Carmen McRae 1960s

[SuZySueSuzyQ]

the best version ever ~

love seeing this!

[kinzeUK]

Chills. That's what I have here.

[waynebrasler]

What I love about everything she did is she combined great jazz feeling and hip sensibility with really telling the story of each song with the appropriate feeling, attitude and emotion at the same time. Also, she never went for easy sentimentality or dramatics. Everything she did was suffused with a sense of nobility and being slightly above it all while still being wise, knowing and honest. What an artist!

[kristinlee]

I LOVE , BESIDES CARMEN'S GORGEOUS VOICE, SWING & DELIVERY, THE ARRANGEMENT: HOW THE PIANIST LAYS OUT DURING THE BEGINNING A SECTIONS; THAT'S NICE!

[rasbeaRRy]

when I'm lonely, I sing amazing grace to myself like a 60s jazz singer with a lisp...

[LUK4beatz]

FANTASTIC!

[dirtyfrenchie]

c'est la patachou des etats unis (for french people only)

[ChristophePhilippe]

Lord, is she wonderful or what?

[1madDogz]

Talent

[keepthemusicplaying0]

FABULOUS !!!!!

[LTE51784]

Absolute perfection. She even gets better with age-hard to imagine from this video! Wished I could have seen her live.

[litamamita]

do we know who the pianist is?

[TheDivers110]

カーメン最高！

[chunentanbi57]

wow! She is greatest of all jazz vocalists . Beter than Billy , Ella and Sarah .

[tubeyourvideo]

What a performance!

[wentbackward]

She's amazing!

[recifense83]

charming, elegant, classy, beautiful, lovely, provocative, funny, smart, talented, fantastic, wonderful, unique, sexy - I love her

[dorjegyatso]

What album is this song on?

[poetinasia]

What wonderful talent.  I really enjoy this and being exposed to Carmen McRae. Thank you for posting this

[jamesal]

i love her voice

[sxcxk777]

what happened to stuff like this??????

[lajergatheslang]

esta tipa es una mamisonga

[ocnoreen]

I always liked Norman playing with her the best.  Carmen was burnin' on this little swinging tune.

[CFzFinest]

Haha this type of so called music is miserable .... Listen to some t pain. Not this Garbo! Haha

[brian84cl]

@CFzFinest the vocal skills she is laying down are what people like t-pain's music evolved from

[Matt3740]

@CFzFinest This is an easy one for you. If you don't enjoy jazz then don't listen to it. Problem solved.

[joannamichelle72]

THIS IS A JAZZ SINGER.

[zanohoriamazo]

Consumate pianist accompanist, Norman Simmons, who also became Joe Williams' accompanist. Walter "Baby-sweets" Perkins on drums, swinging to the moon, no doubt!

[scatmando]

Swinging like a garden gate. Pure class.

[JoeJamesSmith11]

The masters at their best!

[beeshor1]

I love the way Carmen does a double-take of Walter Perkins [the drummer] when she sees how he's just swingin' his ass off! This is great stuff!

[lucieskydiamonds]

fantastic,,,,,,,,my otha mothar,,,,,,,,,,,she will always SWING....in my heart!!

[vova47]

Walter Perkins

[StevesWifeCharlo]

Too cool for school, Miss Carmen!

[loulou2lou]

This is jazz as it should be. This woman can really swing.For much of her life she was a great interpreter of jazz.

[janalyn629]

carmen is a great, ella is a great, sarah, they're all greats....

i grew up listening to all of them....

[ultimatecollection1]

me too. :)

[bgm811]

nice....the best....like her better then ella..

[astaire2012]

This is so awesome!!! thanks for the video....

[pityrija]

yeah,.!!!

PiiTyRiiJa-

[AlexTube2006]

When did this performance take place?

[ambreec28]

This was back in the early or mid 60's I believe...

[kiely]

@AlexTube2006

seems to be the Flamingo Jazz Club in London (1962) but i'm not an expert.

[Isabell778]

wow, shes awsome and John Ore is an amazing bassist!!!

[mamablack2k]

this one of my favorite artists and songs!!!! priceless!!!!!

