1953-1955 Carmen McRae First Sessions

(01-04) Carmen McRae (vcl, p), Mat Mathews' Quintet: Herbie Mann (fl, ts), Mat Mathews (acc), Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d). Recorded NYC, October 6, 1953

(16-20) Carmen McRae (vcl, p), Mat Mathews' Quintet: Herbie Mann (fl, ts), Mat Mathews (acc), Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d). Recorded NYC, June 16, 1955

(05-07) Carmen McRae (vcl, p), Tony Scott's Quartet: Tony Scott (cl, p), Dick Katz (p), Percy Heath (b), Osie Johnson (d). Recorded NYC, December, 1953

(09,10,12-14) Carmen McRae (vcl, p), Dick Katz' Quartet: Dick Katz (piano), Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d). Recorded NYC, June 14, 1955

(11) Carmen McRae (vcl, p), Billy Strayhorn (piano), Mundell Lowe (g). Recorded NYC, June 14, 1955
(15) Carmen McRae (vcl, p), Dick Katz (piano), Mundell Lowe (g). Recorded NYC, June 14, 1955

01 Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
02 If I'm Lucky (Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard)
03 Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane, Edgar Yipsel Harburg)
04 Tip Toe Gently (Matt Matthews, Paulette Girard)
05 You Made Me Care (Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard)
06 Last Time For Love (Carmen Mcrae)
07 Too Much In Love To Care (James Kriegsmann, Carroll Coates)
08 Misery (Tony Scott)
09 Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
10 Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey)
11 Something To Live For (Billy Strayhorn)
12 Our Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
13 I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
14 This Will Make You Laugh (Irene Higginbotham)
15 Supper Time (Irving Berlin)
16 My One And Only Love (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood)
17 Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker)
18 Give Me The Simple Life (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby)  
19 I'll remember april (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye)
20 You Took Advantage Of Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)

1955 Carmen McRae Torchy

Carmen McRae (voc), Jack Pleis (Dir.), Ralph Burns (arr. cond.), Joe Wider (tp), Al Klink (ts), Andy Ackers (p), Danny Perry (g)

Recorded in New York, NY on December 16 (02-04, 06), 29 (01,05,07,10), 30 (08,09,10,11), 1955

01 Last Night When We Were Young (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
02 Speak Low (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
03 But Beautiful (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)`
04 If You'd Stay The Way I Dream About You (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings)
05 Midnight Sun (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer)
06 My Future Just Passed (George Marion, Jr., Richard A. Whiting)
07 Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)  
08 We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
09 I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva)
10 Good Morning Heartache (Erwin M. Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham)
11 Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye)
12 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby)

1955-1958 Carmen McRae Complete Ralph Burns Sessions Featuring Ben Webster

(01-04) Carmen McRae (v), Jack Pleis (dir), Ralph Burns (con, a), Ralph Burns' Orchestra (acc), Al Klink (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Dan Perri (g), Andy Ackers (p). New York City, December 29, 1955

(05-10) Carmen McRae (v), Ralph Burns (dir, a), Ben Webster (ts), Irving "Marky" Markowitz (t), Dick Berg, Donald Carrado, Fred Kelin, Anthony Miranda (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Aaron Bell (b), Don Abney (p), Teddy Sommer (d). New York City, August 4, 1958

(11-13) Carmen McRae (v), Ralph Burns (dir, a), Al Cohn, Ben Webster (ts), Irving "Marky" Markowitz (t), Mundell Lowe (g), Aaron Bell (b), Don Abney (p), Nick Stabulas (d), Ray Charles, The Ray Charles Singers (bkv). New York City, August 6, 1958

(14-16) Carmen McRae (v), Ralph Burns (dir, a), Al Cohn, Ben Webster (ts), Irving "Marky" Markowitz (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Aaron Bell (b), Don Abney (p), Don Lamond (d). New York City, August 8, 1958

(17-20) Carmen McRae (v), Jack Pleis (dir), Jack Pleis Orchestra (acc), Al Klink (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Dan Perri (g), Andy Ackers (p). New York City, December 16, 1955

(21-24) Carmen McRae (v), Jack Pleis (dir), Jack Pleis Orchestra (acc), Al Klink (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Dan Perri (g), Andy Ackers (p). New York City, December 30, 1955

01 Last Night When We Were Young (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
02 Midnight Sun (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer)
03 Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
04 Good Morning Heartache (Erwin M. Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham)
05 Mr. Meadowlark (Johnny Mercer, Walter Donaldson)
06 Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
07 Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
08 Flamingo (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya)
09 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz)
10 When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (Leon René)
11 His Eye Is On The Sparrow (Milt Gabler)
12 The Eagle And Me (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
13 When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (Harry Woods)
14 Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)(Bernie Hanighen, Johnny Mercer)
15 Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster)
16 Chicken Today and Feathers Tomorrow (Johnny Marks)
17 Speak Low (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
18 But Beautiful (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
19 If You'd Stay The Way I Dream About You (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings)
20 My Future Just Passed (George Marion, Jr., Richard A. Whiting)
21 We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
22 I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva)
23 Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye)  
24 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby)

