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Carmen McRae: Milestones of a Jazz Legend | Documents 600508

Carmen McRae: Milestones of a Jazz Legend

Label: Documents

Cat No: 600508

Barcode: 4053796005083

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 24th May 2019

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Contents

Artists

Carmen McRae
Sammy Davis Jr
Ben Webster
Herbie Mann
Billy Strayhorn
Kenny Clarke
Ray Bryant
Tadd Dameron
Charlie Shavers
Art Farmer
Nat Adderley
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis
Gerry Mulligan
Art Pepper

Artists

Carmen McRae
Sammy Davis Jr
Ben Webster
Herbie Mann
Billy Strayhorn
Kenny Clarke
Ray Bryant
Tadd Dameron
Charlie Shavers
Art Farmer
Nat Adderley
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis
Gerry Mulligan
Art Pepper

About

Carmen McRae (1922-1994) was one of the great jazz vocalists of the 20th century - next to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Born in Harlem, New York, she played the piano at “Minton’s Playhouse” in the 1940s, a club where the young beboppers like Dizzy Gillespie and Carmen’s husband-to-be Kenny Clarke developed this new music.

Next important career steps were an engagement with the Benny Carter band as a pianist and with Count Basie - as a singer. Having spent four years in Chicago from 1948 on, she finally signed an artist contract in her hometown New York and went on to release twelve albums over the next five years.

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