Live at Sugar Hill (Carmen McRae album)

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Live at Sugar Hill
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Live album by
Carmen McRae
ReleasedOctober 1963 (1963-10) [1]
RecordedSeptember 27 and October 13, 1962 [2]
Venue Sugar Hill, San Francisco [3]
Genre Vocal jazz
Length34:56
Label Time Records
Producer Bob Shad
Carmen McRae chronology
Something Wonderful
(1963)		Live at Sugar Hill
(1963)		 Bittersweet
(1964)

Live at Sugar Hill is a live album by American singer Carmen McRae, recorded in the fall of 1962 during a series of concerts at the Sugar Hill Nightclub in San Francisco with the participation of pianist Norman Simmons, bassist Victor Sproles and drummer Stu Martin. The album was released in 1963 on the Time Records label, and in 1972 it was reissued by Mainstream Records under the title In Person and with a new cover.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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A review by Billboard magazine said that Ms. McRae sings, demonstrating not only her impeccable and impressive style, but also a lot of warmth, humor and something else that makes the performance inspiring. [7]

Track listing

  1. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 3:18
  2. "What Kind of Fool Am I" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:55
  3. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:07
  4. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 6:03
  5. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:12
  6. "Let There Be Love" (Ian Grant) – 3:28
  7. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:03
  8. "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 1:04
  9. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:28
  10. "Make Someone Happy" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 3:18

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "New Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box . October 12, 1963. p. 38. ISSN   0008-7289.
  2. ↑ "Carmen McRae - The 1960's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ Hadlock, Dick (December 28, 1963). "Music as Written". Billboard . Vol. 75, no. 52. p. 21. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. ↑ "Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco - Carmen McRae". AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ "In Person - Carmen McRae". AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . January 22, 1972. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510.
  7. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard . Vol. 75, no. 47. November 23, 1963. p. 9. ISSN   0006-2510.
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