Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics

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Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics is a 1962 studio album by Carmen McRae, recorded in tribute to McRae's idol, Billie Holiday, who had died two years previously.

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Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic said that the album was one of McRae's "best recordings of the 1960s. McRae always considered Billie Holiday to be her primary influence, so a tribute album was a natural project for her...Recommended".

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Track listing

1. "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, William Tracy, Doris Tauber) - 2:45
2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 4:52
3. "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)" (Jimmy Eaton, Terry Shand) - 2:32
4. "Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allen) - 2:47
5. "Miss Brown to You" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Ralph Rainger) - 2:28
6. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) - 4:05
7. "I Cried for You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry Over Me)" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) - 2:52
8. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, James Sherman) - 4:18
9. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) - 2:20
10. "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) - 3:02
11. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry Woods) - 3:31
12. "God Bless the Child" (Herzog, Billie Holiday) - 3:24

Bonus tracks on the 1997 CD reissue

1. "If the Moon Turns Green" (Paul Coates, Bernie Hanighen) - 3:28
2. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 3:55

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Personnel

• Carmen McRae - vocals

Norman Simmons' Sextet

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Nat Adderley - trumpet
• Norman Simmons - piano
• Mundell Lowe - guitar
• Bob Cranshaw - double bass
• Walter Perkins - drums

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia