Carmen for Cool Ones

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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
Length 36:15
Label Decca DL-8738
Carmen McRae chronology
Mad About the Man
(1958)Mad About the Man1958		 Carmen for Cool Ones
(1958)		 Porgy and Bess
(1958)Porgy and Bess1958

Carmen for Cool Ones is a 1958 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by cellist Fred Katz.[2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

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

  1. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:26
  2. "A Shoulder to Cry On" - 3:53
  3. "Any Old Time" (Artie Shaw) - 3:10
  4. "Weak for the Man" (Jeanne Burns) - 4:08
  5. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 2:29
  6. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 2:15
  7. "(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) - 1:47
  8. "Without a Word of Warning" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 3:20
  9. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 3:27
  10. "You Are Mine" - 1:55
  11. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 4:27
  12. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 2:58

Personnel

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Carmen-McRae-Cool-Ones/master/780980
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