1956 Carmen McRae Blue Moon

(01,03,05,06) Carmen McRae (vo), Tadd Dameron Orchestra: probably Charlie Shavers (tp), Ray Bryant (p), Dameron (arr. cond.), others unknown. Recorded in New York City, March 28, 1956

(02,07,08,10) Carmen McRae (vo), Jimmy Mundy Orchestra: Mundy (arr. cond.), others unknown. Recorded in New York City, March 29, 1956

(04,09,11,12) Carmen McRae (vo), Jimmy Mundy Orchestra: Mundy (arr. cond.), others unknown. Recorded in New York City, March 30, 1956

01 Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
02 My Foolish Heart (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
03 I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
04 Summer Is Gone (Don Costa, Jerry Raker)
05 I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket (Irving Berlin)
06 Nowhere (Joe Mooney)
07 Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Kahn, Saul Chaplain, L.E.Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols)
08 Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)
09 Even If It Breaks My Heart (Dick Carter, Carol Henry)
10 Laughing Boy (Jack Segal)
11 Lilacs in the Rain (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish)
12 All This Could Lead to Love (Mundel Lowe, Walter Bishop, Sr.)

1957-1958 Carmen McRae Ray Bryant Complete Recordings

(01-04,07,08,11,12) Carmen McRae (voc, piano:01,04,08,12), Ray Bryant (piano:02,03,07,11), Ike Isaacs (b), Specs Wright (d). Recorded in New York, March 6, 1957

(05,06,09,10) Carmen McRae (voc), Ray Bryant (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Specs Wright (d). Recorded in New York, April 18, 1957

(13-15,21) Carmen McRae (voc), George Barnes, Al Casamenti (g), Ray Bryant (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Specs Wright (d), Raoul Poliakin, Mac Ceppos, Herb Bourne, J. Held, F. Orlewitz, Tom Frost (vln), George Browne, H. Kaye (cello), Jack Pleis (dir). Recorded in New York, June 18, 1957

(16,17,19,22) Carmen McRae (voc), Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch, Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Tom Mitchell (b-tb), Barry Galbraith, Danny Perri (g), Ray Bryant (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Specs Wright (d), Jack Pleis (dir). Recorded in New York, June 19, 1957

(18,20,23,24) Carmen McRae (voc), Charlie Shavers (tp), George Berg (fl), B. Kaufman, Ed Brown (as), Seldon Powell, Mel Tax (ts), William Holcombe (bar), Barry Galbraith, George Barnes (g), Ray Bryant (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Specs Wright (d), Jack Pleis (dir). Recorded in New York, June 20, 1957

(25-26) Carmen McRae (voc) acc. by Orchestra featuring Charlie Shavers (tp), Ray Bryant (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Specs Wright (d), Jack Pleis (dir). Recorded in New York, March 5, 1958

01 I Can't Escape From You (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting)
02 Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd)
03 My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)  
04 The Little Things That Mean So Much (Harold Adamson, Teddy Wilson)
05 I'm Thru With Love (I'm Through With Love)(Matt Malneck, Gus Kahn, Jay Livingston)
06 Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
07 East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (Brooks Bowman)
08 Exactly Like You (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
09 All My Life (Sam Stept, Sidney Mitchell)
10 Between the devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
11 Dream of Life (McRae, Henderson)  
12 Perdido (Juan Tizol, Harry Lenk, Ervin Drake)
13 I'll See You Again (Noel Coward)
14 Zigeuner (Noel Coward)
15 Some Day I'll Find You (Noel Coward)
16 A Room With A View (Noel Coward)
17 World Weary (Noel Coward)
18 I Can't Do Anything At All (Noel Coward)  
19 Mad About The Boy (Noel Coward)
20 Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward)
21 I'll Follow My Secret Heart (Noel Coward)
22 If Love Were All (Noel Coward)
23 Why Does Love Get In The Way? (Noel Coward)
24 Never Again (Noel Coward)
25 Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
26 Moonray (Artie Shaw, Arthur Quenzer, Nat Madison)

1958 Carmen McRae Birds of a Feather

(01,03-06,11) Carmen McRae (v), Ralph Burns (dir, a), Ben Webster (ts), Irving "Marky" Markowitz (t), Dick Berg, Donald Carrado, Fred Kelin, Anthony Miranda (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Aaron Bell (b), Don Abney (p), Teddy Sommer (d). Recorded in New York, New York August 4, 1958

(07,09,12) Carmen McRae (v), Ralph Burns (dir, a), Al Cohn, Ben Webster (ts), Irving "Marky" Markowitz (t), Mundell Lowe (g), Aaron Bell (b), Don Abney (p), Nick Stabulas (d), Ray Charles, The Ray Charles Singers (bkv). Recorded in New York, New York August 6, 1958

(02,08,10) Carmen McRae (v), Ralph Burns (dir, a), Al Cohn, Ben Webster (ts), Irving "Marky" Markowitz (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Aaron Bell (b), Don Abney (p), Don Lamond (d). Recorded in New York, New York August 8, 1958

