The Sound of Silence (album)

The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence
Studio album by Carmen McRae
Released	1968
Recorded	June 26–28, 1968, Western Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Vocal jazz
Label	Atlantic SD 8200
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
Carmen McRae chronology

The Sound of Silence is a 1968 studio album by Carmen McRae for Atlantic Records with an orchestra primarily under the musical direction of Shorty Rogers. The first four tracks recorded on June 26, 1968 were arranged and conducted by Jimmy Jones.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sound of Silence"	Paul Simon	3:01
2.	"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"	Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington	3:27
3.	"MacArthur Park"	Jimmy Webb	4:01
4.	"Watch What Happens"	Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand	2:35
5.	"Stardust"	Mitchell Parish, Hoagy Carmichael	4:05
6.	"Don't Go Away"	Margo Guryan	2:16

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Gloomy Sunday"	László Jávor, Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis	4:05
8.	"I Sold My Heart to the Junkman"	Leon René, Otis René	3:43
9.	"Poor Butterfly"	John Golden, John Raymond Hubbell	2:19
10.	"My Heart Reminds Me"	Camillo Bargoni, Danpa, Al Stillman	2:30
11.	"The Folks Who Live on the Hill"	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	4:27
12.	"Can You Tell"	Guryan	2:14

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Personnel

Carmen McRae - vocals
Shorty Rogers - arranger, musical director (except tracks 2, 4, 5, 11)
Jimmy Jones - arranger, conductor (2, 4, 5, 11)
Buddy Childers, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Zito - trumpet
Dick Nash, Lew McCreary - trombone
Vincent DeRosa - French horn
Jim Horn, John Lowe - saxophones
Norman Simmons - electric piano, piano
Mike Deasy - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Francois Vaz - guitar
Al Hendrickson - guitar
Max Bennett - bass
Bob West - bass
James Gordon - drums
Paul Humphrey - drums
Emil Radocchia - percussion
Larry Bunker - percussion

References

^ Cf. Carmen McRae 1960s sessionography on Jazzdiscography.com
^ "The Sound of Silence". Allmusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[1] Cf. Carmen McRae 1960s sessionography on Jazzdiscography.com

[Allmusic-2] "The Sound of Silence". Allmusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

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Live albums	Tonight Only! Take Five Live Woman Talk The Great American Songbook At the Great American Music Hall Recorded Live at Bubba's Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West
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v t e Shorty Rogers
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54) Cool and Crazy (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55) Collaboration (1954) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Martians Come Back! (1955) Martians Stay Home (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Way Up There (1955) Portrait of Shorty (1957) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) Afro-Cuban Influence (1958) Chances Are It Swings (1958) Gigi in Jazz (1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) An Invisible Orchard (1961) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961) Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Waltz (1962) Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962) Gospel Mission (1963) Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963) California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
With Stan Kenton	Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53) The Kenton Era (1950–51) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
With Pete Rugolo	Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954) Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Rugolomania (1954–55) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
Sideman with others	Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53) Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55) Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
Soundtracks	The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959) Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965) Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966) Heart Beat (1979)
Arranger	Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966) Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967) Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966) Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963) In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963) Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965) The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962) Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967) The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968) Big Swing Face, 1967) Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969) A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967) Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
Arranger for The Monkees	The Monkees Present (1966–69) "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967) "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968) The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)