Woman Talk
1966 live album by Carmen McRae
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Live album by Carmen McRae | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | November 3–21, 1965 | |||
Venue | The Village Gate, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:20 | |||
Label | Mainstream 56065/S6065 | |||
Producer | Harry Ringler | |||
Carmen McRae chronology | ||||
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Woman Talk is a live album by jazz vocalist Carmen McRae featuring tracks recorded at the Village Gate in New York in November 1965 and originally released on the Mainstream label the following year.[1][2] The second half of the concert came out in 1968 as "Live" & Wailing. The whole recording was compiled on a double LP in 1973 under the title Alive!.
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and states "All in all, a very satisfying set from a singer who may not be quite up to the level of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan, but who is certainly close enough to be numbered among the vocal jazz elite".[3]
Track listing
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey) – 3:27
- "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:15
- "Woman Talk" (John Scott, Caryl Brahms) – 4:51
- "Kick Off Your Shoes" (Cy Coleman, Murray Grand) – 2:16
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:53
- "The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) – 2:03
- "Where Would You Be Without Me?" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) – 2:34
- "Feeling Good" (Newley, Bricusse) – 4:33
- "Run, Run, Run" (Russ Freeman, J. Reisner) – 2:30
- "No More" (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell) – 3:19
- "Look at That Face" (Bricusse, Newley) – 5:02
- "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 1:33
Personnel
- Carmen McRae – vocal
- Ray Beckenstein – flute
- Norman Simmons – piano
- Jo Puma – guitar
- Paul Breslin – double bass
- Frank Severino – drums
- Jose Mangual – bongos
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