Velvet Soul (Carmen McRae album)

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Velvet Soul
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Compilation album by
Carmen McRae
Released1975 (1975)
Recorded1972–1973
Genre Vocal jazz
Length1:12:40
Label Groove Merchant
Producer Sonny Lester
Carmen McRae chronology
I Am Music
(1975)		Velvet Soul
(1975)		 November Girl
(1975)

Velvet Soul is a double compilation album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1975 by Groove Merchant.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Ron Wynn of AllMusic noted that while working with Groove Merchant, McRae recorded a mix of standards, ballads, blues and some original songs, as well as experimenting with soul jazz. In his opinion, they are not made as well as her material on some other labels, but they are interesting in order to show the mood of the label during the transition period of the 70s. [1] Stereo Review reviewer Chris Albertson noted the pleasant variety, seasoned with velvety notes and sometimes thought-provoking contributions from artists such as Zoot Sims. [4]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:07
  2. "You and I" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:44
  3. "You're Mine, You" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:06
  4. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:34
  5. "This Masquerade" (Leon Russell) – 3:45
Side B
  1. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 2:48
  2. "How Could I Settle for Less" (Sacha Distel, Jean Broussolle, Robert I. Allen) – 2:32
  3. "There'll Come a Time" (Shelton Brooks) – 4:14
  4. "Livin'" (Tom Garvin) – 4:27
  5. "Hey John" (Blossom Dearie, Jim Council) – 3:20
Side C
  1. "It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling" (Micki Grant) – 3:45
  2. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 3:44
  3. "Hey John" (Blossom Dearie, Jim Council) – 3:21
  4. "Where Are the Words" (Frank Severino) – 3:14
  5. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:45
Side D
  1. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:57
  2. "Inside a Silent Tear" (Blossom Dearie, Peter King) – 5:48
  3. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen. Johnny Burke) – 4:17
  4. "The Right to Love" (Lalo Schifrin, Gene Lees) – 4:11
  5. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:57

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "Velvet Soul - Carmen McRae". AllMusic . Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "McRae, Carmen". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-1561592371.
  3. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). "Carmen McRae". The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. pp. 470–471. ISBN   9780679768739.
  4. ↑ Albertson, Chris (December 1986). "Jazz" (PDF). Stereo Review . Vol. 51, no. 12. New York: CBS Magazine. pp. 177–178. ISSN   0039-1220.
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