CARMEN McRAE - As Time Goes By : Live at the Dug (1973-1986) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

It may have made Bogart and Bergman immortal, but the song "As Time Goes By" curiously never became one of the many jazz standards of the day. So, to find it here in the company of other perennial songs from the jazz catalog is quite a treat. And even more impressive is the fact Carmen McRae is the one at the microphone. Recorded in 1973 at Tokyo's Dug jazz club, As Time Goes By finds McRae accompanying herself on piano. And if one wasn't quite sure whether to put Miss McRae in the same company as a Sarah Vaughan or Dinah Washington, then this collection of numbers should definitely tip the scales. Here is one of jazz's most underrated chanteuses spelling it all out. Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
1     As Time Goes By 5'49
Herman Hupfeld
2     I Could Have Told You So 4'21
3     More Than You Know 5'27
Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose / Vincent Youmans
4     I Can't Escape from You 3'50
5     Try a Little Tenderness 4'00
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Harry Woods
6     The Last Time for Love 6'26
Carmen McRae
7     Supper Time 3'33
Irving Berlin
8     Do You Know Why? 4'51
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
9     But Not for Me 6'01
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
10     Please Be Kind 6'21
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Credits :
Vocals, Piano – Carmen McRae