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Bittersweet (1964)

by Carmen McRae

About this title: Carmen McRae made many worthwhile albums during her long career, but this session of mostly melancholy ballads never received the exposure it deserved, possibly because it was done for Mort Fega's small independent label, Focus. But the singer, who is in top form throughout the date, responds beautifully to pianist Norman Simmons' well-crafted charts; the rest of the cast includes drummer Curtis Boyd; bassist Victor Sproles; and a last minute but valuable substitute, guitarist Mundell Lowe. Her dramatic lagging behind the beat in "The Meaning of the Blues" adds to its appeal. "Spring Can ... read more

Tracks:

  1. When Sunny Gets Blue [Fisher/Segal]
  2. How Did He Look? [Shelley/Silver]
  3. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry [Cahn/Styne]
  4. The Meaning of the Blues [Troup/Worth]
  5. If You Could Love Me [Simmons]
  6. Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most [Wolf/Landesman]
  7. Second Chance [Previn/Langdon]
  8. If You Could See Me Now [Dameron/Sigman]
  9. Here's That Rainy Day [Burke/VanHeusen]
  10. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life [Coleman/McCarthy]
  11. Ghost of Yesterday [Herzog/Kitchings]
  12. I'm Lost [Rene]
  13. Come Sunday [Ellington]

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