BEBOP CITY BETTY CARTER INTERVIEW EARLY CAREER

I met and became good friends with Betty Carter in 1975 while she was appearing at The Empty Foxhole Cafe in Philadelphia. In 1980, I produced a documentary on the career of Betty Carter which also included filming her concert performance for Philadelphia station WPVITV. During a 1989 segment on my Bebop City program titled The Bebop Singers, Betty Carter told me this incredible story about her early career and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. It was my great pleasure to have Betty Carter as a music f