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Released
  
1966

Producer
  
Harry Ringler

Artist
  
Carmen McRae

Label
  
Mainstream Records

Length
  
38:20

Woman Talk (1965)
  
Live & Doin' It (1965)

Release date
  
1966

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 3-21, 1965 at The Village Gate, NYC

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Woman Talk (subtitled Live at the Village Gate) is a live album released by jazz vocalist Carmen McRae featuring tracks recorded in New York in 1965 and originally released on the Mainstream label.

Contents

Reception

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".

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" (Caryl Brahms, John 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

Personnel

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

    1Sometime's I'm Happy3:32
    2Don't Explain4:19
    3Women Talk3:54

    References

    Woman Talk Wikipedia


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