01 Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
02 Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)(Bernie Hanighen, Johnny Mercer)
03 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz)
04 Mr. Meadowlark (Johnny Mercer, Walter Donaldson)
05 Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
06 Flamingo (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya)
07 The Eagle And Me (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
08 Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster)
09 When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (Harry Woods)
10 Chicken Today and Feathers Tomorrow (Johnny Marks)
11 When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (Leon René)
12 His Eye Is On The Sparrow (Milt Gabler)

1961 Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man

(01-14) Carmen McRae (voc), Nat Adderley (trumpet), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor sax), Mundel Lowe (guitar), Norman Simmons (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Walter Perkins (drums). Recorded in New York, June 29 (01,02,04-07,09-12,14)  & July 26 (03,08,13), 1961.

(15-18) Carmen McRae (voc), Herbie Mann (fl, ts), Mat Mathews (accord), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Wendell Marshall (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums). Recorded New York, October 6, 1954.

(19-22) Carmen McRae (voc), Tony Scott (cl), unknown (vibes on 22), Dick Katz (piano), Percy Heath (bass). Osie Johnson (drums). McRae (vcl) & Tony Scott (p) only on 21. Recorded New York, December 1954.

(23-24) Carmen McRae (voc, also piano on 24), Billy Strayhorn (piano on 23), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Wendell Marshall (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums). Recorded in New York, June 14, 1955.

01 Them There Eyes (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey)
02 Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) 
03 I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) (Jim Eaton, Terry Shand)
04 Strange Fruit (Abel Meeropol [aka Lewis Allan])
05 Miss Brown To You (Leo Robin, Richard Whiting, Ralph Rainger)
06 My Man (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain)
07 I Cried For You (Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim)
08 Lover Man (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)   
09 Trav'lin' Light (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer)
10 Some Other Spring (Irene Kitchings, Arthur Herzog)
11 What A Little Moonlight Can Do? (Harry M. Woods)
12 God Bless the Child (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
13 If The Moon Turns Green (Paul Coates, Bernard Hanighen)
14 The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
15 Easy To Love (Cote Porter)
16 If I'm Lucky (Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard)
17 Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane, Edgar Yipsel Harburg)
18 Tip Toe Genply (Mat Mathews, Paulette Girard)
19 You Made Me Care (Hubert Giraud, Charles Darwin)
20 Last Time For Love (Carmen Mcrae)
21 Misery (Tony Scott)
22 Too Much In Love To Care (Carroll Coates, James J. Kriegsmann)
23 Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
24 Supper Time (Irving Berlin)

1962 Carmen McRae Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

Carmen McRae (vcls), Norman Simmons (p), Victor Sproles (b), Stu Martin (d)

Recorded live at The Sugar Hill, San Francisco, on September 27 and October 13, 1962.

01 Sunday (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
02 What Kind of Fool Am I? (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)
03 A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
04 I Left My Heart in San Francisco (George Cory, Douglas Cross)  
05 I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)  
06 Let There Be Love (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant)
07 This Is All I Ask (Gordon Jenkins)
08 Thou Swell (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)  
09 It Never Entered My Mind (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
10 Make Someone Happy (Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden)

1965 Carmen McRae Alive!

Recorded December, 1965

01 Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey)
02 Don't Explain (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
03 Woman Talk (John Scott, Caryl Brahms)
04 Kick Off Your Shoes (Cy Coleman, Murray Grand)
05 The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
06 The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers)
07 Where Would You Be Without Me? (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
08 Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
09 Run Run Run (Russ Freeman, J. Reisner)
10 No More (Toots Camarata, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
11 Look At That Face (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
12 I Wish I Were In Love Again (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
13 You Better Go Now (Irvin Graham, Bix Reichner)
14 Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
15 If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)(James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer)
16 Miss Brown To You (Leo Robin, Richard Whiting, Ralph Rainger)
17 Perdido (Juan Tizol, Harry Lenk, Ervin Drake)
18 Too Close For Comfort (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss)
19 Midnight Sun (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer)
20 Trav'lin' Light (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer)
21 Our Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

1965 Carmen McRae Woman Talk Live at the Village Gate

Carmen McRae (vcl), Ray Beckenstein (fl), Norman Simmons (p), Joe Puma (g), Paul Breslin (b), Frank Severino (d), José Mangual (bongo).

Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City, November 1965.

01 Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey)
02 Don't Explain (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
03 Woman Talk (John Scott, Caryl Brahms)
04 Kick Off Your Shoes (Cy Coleman, Murray Grand)
05 The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
06 The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers)
07 Where Would You Be Without Me? (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
08 Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
09 Run Run Run (Russ Freeman, J. Reisner)
10 No More (Toots Camarata, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
11 Look At That Face (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
12 I Wish I Were In Love Again (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
13 You Better Go Now (Irvin Graham, Bix Reichner)
14 Love for sale (Cole Porter)
15 If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)(James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer)