When You're Away

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When You're Away
When You're Away Carmen McRae.png
Studio album by
Carmen McRae
Released1959 (1959)
Genre Jazz
Length40:11
Label Kapp
Carmen McRae chronology
Book of Ballads
(1958)		When You're Away
(1959)		 Something to Swing About
(1959)

When You're Away is a 1959 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by Luther Henderson. [1] [2] Frank Hunter was credited as the conductor on "Willingly (Melodie Perdue)" and "Two Faces in the Dark".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "When You're Away"
  2. "The More I See You"
  3. "I Only Have Eyes for You"
  4. "Willingly (Melodie Perdue)"
  5. "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)"
  6. "I'll Be Seeing You"
  7. "I Concentrate On You"
  8. "Ain't Misbehavin'"
  9. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
  10. "When Your Lover Has Gone"
  11. "I'm Glad There Is You"
  12. "Two Faces in the Dark"

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from August 1959 wrote: "The gal hands the tunes a tasteful, clear delivery, and for the most part she sticks to a straight rather than in improvising tack. […] moody stuff with a good bit that's programmable for jocks." [2]

References

  1. ↑ When You're Away at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 "Reviews of This Week's LP's". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 17, 1959. pp. 28–30. ISSN   0006-2510.
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