Carmen for Cool Ones
1958 studio album by Carmen McRae
Carmen for Cool Ones | ||||
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Studio album by Carmen McRae | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | December 5, 16, 1957, Los Angeles, California[1] | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, cool jazz | |||
Length | 36:15 | |||
Label | Decca DL-8738 | |||
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Carmen for Cool Ones is a 1958 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged and directed by cellist Fred Katz.[2][3]
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album four stars and reviewer Ken Dryden wrote that McRae was on "great form" on the album and particularly praised "All the Things You Are", "What's New?" and a "particularly dark version" of "The Night We Called It a Day".[2]
Track listing
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:26
- "A Shoulder to Cry On" (Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard) – 3:53
- "Any Old Time" (Artie Shaw) – 3:10
- "Weak for the Man" (Jeanne Burns) – 4:08
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:29
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 2:15
- "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 1:47
- "Without a Word of Warning" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:20
- "You Are Mine" (Ted Snyder, Sam Lewis, Joe Young) – 1:55
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 3:27
- "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 4:27
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 2:58
Personnel
- Carmen McRae – vocals
- Fred Katz – arranger, conductor, cello
- Ike Isaacs – double bass (except track 6)
- Specs Wright – drums (exc. track 6)
- on tracks 1, 7, 10
- Harry Klee – flute solo
- George W. Smith – clarinet
- Justin Gordon, Mahlon Clark – bass clarinet
- on tracks 2, 4, 9 and 12
- Buddy Collette – flute, alto saxophone
- George W. Smith – clarinet
- Justin Gordon – bass clarinet
- Warren Webb – oboe
- Joe Marino – piano
- Joseph R. Gibbons – guitar
- Thirteen unknown string players
- on tracks 3, 5, 8 and 11
- Joe Marino, John T. Williams – piano, celeste
- Larry Bunker, Frank Flynn – vibraphone, marimba
- on track 6
- Pete Candoli, Ray Linn – trumpet
- Vincent DeRosa – French horn
- Bob Enevoldsen, Milt Bernhart – trombone
- Tommy Johnson – tuba
- Calvin Jackson – piano
- Billy Bean – guitar
- Red Mitchell – double bass
- Larry Bunker – drums
References
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albums
- Carmen McRae
- Torchy
- Blue Moon
- After Glow
- Mad About the Man
- Carmen for Cool Ones
- Birds of a Feather
- Book of Ballads
- When You're Away
- Something to Swing About
- Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics
- For Once in My Life
- Portrait of Carmen
- The Sound of Silence
- Just a Little Lovin'
- November Girl
- It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling
- Ms. Jazz
- Can't Hide Love
- I'm Coming Home Again
- Heat Wave
- You're Lookin' at Me (A Collection of Nat King Cole Songs)
- Any Old Time
- Carmen Sings Monk
- Sarah: Dedicated to You
albums
- Boy Meets Girl with Sammy Davis Jr.
- Porgy and Bess with Sammy Davis Jr.
- Two for the Road with George Shearing
- The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets
albums
- Tonight Only!
- Take Five Live
- Woman Talk
- The Great American Songbook
- At the Great American Music Hall
- Recorded Live at Bubba's
- Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West
- Performing Music from The Subterraneans
- The Real Ambassadors
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport