Latest Release
- 12 APR 2024
- 71 Songs
- Carmen Sings Monk · 1988
- Vocal Encounters · 1960
- BD Music Presents Film Noir, Vol. 2 · 2000
- Vocal Encounters · 1960
- 100 + Essential Jazz Ballads (Masterpieces of Smooth and Relaxing Jazz) · 1956
- Dance Class Essentials - Swing and Big Band Jazz · 1978
- Carmen Sings Monk · 1988
- Black Legends of Jazz · 1992
- Verve Remixed · 2002
- Blue Moon · 1956
Essential Albums
- 1998
- 1988
About Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae always had an intriguing, smoky voice but it was her lithe, behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretations of lyrics that made her most memorable. She had her first important job singing with Benny Carter's big band (1944), but it would be another decade before she recorded as a leader, and by then she had absorbed the influences of Billie Holiday and bebop into her own style. Championed in the '50s by Ralph Gleason, Carmen McRae was eventually the recipient of seven Grammy nominations between 1971 and 1990. She retired in 1991.
- HOMETOWN
- Harlem, NY, United States
- BORN
- 8 April 1920
- GENRE
- Jazz