CARMEN McRAE - Velvet Soul (1986) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recent reissue of early '70s material on the Groove Merchant label. McRae was doing mix of standards, ballads, a little blues, and some originals, and was also experimenting with some soul jazz. These are not as well done as her material on some other labels, but are interesting for showing the mood of a label in the transitional '70s. Ron Wynn
Tracklist :
1     Nice Work If You Can Get It 2    51
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2     It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling 3    49
Mark Grant
3     I Fall in Love Too Easily 3'50
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
4     Hey John 3'25
Jim Council / Blossom Dearie
5     Where Are the Words 3'19
Frank Severino
6     Straighten up & Fly Right 3'01
Nat King Cole / Irving Mills
7     Inside a Silent Tear 6'10
Blossom Dearie / A. King
8     Imagination 4'23
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
9     The Right to Love 4'18
Gene Lees / Lalo Schifrin
10     All the Things You Are 4'02
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
11     You're Mine, You 3'12
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
12     You and I 4'50
Stevie Wonder
13     How Could I Settle for Less 2'44
Steve Allen / Herbert Distel
14     The Good Life 2'53
Sacha Distel / Jack Reardon
15     Sunshine of My Life 3'12
Stevie Wonder
16     Exactly Like You 3'45
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
17     There Will Come a Time 4'20
Harry Brooks
18     Masquerade 4'08
Leon Russell
19     Livin' 4'28
Credits :
Bass – Paul West (pistas: 11 to 19), Ray Brown (pistas: 1 to 10)
Drums – Frank Severino (pistas: 1 to 10), Jimmy Madison (pistas: 11 to 19)
Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli (pistas: 11 to 19), Joe Pass (pistas: 1 to 10)
Piano – Dick Shreve (pistas: 1 to 10), Tom Garvin (pistas: 11 to 19)
Tenor Saxophone – Zoot Sims (pistas: 11 to 19)
Vibraphone, Percussion – Larry Bunker (pistas: 1 to 10)
Vocals – Carmen McRae