CARMEN McRAE - Sarah ~ Dedicated To You (1991) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The follow-up to the essential Carmen Sings Monk is a tribute to the recently deceased Sarah Vaughan that ranks at the same very high level. Carmen McRae's final recording finds the singer backed by the Shirley Horn Trio (unfortunately, Horn turned down McRae's request to sing a bit) on 13 numbers associated with Sassy, plus Carroll Coates' original "Sarah." On such songs as "Poor Butterfly," "Misty," "Tenderly," "I'll Be Seeing You" and even "Send in the Clowns," McRae brings back the spirit (and some of the phrasing) of Sarah Vaughan while still sounding very much like herself. This very well-conceived tribute is a classic of its kind and a perfect swan song for Carmen McRae. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Poor Butterfly 3'58
John Golden / Raymond Hubbell
2     I've Got the World on a String 3'25
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
3     Misty 4'10
Johnny Burke / Erroll Garner
4     Wonder Why 2'46
Nicholas Brodszky / Sammy Cahn
5     Send in the Clowns 3'51
Stephen Sondheim
6     Black Coffee 6'21
Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster
7     Tenderly 5'22
Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence
8     The Best Is Yet to Come 2'30
Cy Coleman / Carolyn Leigh
9     I Will Say Goodbye 2'38
Edmond Bacri / Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Michel Legrand
10     The Lamp Is Low 3'02
Peter DeRose / Mitchell Parish / Maurice Ravel / Bert Shefter
11     It's Magic 4'58
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
12     Dedicated to You 6'02
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin / Hy Zaret
13     I'll Be Seeing You 4'54
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal
14     Sarah 3'49
Carroll Coates
15     If You Could See Me Now 4'59
Tadd Dameron / Carl Sigman
16     Wave 4'04
Antônio Carlos Jobim
17     Embraceable You 7'41
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
18     Sarah 3'36
Carroll Coates
Credits :
Band – Shirley Horn Trio
Drums – Steve Williams (pistas: 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 13, 15 to 18)
Electric Bass – Charles Ables (pistas: 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 13, 15 to 18)
Lead Vocals, Liner Notes – Carmen McRae
Piano – Shirley Horn