera com a cantant, Carter es colava a la nit a una audició per a espectacles d'aficionats. Després de guanyar el primer lloc en la competència d'aficionats en primer lloc, Carter es sentia com si estigués sent acceptat en el món de la música i va decidir que ella ha de perseguir incansablement. Quan Carter va començar a tocar en viu, que era massa jove per ser admès en els bars, per la qual cosa va obtenir un certificat de naixement falsificat per poder entrar per tal de dur a terme.
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