CARMEN McRAE - You're Lookin' at Me (A Collection of Nat King Cole Songs) (1986) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Carmen McRae's tribute to Nat King Cole (which predated the late-'80s revival of Cole's music) has its strong and weak points. She wisely adds Cole's former guitarist John Collins to her regular trio and picked some fine material (including "I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm," "I Can't See for Lookin'" and "Just You, Just Me"). However McRae's phrasing is much different than Cole's and why did she sing "Sweet Lorraine" without changing any of the words? Despite those reservations, this set has enough strong moments to justify its purchase. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm 3'33
Nat King Cole
2     Beautiful Moons Ago 3'10
Nat King Cole / Oscar Moore
3     The Frim Fram Sauce 5'38
Nat King Cole / Redd Evans / Joe Ricardel
4     Come in out of the Rain 3'12
Bob Russell / Carl Sigman
5     How Does It Feel? 4'04
Nat King Cole
6     If I Had You 3'49
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro
7     I Can't See for Looking 3'29
Nat King Cole
8     Sweet Lorraine 3'34
Clifford R. Burwell / Mitchell Parish
9     You're Lookin' at Me 4'12
Nat King Cole
10     Just You, Just Me 3'57
Jesse Greer / Raymond Klages
Credits :
Bass – John Leftwich
Drums – Donald Bailey
Guitar – John Collins
Piano – Marshall Otwell
Vocals - Carmen McRae