After Glow (Carmen McRae album)
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | March 6 & April 18, 1957[1] New York City | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Decca DL-8583 | |||
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After Glow is a 1957 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae released on Decca Records, her fifth on that label.[2][3] Recorded in two studio sessions with just a rhythm section, McRae herself alternates on piano with Ronnell Bright on the first date; on April 18 Ray Bryant plays piano.
Track listing
- "I Can't Escape from You" (Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) - 3:35
- "Guess Who I Saw Today" (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) - 3:35
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:35
- "It's the Little Things That Mean So Much" (Harold Adamson, Teddy Wilson) - 3:18
- "I'm Thru with Love" (Matty Malneck, Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn) - 4:09
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:33
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 2:15
- "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 2:09
- "All My Life" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Mitchell) - 4:19
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:30
- "Dream of Life" (Luther Henderson Jr., Carmen McRae) - 4:00
- "Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengsfelder, Ervin Drake) - 2:15
Personnel
- Carmen McRae – vocals, piano on tracks 1, 4, 8 and 12 (session of March 6, 1957)
- Ronnell Bright – piano on 2, 3, 7 and 11 (March 6, 1957)
- Ray Bryant – piano on 5, 6, 9 and 10 (April 18, 1957)
- Ike Isaacs – double bass
- Specs Wright – drums
References
- ^ Cf. with Carmen McRae's 1950s sessionography on Jazzdiscography.com
- ^ "After Glow". Allmusic. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ After Glow at Discogs
