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Carmen McRae nahm privat Klavierunterricht und begann schon sehr früh, eigene Songs zu schreiben. Im New Yorker Apollo Theater gewann sie einen Amateurwettbewerb. Einer ihrer Songs, „Dream of Life“, geriet über Teddy Wilson in die Hände von Billie Holiday , die ihn Anfang der 1940er Jahre aufnahm.
Jack Pleis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Billie Holiday, Norman Simmons, Cal Tjader, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck. Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. [1] She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic ...
5. Apr. 2012 · Carmen McRae and The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five 1961(Vocal Version) from the album Take Five Live.
Vor 20 Jahren starb die amerikanische Sängerin Carmen McRae. Die 1920 in Harlem geborene Künstlerin zählt bis heute zu den kraftvollsten Stimmen des Jazz. Der Weg nach oben war schwer. Als Frau ...
22. Apr. 2024 · Carmen McRae's 1950s Decca recordings remain among her most formative and exquisite. Recorded between 1954 and 1958, the label's nine McRae albums and roughly two dozen singles uniformly captured her voice in solid form, while it was still bouncing around in the midrange before it dropped in the 1960s. After Glow, backed mostly by the Ray Bryant Trio, is one of my favorites. Captured in Decca ...
CARMEN McRAE, the definite website This site is a tribute to one of the best – if not THE best – jazz singers in the history of the genre. Eight years younger than her idol, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae was a contemporary of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Ella and Sarah were already well established by the time Carmen came onto the ...
Die 1920 in Harlem geborene Künstlerin Carmen McRae zählt bis heute zu den kraftvollsten Stimmen des Jazz. Der Weg nach oben war schwer. Als Frau musste sie sich durchkämpfen im chaotischen ...
8. März 2024 · Carmen McRae, circa 1970. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. The hallmarks of Carmen’s singing were her timbre, clarity as a singer, her enunciation and her ability to invest emotionally and intellectually in a song’s lyrics. Her focus on lyrics was central to her approach to jazz. In an interview backstage at Club Mocambo in San ...
Carmen McRae (born April 8, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 10, 1994, Beverly Hills, Calif.) was an American jazz vocalist and pianist who from an early emulation of vocalist Billie Holiday grew to become a distinctive stylist, known for her smoky voice and her melodic variations on jazz standards.
5. Dez. 2007 · Carmen McRae. An outstanding song stylist, Carmen McRae's great strength was in her phrasing and interpretation of lyrics, especially in ballads. In a long and distinguished music career, she was ...
Carmen McRae (born April 8, 1920, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA - died November 10, 1994, Beverly Hills, California, USA) was an American jazz singer (nickname Miss Jazz)
10. Nov. 1994 · During the bebop revolution at Minton's Playhouse, McRae was an intermission pianist. At the Playhouse is likely where she first heard Thelonious Monk's music, which influenced her piano playing and musical sense. In the early 1950s, she worked with the Mat Mathews Quintet. She signed her first significant recording contract with Decca in 1954.
28. Sept. 2017 · Carmen McRae - Vocals....Marshall Otwell - Piano....Ed Bennett - Bass.....Joey Baron - Drums.....1. ...
10. Apr. 2015 · Vocalist Carmen McRae (1920-1994) was an expert on rhythm, deft phrasing and personal, bittersweet ballads. Her enigmatic, dark contralto voice helped place her among the pantheon of great female ...
The Best of Carmen McRae (Full Album) - Carmen McRae Greatest Hits PlaylistThe Best of Carmen McRae (Full Album) - Carmen McRae Greatest Hits PlaylistThe Bes...
12. Nov. 1994 · Carmen McRae, the jazz singer known for her probing interpretations of lyrics and her bruised but unbowed point of view, died on Thursday evening at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 74 ...
Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics.
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12. Juni 2011 · Recorded live at Montreux Jazz Festival, 1982.
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 - November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer, considered one of the most important of the 20th century Carmen McRae was born in Harlem in 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their influence, one of McRae’s early songs, "Dream of Life ...
