Carmen McRae - Live At Century Plaza (1968) {Atlantic Japan, WPCR-25041, 24-bit rel 2005)
Carmen McRae - Live At Century Plaza (1968) {Atlantic Japan, WPCR-25041, 24-bit rel 2005)
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© 1968, 2005 Atlantic / Warner Music Japan | WPCR-25041 | 24bit remastering
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Bop / Ballads / Standards
24bit digitally remastered release of Carmen Mcrae's performance at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The inimitable jazz vocalist Carmen McRae toplined this live set at the Los Angeles Century Plaza Hotel's Hong Kong Bar in late December 1968. The concert took place not long after McRae recorded two excellent, underrated LPs for Atlantic Records – Portrait of Carmen (1967) and Sound of Silence (1968). Atlantic set up and contractually licensed the rights to the Century Plaza show, but inexplicably waited years to do anything with the material, until label executive Nesuhi Ertegun finally produced a truncated version in 1975.
That delay may well be attributable to the lack of stylistic cohesion present in McRae's set; over the course of one evening, first backed by a swinging jazz trio and then on solo piano, she segues without abandon between bluesy standards, bossa nova, jaunty uptempo pop, late-'60s Top 40 tunes (also covered on the two aforementioned albums), and much more. The stylistic variegation feels jarring at first, but those willing to adjust to McRae's interest in traversing multiple genres will feel enormously satisfied by the material here. And through it all, McRae puts forth a valiant effort to make each song her own. Not all of the cuts are memorable – McRae adds little to the Beatles' "Yesterday" and Ron Miller's "For Once in My Life," for instance, and her interpretation of "Satin Doll" is a chore to sit through – but those are rare exceptions. The rest of the selections are brilliantly conceived and executed and offer a spectacular array of surprises – as in McRae's magnificent cover of the uptempo "Spread to All," where her crescendoes in the last few refrains grow so ambitious and far reaching that she begins to aurally mirror a brass instrument. Equally wonderful is her delicate interpretation of the wistful ballad "Midnight Sun," with vocal riffs that draw out the song's poetic lyrics in such a smooth and ingenious way that they actually invite comparison to Sinatra's most intuitive readings of standards. McRae's cover of Paul Simon's "Sound of Silence" is also unexpectedly fine – she parades ferociously through the dense lyrics, backed by a throbbing bassline that recalls some of Randy Newman's inventive studio arrangements for Peggy Lee during the same period. Fans of McRae are strongly encouraged to seek out this recording, but should be advised that it actually exists in two versions: the 1975 edit, which is only available on vinyl and includes 15 tracks, and an extended release, issued in 2005 to Japanese radio DJs as a "demo" compact disc, that couples the original LP tunes with nine "bonus" numbers taped during the 1968 show. Though it is extremely difficult to find, this is far and away the preferable version to obtain, as it not only includes wonderful tunes that Atlantic deemed unworthy of inclusion in 1975, but leaves in some of McRae's patter to attendees, which showcases her unique personality and delightful sense of humor, and her ability to instantly put an audience at ease.
Carmen McRae - Live At Century Plaza (1968) {Atlantic Japan, WPCR-25041, 24-bit rel 2005)
MUSICIANS
Carmen McRae - vocals, piano
Norman Simmons - piano
Chuck Domanico - bass
Frank Severino - drums
Recorded live on December 27 & 28, 1968, at Hong Kong Bar, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Carmen McRae - Live At Century Plaza (1968) {Atlantic Japan, WPCR-25041, 24-bit rel 2005)
Track Listing
01. Elusive Butterfly
02. Midnight Sun
03. For Once In My Life
04. Yesterday
05. Spread To All
06. Right To Love
07. If You Never Fall In Love With Me
08. I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco
09. Introduction
10. Why Shouldn't I
11. I Thought About You
12. Sound Of Silence
13. Away, Away, Away
14. Did I Ever Love
15. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
16. Sweet Pumpkin (Bonus Track)
17. Introduction (Bonus Track)
18. No More Blues (Bonus Track)
19. Miss Otis Regrets (Bonus Tracks)
20. Satin Doll (Bonus Track)
21. Never Let Me Go (Bonus Track)
22. My Ship (Bonus Track)
23. Never Will I Marry (Bonus Track)
24. September In The Rain (Bonus Track)
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Carmen McRae - Live At Century Plaza (1968) {Atlantic Japan, WPCR-25041, 24-bit rel 2005)
Carmen McRae - Live At Century Plaza (1968) {Atlantic Japan, WPCR-25041, 24-bit rel 2005)
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