"WITH SHIRLEY HORN AND HADDA BROOKS GONE, SINGER-PIANIST BETTY BRYANT MAY BE OUR LAST PRACTITIONER OF A BRAND OF COOL, SLY, LAID-BACK SWING HONED IN A THOUSAND SMOKY SALOONS ON A MILLION NIGHTS. BETTY HAS WORKED IN THE FAST LANE OF WEST COAST JAZZ FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS, BUT SHE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE HER TIME." --JAMES GAVIN (BIOGRAPHER OF LENA HORNE, PEGGY LEE, AND CHET BAKER)”