As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug

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As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug
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Live album by
Carmen McRae
ReleasedMay 10, 1974 (1974-05-10) [1]
RecordedNovember 21, 1973 [2]
VenueJazz club Dug, Tokyo
Genre Vocal jazz
Length50:39
Label Victor
Carmen McRae chronology
Ms. Jazz
(1974)		As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug
(1974)		 Live and Doin' It
(1974)

As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug is a live album by American singer Carmen McRae. The album was recorded at the Tokyo jazz club Dig and originally released in Japan in 1974 by the Victor label. Two years later, the album was released in the United States by the independent label Catalyst Records. The peculiarity of the album is that it was the only time when McRae accompanied herself on the piano, and other musicians did not take part in the recording.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic reviewer Stephen Cook found it impressive that MacRae accompanies herself, noting that if someone is not quite sure whether to put her in the same company as Sarah Vaughan or Dinah Washington, then this collection of numbers should definitely tip the scales. [3] Paul Kresh of Stereo Review stated that the album culminated in a delightful and dramatic rendition of "Supper Time", which focuses more on smoldering humility, as opposed to the bitter despair in Ethel Waters' version–but it still has an original poignancy. [5]

Track listing

  1. "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 5:49
  2. "I Could Have Told You So" (Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen) — 4:21
  3. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 5:27
  4. "I Can't Escape from You" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) — 3:50
  5. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods) – 4:00
  6. "The Last Time for Love" (Carmen McRae) – 6:26
  7. "Supper Time" (Irving Berlin) – 3:33
  8. "Do You Know Why?" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 4:51
  9. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:01
  10. "Please Be Kind" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 6:21

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References

  1. ↑ "From the Musical Capitals of the World". Billboard . Vol. 86, no. 22. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. June 6, 1974. p. 42. ISSN   0006-2510.
  2. ↑ "Carmen McRae - The 1970's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Stephen. "As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug Review". AllMusic . Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). "Carmen McRae". The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 138. ISBN   9780394726434.
  5. ↑ Kresh, Paul (December 1976). "Popular Discs and Tapes" (PDF). Stereo Review . Vol. 37, no. 6. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. p. 128. ISSN   0039-1220.
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