Carmen McRae Round Midnight

Carmen McRae vocals - Norman Simmons piano - Victor Sproles bass - Walter Perkins drums 1962

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Music

Tags:

• Carmen
• McRae
• Round
• Midnight

[losbol48]

Superior vocalist and glad we have still such reasonable good tapes from TV (I presume).

[JATLOZ]

This movie aired on TV in the 60s, but was later released on DVD. (Jazz Casual Series)

[kalpubinc]

Carmen McRae, following the footsteps of her mentor Billy Holliday; and Billy Holliday's and Frank Sinatra's mentor Mable Mercer, knows how to tell a story. This is the first time I've heard this song and completely understood every nook and cranny, every nuance of the song. The pathos, the diction, the phrasing, and her communication with the audience are just masterful. She has something very specific to tell, and she conveys it from the bottom of her heart.

[MrGary164]

Well, folks . . . where did this set of lyrics come from? I've heard this great Monk tune performed by many artists, but NEVER heard a single one of these verses . . .

Saw Carmen at the late, great (and slightly sinister) Parisian Room in LA in '81 . . .

truly a Master/Mistress of her Craft . . .

Gary in Arizona

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[SpraysHouseOfFun]

@lovelytrix00 thanks- was going to ask :-)

think i like these ones even more..have to sing them both and see which feels best

[ladylove8907]

Love love love her after ella and Sarah of course cause I love them too but I think I listen tobher a little more than them not saying I don't like them cause I do but just listen to her a little more that's all but I still love them a lot but just listen to her more but I don't know why I do I just do.....lol this was a very long comment.....lol a little too long if I ask me.

[lovelytrix00]

@MrGary164 The additional verses were written by Bernie Hanighen and were used on Ms. McRae's album recorded and released in 1988, "Carmen Sings Monk".

[dyrkness]

These are completely different lyrics than the Sarah Vaughn version. Listen to that one, too.

[Loumademe]

My first time hearing this version - about 5 or 6 times. :-D

Just marvelous. Thank You.

[rebolognesi]

@MrGary164 I agree with you... who wrote the lyrics? Same question about Anita O'Day's version of Davis's "Four": wonderful, ironical and unusual lyrics, completely different from the ones that Hendricks wrote and anyone uses to sing. Such a small attention usually paid to words and their writers!! (this is a singer's and a writer's complaint, of course... ;))

[magic4162]

Oooh, the best

[CJforJC94]

I Love how she did this

[markmarktarmann]

@SpazChat sorry i don't know

[SpazChat]

@markmarktarmann , Is that Jason Mraz's father?