The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Keter Betts

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Keter Betts

5/28/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.110

Bassist Keter Betts (1928 - 2005 ) played professionally from 1949, appearing on more than 100 recordings while touring with the likes of Dinah Washington, Charlie Byrd, Woody Herman and Ella Fitzgerald. Betts was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 5/28/2003, in Silver Spring, Maryland. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 53m 29s

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Betts, Keter

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Legendary jazz bassist William Thomas "Keter" Betts was born July 22, 1928, in Port Chester, New York. While running an errand for his mother while in the fifth grade, Betts came across a parade. Instead of continuing on his way, he followed the parade all over town, entranced by the music. That incident marked the beginning of his love affair with music.Starting out on the drums, Betts tired of carrying the set up and down the four floors to his family apartment, and in 1946, he switched to the...