[812shiloh]

Could someone post the duet Two for the Road with Carmen and George Shearing if you have it.

[Georgiahulse]

I'd like to know the type of Jazz played on American radio stations during the early to mid 1960s.

[beeshor1]

This is swinging!

[MrSugeng]

what do you call this kind of jazz??

[88Agatka]

It's vocal jazz/bebop I guess.

[JENSIEMA]

Yeah!! I agree!! definitivamente!!

[foowah7]

Damn, that bass part is nice!  Who is the bassist?

[858jc]

The bassist is Victor Sproles.

[MattLeGroulx]

is that walter perkins on drums? and who are the other guys? i'm stumped.

[joannamichelle72]

Thats Jazz!

[babinm]

Smokey you must be a musician to talk that way.

[athemusiclover]

...have to say I just LOVE LOVE Carmen! I feel lucky to have seen her in the 80's in a smoky bar, with smokin musicians...what a voice thanks for the video

[pajaroloqo]

Wonderful video, very clear image and what a sound quality! A 60's jewel. amazing musician's, amazing voice.

[DanaWhite0]

Jazz doesn't have to swing necessarily...

[priapus56]

Ohh!As a Jazz fan of over 35 years, can I say that you are little unfair on our little Amy. She does more than Jazz and has created an original sound of her own. She has borrowed from the past and has produced a great sound on both of the C.D's I've heard. Take "Me and Mr Jones" on one of the albums. She recreates a '50's almost doo-wop sound, a sound that I thought people just didn't know how to create in the studio anymore & the song blows like a train. Listen again. You've got it wrong.

[gapes666]

Carmen McRae and Helen Carr, my fav. two jazz singers.

[NapsAboveWaterfalls]

Check out Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings!

[Torihope]

ROFLMO at the chandelier comment. I have to agree with you. I can't say I don't like any of Winehouse's songs, but the likes of Carmen, Ella, Sarah...ah...never to be repeated.

[RaginIrv235]

hell nowaaaaallll......

[jesuisdashit]

This woman is my muse.

[Kbonie]

who's the dude on the keys?

[woofenpuss]

That's the great Norman Simmons Carmen's accompanist for many years.

[pipewatcher]

no...just no.

[jazztradition]

HELL NO!!!

[TwoTube2]

That's the first thing I noticed when she began singing. They do have a similar tone and way of singing, although it's not difficult to differentiate between the two. But I definitely hear what you mean :)

[rurounizorro]

She has a great voice!!!!!

[7notemode]

Flawless rhythmic delivery. Brilliant!

[supersaiyenbuu]

This is so cooooool; totally awesome.  Brilliant!!!!

[willuk]

THE GREATEST!

[memzehni]

I definetely agree - in a way...;)

[fl0relie]

i love her voice!!!

[fidokalman]

Carmen was in today's NY Times Crossword! April 18, 2008

[maeviac30]

who cares

[leontyne]

It's a song that Billie recorded, and I think that's where Carmen got it. Carmen used to do it in tribute to her great hero during some of her sets.

[ambreec28]

It's called "I'm going to lock my heart and throw away the key". :)

[theowes]

Nobody does it the way Carmen does!

She's torch personified...

[Strongscotch]

the pianist is Norman Simmons, who was Carmen's accompanist for the best part of a decade. He's great!

[jamaljackson86]

who's the pianist?

[happyslug]

omig! It's Amy Winehouse

[MarquitosMontes]

Carmen, great, as always... what joy she gives!

[damina70]

Sang it Miss Sassy, Classy Carmen:-)!!!!!

[smokey4149]

I love Carmen. She is so knowing never a victim and has the most wicked sense of time ever!!!

[jjardina]

Awesome!

[Strongscotch]

She could swing you into bad health and back again! Wonderful!

[SoulTooSoul]

Carmen had found her groove and you can witness it for yourself. I believe Carmen may be one of the least mentioned great jazz vocalist. She often became lost within the song she was performing. I believe she was a lot like billie without sharing her self destructive behavior. There was only one Carmen, a small trio and a great song.