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Sarah: Dedicated to You

Sarah: Dedicated to You is a 1991 studio album by Carmen McRae, with the Shirley Horn trio. The album was recorded in tribute to McRae's friend and fellow jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, and was McRae's last recording.[1]

Sarah: Dedicated to You
Studio album by
Carmen McRae
Released1991
Recorded1991
StudioClinton Recording Studio, New York City
GenreVocal jazz
Length56:27
LabelNovus
ProducerLarry Clothier
Carmen McRae chronology
Carmen Sings Monk
(1988) 		Sarah: Dedicated to You
(1991)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

The AllMusic review by John Bush says

“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.”[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, John Raymond Hubbell) - 3:58
  2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:25
  3. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 4:10
  4. "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) - 2:46
  5. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) - 3:51
  6. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:21
  7. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:22
  8. "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:30
  9. "I Will Say Goodbye" (Eddie Bacri, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - 2:38
  10. "The Lamp Is Low" (Mitchell Parish, Peter De Rose, Maurice Ravel) - 3:02
  11. "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:58
  12. "Dedicated to You" (Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 6:02
  13. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 4:54
  14. "Sarah" (Carroll Coates) - 3:49
Bonus tracks on 2003 compact disc release

Personnel edit

The Shirley Horn trio

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Sarah: Dedicated to You". Allmusic. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
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