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bradlybriggs
Carmen McRae so amazing to see in concert, thankfully 1966-1991 went to see her in venues large & small too many times to count, was fascinated at how she was fearless and would sing anything that grabbed her, not afraid to expand her repertoire with material from young composers & her younger (baby boomer at the time) loved it...songs like Elusive Butterfly, The Sound Of Silence, Silent Spring, Carry That Weight, I Wasn't Made For These Times show Carmen as at home with contemporary material as the classic standards, she could do it all!
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Batiste369
I'm just now getting into this wonderful lady's music and I am blown away! What a talent she was!
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MusicProducer70
Hi Friends! See now the video of Tina Still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7y5RSh3qj0 Tks! Thiago
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LordTammer
Where've you been 'ol_smitty', this woman has been a jewel, a huge smack down since FOREVER. "Make people AWARE of her- Sarah, Ella, Nancy, Dinah, Nina just to name a few, are whispered in the SAME breath. She's been there all along, you just gotta know where to look . . . welcome aboard anyway, maybe you can show us country 'bumpkins' a thing or 2, )x-(
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ol_smitty
I truly thank all of you who comment on carmen mcrae and now lets make everyone else aware of her, Play it and spread it cause she is 1 of the greatest i am on jango and pandora so it will take me some time to get my page up and going so bare with me I will be back to bring some more great stuff like this.ty again ol_smitty
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1969SL
Glad that last.fm helped some of you to learn about one of the best jazz singers ever.For some reason she was not universaly known as Billie,Ella or Sarah althought musicians loved and respected her - there is a famous anecdote about Miles Davis who was upset about Ella Fitzgerald being called "Queen of Jazz" on some promotional poster - "hell,what is Carmen than?" said Davis. I dont think McRae was ever concerned with any of this "rating" business as she had her own faithful cult following and she never compromised her artistic sensibility - all of her recordings are very serious,high-quality releases and there is hardly ever a single wrong note on them.She didn't compromise,did not sell millions of records but kept her dignity and stayed true to herself (by the way,she was also a great piano player and composer - Billie Holiday recorded her song "Dream of life").
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robertwenk
Last FM is so great. I'm a music lover and I discovered so many excellent artists including Carmen McRae. Beautiful singer whose voice remind me to Amy Winehouse ;-)
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Menervna
She is a discovery, and definitely unappreciated. Amazing artist and first of all, although most of the singers like her have profound and unique voice, she has that sound that is just soothingly perfect (for me at least). I’m so glad that I discovered her. And the interesting thing is that I first heard of her, here on Last FM. And I worship Nina Simone, and never heard of Carmen McRae. Can’t figure out why she doesn’t have highly appreciated reputation.
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JudeFawley
She's been a great singer, strangely underrated by many critics and jazz listeners. One of her last cds (Carmen Sings Monk) is a vocal jazz masterpiece made in 1989, a few years before her passing at 74.
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chymera311
I Can't Escape From You from her ablum Afterglow was one of the key songs that made me fall truly and madly in love with jazz. Carmen and Ella will always be my two favorites...
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