Results for "Carmen McRae"

Deborah Brown: Jazz Diva Extraordinaire

by Victor L. Schermer
May 26, 2009

Deborah Brown is one of the finest jazz vocalists in the business, a “singer's singer" with a magnificent voice and mind-boggling technique. Vocalist J.D. Walter mentioned her as an inspirational teacher and mentor in a recent AAJ interview but, despite being very possibly one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, due to her own ...

30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 11, 2009

30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 23-May 3, 2009 Now in its 30th year, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has always prided itself as much on its educational offerings as its concerts. The festival's Web site touts it as “the largest educational jazz festival in the country." This emphasis on ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Carmen McRae

April 8, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Carmen McRae's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Carmen McRaeCarmen McRae - vocalist, pianist, recording artist (1920-1994) Considered by jazz aficionados to be among the top ten female vocalists of all time, Carmen McRae\'s distinctive behind-the-beat phrasing, impeccable vocal control, and witty... more ...

Karen Shivers at Jazz Alley

February 25, 2009

Karen Shivers Quartet March 2, 2009, 7:30pm JAZZ ALLEY jazzalley.com Reservations: 206-441-9729 The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents vocalist Karen Shivers and her band for one night only. Band members include Bill Anschell (piano), Doug Miller (bass), and Greg Williamson (drums). Doors open at 6:00pm and show ...

Dominick Farinacci's "Lovers, Tales & Dances" Released February 24th

February 20, 2009

Young Trumpeter Poised To Help Shape Next Generation Of Jazz Artistry U.S. Debut Lovers, Tales & Dances In Stores February 24, 2009 (E1 Music) New U.S. Tour Dates Announced “Dominick's tone shines...he is reminiscent of Clifford Brown and Miles Davis." --Russ Titelman February 20, 2009 (New York, NY) -- Fresh off two sold out concerts at ...

Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill - San Francisco

By Carmen McRae

Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Released: 2008
Track listing: Sunday; What Kind of Fool Am I; A Foggy Day; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Let There Be Love; This Is All I Ask; Thou Swell; It Never Entered My Mind; Make Someone Happy.

I'm Glad There Is You

Featuring the music of Carmen McRae
Duration: 4:17
April 8, 2008

Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill - San Francisco

by Samuel Chell
February 25, 2008

This overlooked on-location session from 1963 reveals, perhaps more than any other recording, why Carmen McRae at the time deserved to complete the dominating triumvirate in which Ella Fitzgerald's and Sarah Vaughan's places were always secure. In the 1970s the marketplace would often hamstring her choice of material and settings, and in the 1980s the years ...

Essential Blue -Dance Floor-

By Carmen McRae

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2007
Track listing: Always There; If You Can't Handle It, Give It To Me; Let The Music Take Your Mind; Book Of Slim; Afrodisia; Congalegre; Lamento; You're Everything; Off And On; Sunflower; Uno Esta; La Malanga; Wipe Away The Evil; Love's So Far Away; The Perfect Day;

Jazz Divas: Gold

By Carmen McRae

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Blame It On My Last Affair; Lover Man; Take Love Easy; Good Morning Heartache; Black Coffee; Lullaby Of Birdland; Born To Be Blue; Blue Gardenia; Let Me Off Uptown; My Funny Valentine; Misty; This Bitter Earth; Body And Soul; Don't Tell Me; Early Autumn; Harlem Nocturne; These Foolish Things; Mack The Knife (Live); After The Lights Go Down Low; I Will Wait For You; Show Me; I Loves You Porgy (Live); Joey, Joey, Joey; Go Away Little Boy; Twisted; Surrey With The Fringe On Top; The Inch Worm; My Favorite Things; My Baby Just Cares For Me (Live); Here's To Life; Angel; I Must Have That Man (Live); Shiny Stockings (Live); Somewhere In The Night;