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Carmen McRae

Jazz
Crooner
Traditional pop
Born in Harlem, New York to Jamaican immigrant parents, Carmen McRae first studied piano at the age of eight and was soon hooked on the jazz music so prevalent at the time, particularly the greats Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, who she met and became friends with at 17. McRae first made her name playing at Minton's Playhouse, a famous jazz club in Harlem where she initially worked as a secretary and sang as a chorus girl. In 1944 she went on to perform with Benny Carter's big band, worked with Count Basie and made her first recording with the Mercer Ellington...
Songs
All the Things You Are
All the Things You AreElla Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae

LRC Jass Classics: Velvet Soul

Too Close for Comfort
Too Close for ComfortCarmen McRae

Alive!

3:57

Mr. Meadowlark
Mr. MeadowlarkCarmen McRae and Ben Webster

Birds Of A Feather

2:42

Take Five
Take FiveCarmen McRae, Dave Brubeck and The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Supreme Jazz: Carmen McRae

2:16

The Masquerade Is Over
The Masquerade Is OverCarmen McRae

I'm Coming Home Again

My Future Just Passed
My Future Just PassedCarmen McRae

The Complete Ralph Burns Sessions Featuring Ben Webster

3:16

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