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18 May, 2016
Carmen at her best
If you know Carmen McRae you'll know she shines on "live" performances. This is no exception; recorded in 1977 in the atmosphere of Ronnie Scott's with her own backing trio this is a short (under 40 minute) set mixing some old and new tunes. Stand out oldies for me, "I'm gonna lock my heart..." and "You're a weaver of dreams"; two new songs from the then newly released remake of A Star is Born, "Evergreen" and "With one more look at you". It's interesting to compare with her previous London visit to The Flamingo in 1961 and if you love Carmen you'll love both these albums.
07 Jan, 2025
Much underrated tenor saxophonist; beautiful ballads.
I heard Gary Scott in person three times in my local jazz club in the UK between 1997 - 2000. His playing on ballads is absolutely superb; you may not know the name but in my view every bit the equal of much better known Scott Hamilton. This recording was made during hat period with his regular trio.
16 Apr, 2018
Great Sinatra with superb Axel Stordahl arrangement before "The Capital Years"
1 of 1 found this helpful Having listened to the 97 tracks on 4 CDs it's easy to understand why for daughter Nancy Sinatra this is the favourite period of her father's recordings.
The tracks are arranged in chronological order from June 1943 - September 1952 and are the "best of" recordings made in that period. Yes, there is a "Complete Columbia" recordings box set that includes many "not so great" songs but why buy that?
Here we have mostly dreamy ballads with superb Axel Stordahl arrangements and the best studio musicians of the period, and a different Sinatra to the brash, cocky, hard swinger of the "Capital Years". Many of the songs here Frank returned to with Nelson Riddle arrangements and it's interesting to play those from "The Capital Years 1953 - 1962" back to back. But here the voice is sublime and it's easy to understand why women during those war years fell for Sinatra with the vulnerability he shows on some of these recordings. Too many great tracks to pick favourites, but here we have great "Nancy", "I fall in love too easily", "I should care" and "I could write a book". There is also a great "all-stars" recording of "Sweet Lorraine" with brief but great jazz solos.
The set is complemented by a 68 page book with essays on the recordings, a discography and photographs that compliment the John Ridgway book "The Sinatrafile Part 2" if you have or can find a copy. All in all this set is a great addition to any collection.