Carmen for Cool Ones

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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
SourceRating
Allmusic[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

  1. ^ Leslie Gourse (2001). Carmen McRae: Miss Jazz. Billboard Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8230-7904-9.
  2. ^ a b c "Carmen for Cool Ones". Allmusic. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  3. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Carmen-McRae-Cool-Ones/master/780980