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Carmen McRae
Velvet Soul
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Carmen McRae, Gershwin, George
2. It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling - Carmen McRae, Grant, Mark
3. I Fall in Love Too Easily - Carmen McRae, Cahn, Sammy
4. Hey John - Carmen McRae, Council, Jim
5. Where Are the Words - Carmen McRae, Severino, Frank
6. Straighten up & Fly Right - Carmen McRae, Cole, Nat King
7. Inside a Silent Tear - Carmen McRae, Dearie, Blossom
8. Imagination - Carmen McRae, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
9. The Right to Love - Carmen McRae, Lees, Gene
10. All the Things You Are - Carmen McRae, Hammerstein, Oscar
11. You're Mine, You - Carmen McRae, Green, Johnny [1]
12. You and I - Carmen McRae, Wonder, Stevie
13. How Could I Settle for Less - Carmen McRae, Allen, Steve [1]
14. The Good Life - Carmen McRae, Distel, Sacha
15. Sunshine of My Life - Carmen McRae, Wonder, Stevie
16. Exactly Like You - Carmen McRae, Fields, Dorothy
17. There Will Come a Time - Carmen McRae, Brooks, Harry
18. Masquerade - Carmen McRae, Russell, Leon
19. Livin' - Carmen McRae, Garvin

Velvet Soul by Carmen McRae

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CD Details

All Artists: Carmen McRae
Title: Velvet Soul
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Delta
Release Date: 9/17/1996
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: 018111711128

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Velvet Soul by Carmen McRae

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CD Reviews

McRae at her best

R. M. Barge | Atlanta, GA USA | 07/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album holds some of my favorite songs McRae ever performed, mostly obscure songs performed with a solo electric piano or guitar, or a quiet trio: I Fall in Love Too Easily, Where are the Words, Inside a Silent Tear (wow - wait until you hear the low note she nails), Imagination (double wow), Right to Love, You and I. To me, this is the absolute best she has ever sounded. She was in great voice for the session and the work is full of subtlety and craftmanship, with the quiet accompaniments and live mike showing off every nuance.

Her interpretation of the standards Nice Work if You Can Get It, Straighten Up, Masquerade, and Livin' (with solo gospel piano) are also quite good (if you like the songs). Good Life isn't too bad.

Unfortunately there are a few songs not up to the same standard. Sunshine of My Life starts out extremely promising but falls apart when she goes up tempo. Exactly Like You is an honest effort that fails. How Could I Settle for Less and It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling are just bad, and yes, the trumpet player on the former does a Herb Alpert imitation.

At the price, though, I'd pay $8 to hear her sing "Imagination"."