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Alive! (Carmen McRae album)

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Released
  
1994

Artist
  
Carmen McRae

Label
  
Sony International

Producers
  
Bob Shad, Lawrence Cohn

Length
  
1:15:21

Release date
  
1994

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
December 1965, The Village Gate, New York City

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Alive! is a 1994 live album by the American jazz singer Carmen McRae recorded at The Village Gate in New York City in 1965. The album consists of two albums originally released on Mainstream Records, Woman Talk (1965), and "Live" and Wailing (1973).

Contents

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated that "The flute and bongos make the music seem a bit dated, as does the inclusion of some forgettable show tunes from the era...McRae is in prime voice and sounds best on some Billie Holiday-associated tunes, but the set is mostly for her fans rather than general collectors."

Track listing

  1. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) - 3:27
  2. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 4:15
  3. "Woman Talk" (Johannes Brahms, Tony Scott) - 4:51
  4. "Kick Off Your Shoes" (Cy Coleman, Murray Grand) - 2:16
  5. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:53
  6. "The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) - 2:03
  7. "Where Would You Be Without Me?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 2:34
  8. "Feeling Good" (Bricusse, Newley) - 4:33
  9. "Run Run Run" (L.E. Freeman) - 2:30
  10. "No More" (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell) - 3:19
  11. "Look at That Face" (Bricusse, Newley) - 5:02
  12. "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) - 1:33
  13. "You Better Go Now" (Irvin Graham, Robert Graham, Bickley S. Reichmer) - 2:51
  14. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 7:17
  15. "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)" (Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson) - 4:31
  16. "Miss Brown to You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) - 2:58
  17. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) - 2:59
  18. "Too Close for Comfort" (Martyn Barker, Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) - 3:57
  19. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) - 4:23
  20. "Trav'lin' Light" (Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) - 2:49
  21. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:20

Personnel

Performance
  • Carmen McRae - vocal
  • Ray Beckenstein - flute
  • Jo Puma - guitar
  • Norman Simmons - piano
  • Paul Breslin - double bass
  • Jose Mangual - bongos
  • Frank Severino - drums

    • Songs

    1Sometimes I'm Happy3:30
    2Don't Explain4:17
    3Woman Talk3:52

    References

    Alive! (Carmen McRae album) Wikipedia
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