Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics
Appearance
Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | June 29, 1961 and July 26, 1961 | |||
Studio | Columbia Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:37 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 1730 (mono), CS 8530 (stereo) | |||
Producer | Teo Macero, Carmen McRae | |||
Carmen McRae chronology | ||||
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Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics is a 1962 studio album by Carmen McRae, recorded in tribute to McRae's idol, Billie Holiday, who had died two years previously.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic said that the album was one of McRae's "best recordings of the 1960s. McRae always considered Billie Holiday to be her primary influence, so a tribute album was a natural project for her...Recommended".[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) - 2:45
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 4:52
- "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)" (Jimmy Eaton, Terry Shand) - 2:32
- "Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allen) - 2:47
- "Miss Brown to You" (Richard A. Whiting, Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:28
- "My Man" (Maurice Yvain, Jacques Charles, Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollack) - 4:05
- "I Cried for You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry Over Me)" (Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed) - 2:52
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) - 4:18
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) - 2:20
- "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) - 3:02
- "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry Woods) - 3:31
- "God Bless the Child" (Herzog, Billie Holiday) - 3:24
- Bonus tracks on the 1997 CD reissue
- "If the Moon Turns Green" (Bernie Hanighen, Paul Coates) - 3:28
- "The Christmas Song" (Bob Wells, Mel Tormé) - 3:55
Personnel
[edit]- Carmen McRae - vocals
- Norman Simmons' Sextet
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- Norman Simmons - piano, arranger
- Mundell Lowe - guitar
- Bob Cranshaw - double bass
- Walter Perkins - drums
- Technical
- Fred Plaut - recording engineer
- Henry "Hank" Parker - cover photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics". Allmusic. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 138. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 986. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.