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Carmen McRae: Sings 'lover Man' And Other Billie Holiday Classics & Dave Brubeck For Sale

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Sings'lover Man' And Other Billie Holiday Classics & Dave Brubeck Compositions

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Featuring:Norman Simmons (p), Mundell Lowe (g), BobCranshaw (b), Walter Perkins (d). Featuring Nat Adderley (cnt), Eddie 'Lockjaw'Davis (ts), Dave Brubeck (p), Paul Desmond (ts), Gene Wright (b), Joe Morello(d)REFERENCE: FSRCD 740

When CarmenMcRae (1920-1994) made the splendid “Sings Lover Man and other Billie HolidayClassics” in 1961 it was a heartfelt tribute to her main influence.By then she was a mature, confident stylist, sufficiently secure in her ownmusical identity not to be intimidated by her great idol. Few singers coulddare to take on Strange Fruit—especially accompanied only by guitar— or riskechoing Lady Day’s approach on songs like Trav’lin Light and Them There Eyes,and emerge not merely unscathed, but with her reputation enhanced. She getswonderful support from Nat Adderley, Lockjaw Davis and Mundell Lowe, whileNorman Simmons contributes brilliantly as pianist and arranger. Amid strikingperformances other standouts include God Bless The Child, Yesterdays and MyMan.In the Shapiro-Hentoff famous book 'Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya,' Carmen McRae talksof Billie Holiday. She speaks of the late vocalist with sympathetic insight. Inone passage, while ostensibly speaking of Billie Holiday, she is actuallysummarizing the essence of Carmen McRae: “... she sings the way she is. Singingis the only place she can express herself the way she'd like to be all thetime. Only way she is happy is through a song. I don't think she expressesherself as she would want to when you meet her in person. The only time she'sat ease and at rest with herself is when she McRae also worked several times with Dave Brubeck, whose quartet with PaulDesmond was then at the height of its popularity. Collected here are some rareexamples of their collaborations, all from 1961. Desmond appears on onlyone—Take Five, naturally—and almost all the repertoire is originals whichBrubeck and his wife, Iola, composed for various projects. It includes two ofBrubeck’s best known songs, Strange Meadowlark and It’s a Raggy Waltz, and onetrack features no less than Louis Them There Eyes (Pinkard-Tracy-Tauber) 2:45
02. Yesterdays (Harbach-Kern) 4:52
03. I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (Eaton-Shand) 2:32
04. Strange Fruit (Allan) 2:46
05. Miss Brown to You
(Robin-Whiting-Rainger) 2:27
06. My Man (Pollack-Yvain) 4:05
07. I Cried for You (Freed-Arnheim-Lyman) 2:52
08. Lover Man (Davis-Sherman-Ramirez) 4:18
09. Trav’lin’ Light (Mercer-Mundy-Young) 2:19
10. Some Other Spring (Herzog-Kitchings) 3:02
11. What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Woods) 3:31
12. God Bless the Child (Herzog-Holiday) 3:24
13. If the Moon Turns Green (Hanighen-Cates) 3:28
14. The Christmas Song (Tormé-Wells) 3:54
15. Weep No More (D.& I. Brubeck) 2:49
16. Briar Bush [Southern Scene]
(D.& I. Brubeck) 2:54
17. Paradiddle Joe (Morris-Pugsley-Trotta) 2:02
18. Strange Meadowlark (D.& I.Brubeck) 2:38
19. There’ll Be No Tomorrow (D.& I.Brubeck) 4:29
20. It’s a Raggy Waltz (Brubeck) 1:54
21. Take Five (Desmond-I. & D.Brubeck) 2:14
22. In the Lurch (D.& I.Brubeck) 2:29
23. My One Bad Habit
(Brubeck-Brubeck-Fitzgerald) 2:37
24. Easy As You Go (D.& I.Brubeck) 1:35
25. Summer Song (D.& I.Brubeck) 2:20
26. Good Reviews (D.& I.Brubeck) 2:05
Sources:Tracks #1-12, from the Carmen McRae album
“Sings ‘Lover Man’ and other Billie Holiday Classics” (Columbia CS8530)Track #13, taken from the album
“Who’s Who in the Sixties” (Columbia CS8565)Track #14, taken from the album
“Jingle Bell Jazz” (Columbia CS8693)Tracks #15-18, taken from the album
Dave Brubeck Quartet Guest Star Carmen McRae
"Tonight Only!” (ColumbiaCS8409)Track #19, taken from the album
“Gold and Fizdale Play Dave Brubeck’s Jazz Ballet
Points on Jazz” (Columbia CS8478)Track #20, from the 45 rpm Columbia EP (4-3279)Tracks #21 & 24, from the 45 rpm
Columbia EP (4-2292)Tracks #22, 23 & 26, taken from the album
“The Real Ambassadors” (Columbia OS2250)Track #25, not on the original album configurationsCarmen McRae sings in all tracks
Personnel on #1-12:Norman Simmons (p), Mundell Lowe (g), Bob Cranshaw (b), Walter Perkins (d). FeaturingNat Adderley (crt, except on #9 & 10) and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts, except on #5, 6 & 10).
Track #4 is a duet with Mundell Lowe on guitar.Recorded in New York City,June 29 and July 26 (#3, 8, 13), 1961Tracks #13 & 14 were recorded during the above sessions, but are notrelated to Billie Holiday.
Personnel on #15-26:Dave Brubeck (p), Gene Wright (b), Joe Morello (d), Paul Desmond (as, added on#21)Recorded in New York City, September 9 (#15-18), 1960, June 21 (#19), December15 (#20 & 21), and 19 (#22-25), 1961
Personnel on #26:Louis Armstrong (tp, vcl), Trummy Young (tb), Joe Darensbourg (cl), DaveBrubeck (p), Gene Wright (b), Danny Barcelona (d)Recorded in New York City, on September 19, 1961Original recordings produced by Teo MaceroProduced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
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Carmen McRae: Sings 'lover Man' And Other Billie Holiday Classics & Dave Brubeck For Sale

Carmen McRae: Sings 'lover Man' And Other Billie Holiday Classics & Dave Brubeck: $19.98

Carmen McRae: Sings 'lover Man' And Other Billie Holiday Classics & Dave Brubeck:
$19.98