Live and Doin' It

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Live and Doin' It
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Live album by
Carmen McRae
Released1974 (1974)
Recorded1965
Genre Vocal jazz
Length30:13
Label Mainstream
Producer Bob Shad
Carmen McRae chronology
As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug
(1974)		Live and Doin' It
(1974)		I Am Music
(1975)

Live and Doin' It is a live album by American singer Carmen McRae, recorded in 1965 in San Francisco with the participation of her trio, which included pianist Norman Simmons, drummer Stu Martin and bassist Victor Sproles. [1] The album was released only nine years later, in 1974, by Mainstream Records.

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Critical reception

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Music critic Will Friedwald noted that this is first-class concert material. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Guess Who I Saw Today" (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) – 3:33
  2. "That's Why the Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 1:42
  3. "My Ship Has Sailed" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 3:30
  4. "No Where" (Joe Mooney) – 3:07
  5. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 4:51
  6. "Sleeping Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 1:50
  7. "Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 3:13
  8. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:07
  9. "Trouble Is a Man" (Alec Wilder) – 3:34
  10. "Quiet Nights" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:21

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Friedwald, Will (2010). "Carmen McRae". A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 323. ISBN   9780307379894.
  2. ↑ "Carmen McRae: Live and Doin' It - Carmen McRae". AllMusic . Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ Friedwald, Will (2017). "Carmen McRae". The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN   9781101871751.
  4. ↑ Tanaka, Hidetoshi (2017). Live and Doin' It (liner notes). Carmen McRae. Japan: Solid Records. CDSOL-45255.
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