The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets
1987 live album by Carmen McRae and Betty Carter
The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets | |
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Live album by Carmen McRae and Betty Carter | |
Released | 1987 |
Recorded | January 30–February 1, 1987, at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA |
Genre | Vocal jazz |
Length | 61:33 (re-issue) |
Label | American Music Hall Records |
Producer | Tom Bradshaw |
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The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets is a 1987 live album of duets by the American jazz singers Betty Carter and Carmen McRae. Originally released on American Music Hall Records, it was reissued in 1996 by Verve under the title Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall with three previously unreleased tracks by McRae alone.
Track listing
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 4:20
- "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) – 3:36
- "But Beautiful" (Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:55
- "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 6:45
- "Glad to Be Unhappy"/"Where or When" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)/(Rodgers, Hart) – 5:33
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) – 7:54
- "Isn't It Romantic?" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:57
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:34
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) – 6:10
- "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:52
- "Love Dance" (Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Paul Williams) – 8:09
- "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Lane) – 3:48
Tracks 10-12 not included on original LP release.
Personnel
- Betty Carter - vocals
- Carmen McRae - vocals, piano
- Eric Gunnison - piano
- Jim Hughart - double bass
- Winard Harper - drums
References
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albums
- A Foggy Day with Carmen McRae
- Carmen McRae
- By Special Request
- 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
- Something Wonderful
- 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!
- Carmen McRae in London
- Take Five Live
- Live at Sugar Hill
- 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