Carmen for Cool Ones

Carmen for Cool Ones
Studio album by Carmen McRae
Released	1958
Recorded	December 5, 16, 1957, Los Angeles, California[1]
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	36:15
Label	Decca DL-8738
Carmen McRae chronology
Mad About the Man (1958) Carmen for Cool Ones (1958) Porgy and Bess (1958)

Carmen for Cool Ones is a 1958 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by cellist Fred Katz.^[2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album four stars and reviewer Ken Dryden wrote that McRae was on "great form" on the album and particularly praised "All the Things You Are", "What's New?" and a "particularly dark version" of "The Night We Called It a Day".^[2]

Track listing

1. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:26
2. "A Shoulder to Cry On" - 3:53
3. "Any Old Time" (Artie Shaw) - 3:10
4. "Weak for the Man" (Jeanne Burns) - 4:08
5. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 2:29
6. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 2:15
7. "(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) - 1:47
8. "Without a Word of Warning" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 3:20
9. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 3:27
10. "You Are Mine" - 1:55
11. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 4:27
12. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 2:58

Personnel

• Carmen McRae - vocals, piano
• Fred Katz - arranger, conductor, cello
• Ike Isaacs - double bass
• Joe Marino - celeste, piano
• Mahlon Clark - bass clarinet
• Justin Gordon
• George W. Smith - clarinet
• Specs Wright - drums
• Buddy Collette - flute, alto saxophone
• Harry Klee - flute
• Joseph R. Gibbons - guitar
• Frank Emilio Flynn - marimba, vibraphone
• Warren Webb - oboe
• Thirteen string players

References

1. Leslie Gourse (2001). Carmen McRae: Miss Jazz. Billboard Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8230-7904-9.
2. "Carmen for Cool Ones". Allmusic. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
3. http://www.discogs.com/Carmen-McRae-Cool-Ones/master/780980