Haven't We Met?

Haven't We Met?
Studio album by Carmen McRae
Released	March 1965 (1965-03) [1]
Recorded	February 2 and 3, 1965 [2]
Genre	Vocal jazz
Label	Mainstream
Carmen McRae chronology
Second to None (1964) Haven't We Met? (1965) Woman Talk (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Billboard	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

Haven't We Met? is a studio album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1965 by Mainstream Records. The arranger and conductor was Don Sebesky. ^[6]

Track listing

1. "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) – 2:50
2. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:00
3. "He Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:07
4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:15
5. "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:37
6. "Gentlemen Friend" (Arnold Horwitt, Richard Lewine) – 2:18
7. "Haven't We Met?" (Kenny Rankin, Ruth Batchelor) – 2:24
8. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Don George, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 2:59
9. "Limehouse Blues" (Douglas Furber, Phillip Braham) – 2:59
10. "I'm Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 3:00
11. "Love Is a Night-Time Thing" (Bob Haymes) – 2:37
12. "Fools and Lovers" (Cliff Adams, Veronica Barnes) – 2:25

Personnel

• Carmen McRae – vocals
• Don Sebesky – arrangement
• Jack Lonshein – artwork
• Arthur Davis, Richard Davis – bass
• Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – bass trombone
• Anthony Sophos, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Harvey Shapiro – cello
• Ed Shaughnessy, Mel Lewis – drums
• Barry Galbraith – electric guitar, classical guitar
• Bob Arnold – engineering
• Earl Chapin, Jimmy Buffington, Ray Alonge, Dick Berg – French horn
• Margaret Ross – harp
• Hal Diepold – mastering
• Doug Allan, Phil Kraus – percussion
• Norman Simmons – piano
• Charles Mariano, Leon Cohen, Phil Bodner, Stan Webb – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, oboe, flute, alto flute, piccolo flute
• William Watrous, Wayne Andre – trombone
• Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, James Maxwell, Jimmy Nottingham, Mel Davis – trumpet
• Don Butterfield – tuba
• Aaron Rosand, Arnold Eidus, Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, George Ockner, Jack Zayde, Leo Kruczek, Michael Spivakowsky, Raoul Poliakin, Tosha Samaroff – violin

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[7]

References

1. "New Album Releases". Billboard . Vol. 77, no. 13. March 27, 1965. p. 38. ISSN   0006-2510.
2. "Carmen McRae - The 1960's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
3. "Haven't We Met? - Carmen McRae". AllMusic . Retrieved October 12, 2024.
4. "Album Reviews". Billboard . Vol. 77, no. 14. April 3, 1965. p. 36. ISSN   0006-2510.
5. Larkin, Colin (2011). "McRae, Carmen". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-1561592371.
6. Friedwald, Will (2010). "Carmen McRae". A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 322. ISBN   9780307379894.
7. John, Gottlieb (1965). Haven't We Met? (liner notes). Carmen McRae. US: Mainstream Records. 56044.

External links

• Haven't We Met? at Discogs (list of releases)