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Carmen McRae
I'm Coming Home Again
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. I'm Coming' Home Again - Carmen McRae, Roberts, B.
2. Burst in with the Dawn - Carmen McRae, Jarreau, A.
3. I Need You in My Life - Carmen McRae, Schlosser, A.
4. Come in from the Rain - Carmen McRae, Manchester, M.
5. I Won't Last a Day Without You - Carmen McRae, Nichols, R.
6. Won'tcha Stay with Me - Carmen McRae, Davis, H.E.
7. Mr. Magic - Carmen McRae, MacDonald, R.
8. Everything Must Change - Carmen McRae, Ighner, B.
9. Sweet Alibis - Carmen McRae, Hamlisch, M.
10. The Masquerade Is Over - Carmen McRae, Magidson, H.
11. I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love - Carmen McRae, Allen, P.
12. New York State of Mind - Carmen McRae, Joel, B.

One of a handful of true greats in the jazz vocal world, — Carmen McRae has always been considered a — singer s singer. Never content to remain static, Ms. — McRae was constantly evolving throughout her 40+ — year career and e... more »

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All Artists: Carmen McRae
Title: I'm Coming Home Again
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: ESSENTIAL MEDIA GRP
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 2/5/2008
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 894231156120

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One of a handful of true greats in the jazz vocal world,
Carmen McRae has always been considered a
singer s singer. Never content to remain static, Ms.
McRae was constantly evolving throughout her 40+
year career and eventually was recognized as one of
the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century
alongside Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella
Fitzgerald. It was in the mid-seventies that Ms. McRae
experienced a strong resurgence that was capped off
by her performance on this incredible session from
1978. Showcasing her impressive powers alongside a
veritable who s who of young jazz greats including
Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Grover Washington Jr.,
Hank Crawford, Jorge Dalto, Cornell Dupree and Chris
Parker, Ms. McRae recorded one of the greatest albums
of her impressive career. Featuring songs written by Al
Jarreau, Billy Joel, Carol Bayer Sager and other modern
writers - Ms. McRae proved that she could not only
handle any type of material, but she could deliver the
songs as if they written for her and her alone.

CD Reviews

FAN-tastic

Jeff Hoofard | Houston, Texas | 09/08/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Carmen could go a little heavy on the POP side for me but on this recording it's just fine. The list of great musicians is impressive but their collective sound is equally as impressive. The original recording was issued as a double LP and all of the songs are included on this CD.

Ms.Mcrae's voice is as lovely and magestic as ever and her covers of these songs are better than the originals. No one will ever be able to out do this version of "New York State of Mind". It TRULY is worth the price of the CD to own this song alone. Great recording,production and music!!"