Mcrae,Carmen Singles & Albums Collection 1946-58 CD

Carmen McRae was one of the finest and most highly-regarded jazz and sophisticated pop singers of the post-war era, renowned for her highly individual interpretation of the standards of the Great American Songbook. Born in Harlem of Jamaican parentage in 1920, she performed in New York's jazz clubs in the 1940s and made her first record until 1946. This great-value 97-track 4-CD set comprising her first release on Musicraft with Mercer Ellington, plus A&B sides of her singles on the Stardust and Decca labels through to 1958, including her releases with Sammy Davis Jr., and which include the titles from her "A Foggy Day" album for Stardust, plus all the titles from her albums "Carmen McRae" on Bethlehem, and "Torchy", "By Special Request", "Blue Moon" and "Afterglow" on Decca. It includes her chart entries from this era "Next Time It Happens" and "Skyliner". On these recordings, she is accompanied by orchestras arranged and conducted by Jack Pleis, Tadd Dameron, Vic Shoen and Ralph Burns, and star-studded jazz groups led by Mat Mathews and Tony Scott. It's a substantial and thoroughly absorbing overview of the first key decade and more of her career when she established herself as a highly distinctive and supremely talented vocal stylist across the jazz and pop spectrum.

1. Pass Me By 2. Autumn Nocturne 3. In Love In Vain 4. A Foggy Day 5. Wanting You 6. Go Slow 7. Charlie Is My Darling 8. Are You Happy? 9. Oh, My Darling! 10. "Ooh" (What'cha Doin' To Me) 11. If I'm Lucky 12. Keep Me In Mind 13. They All Laughed 14. Whatever Lola Wants 15. Am I The One To Blame 16. Get Set 17. You Don't Have To Tell Me 18. I Go For You 19. A Fine Romance 20. Love Is Here To Stay 21. This Will Make You Laugh 22. The Next Time It Happens 23. Come On, Come In 24. Come Down To Earth, Mr. Smith 25. I Guess I'll Dress Up For The Blues 26. Tonight He's Out To Break Another Heart 27. Star Eyes 28. Never Loved Him Anyhow 29. You Don't Know Me 30. Skyliner 31. If You Should Leave Me 32. Namely You 33. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 34. The Party's Over 35. I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All 36. It's Like Getting A Donkey To Gallop 37. How Many Stars Have To Shine ? 38. Baby It's Cold Outside 39. Happy To Make Your Acquaintance 40. As I Love You 41. Passing Fancy 42. So Nice To Be Wrong 43. Moonray 44. Invitation 45. Lo And Behold 46. I Love The Ground You Walk On 47. I'll Love You (Till I Die) 48. I Don't Know His Name 49. Old Devil Moon 50. If I'm Lucky 51. Tip Toe Gently 52. You Made Me Care 53. Last Time For Love 54. Misery 55. Last Night When We Were Young 56. Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) 57. But Beautiful 58. If You'd Stay The Way I Dream About You 59. Midnight Sun 60. My Future Just Passed 61. Yesterdays 62. We'll Be Together Again 63. Good Morning, Heartache 64. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 65. Give Me The Simple Life 66. Sometimes I'm Happy 67. Something To Live For 68. I Can't Get Started 69. Yardbird Suite 70. Just One Of Those Things 71. My One And Only Love 72. I'll Remember April 73. Supper Time 74. You Took Advantage Of Me 75. Blue Moon 76. My Foolish Heart 77. I Was Doing All Right 78. Summer Is Gone 79. Nowhere 80. Until The Real Thing Comes Along 81. Lush Life 82. Even If It Breaks My Heart 83. Laughing Boy 84. Lilacs In The Rain 85. All This Could Lead To Love 86. I Can't Escape You 87. Guess Who I Saw Today 88. My Funny Valentine 89. The Little Things That Mean So Much 90. I'm Thru With Love 91. Nice Work If You Can Get It 92. East Of The Sun 93. Exactly Like You 94. All My Life 95. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 96. Dream Of Life 97. Perdido