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Woman Talk - Live At The Village Gate & The Half Note

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A receptive audience always helped Carmen McRae feel at home. The smaller the club, the better. There s a chance for coldness in big places. Her disciplined approach, precise intonation, perceptive grasp of the lyrics, and her superb devotion to the beat, are all vitally present in these live performances. Her style was completely musical. She became a rare vocal star in the jazz scene with a strongly individual style, singing with an easy command of intervals and phrasing that sounded as if she were delicately playing a horn. And she chose her songs with care, assembling them with a keen sense of contrast and changes of tempo, so that everything combined to communicate the mood and story of the song. This is Carmen McRae performing at the height of her considerable powers. With so much beat, and so much feeling!

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 0.3 x 5.1 inches; 3.25 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Fresh Sounds Spain
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 26, 2010
Label ‏ : ‎ Fresh Sounds Spain
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0048DBC7K
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #118,177 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,460 in Vocal Jazz (CDs & Vinyl)
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Great record, but easy to miss that it's the same as another with a different name

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2014

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Carmen McRae cast her spell over me ages ago. The two albums on this CD show her at the peak of her powers, working before live audiences in the mid 1960s. On the first (Woman Talk, 12 tracks from 1965) she is accompanied by the six musicians listed at the top of this Amazon page. The second (Live & Wailing, 9 tracks from 1966) is a trio set, with Norman Simmons once again at the piano, but with Victor Sproles and Stu Martin on bass and drums.

As excellent as this record is, I think people should be warned that it has precisely the same material as an earlier release in the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces series titled Alive!, which is also for sale here at a lower price. I can see people buying either version - this one has 24 bit remastering - but I think it's important that they realize the choice exists. It certainly isn't obvious, because the cover art is different and nothing in the Alive! listing tells you which albums are represented. And to make it even less obvious, the track order is different on the 2 CDs.

I absolutely think one of these records belongs in your collection; but I figured someone should tell you so you don't wind up with both. And make no mistake, if you're just getting started with Carmen you'll soon find you want more.

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Carmen McRae

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2013

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I think her voice really comes alive in concert true artistry she really knows how to interpret songs and make them seem her story

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Sadie Softshoe

Two Classic Club Dates

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2015

Woman Talk: Live At The Village Gate
Recorded: Live at the Village Gate, New York City, November 1963.
Carmen McRae, vocals; Ray Beckenstein, flute; Norman Simmons, piano; Joe Puma, guitar; Paul Breslin, bass; Frank Severino, drums; Jose Mangual, bongos.
Originally released as Carmen McRae Live At The Village Gate-Woman Talk. Mainstream S 6065, (1965).
With the opening notes of “Sometimes I’m Happy,” Carmen McRae and her bass player Paul Breslin let you know that she and her seven-piece band came into the Village Gate to swing. But it was a hard standard to maintain with the evening’s mixed bag of tunes. McRae always included a song identified with her idol, Billie Holiday and “Don’t Explain” is one of the longest and best on the album. She was willing to try new material with varying results. Johnny Mandel “Shadow Of Your Smile” from the film The Sandpiper, is one of her more successful offerings despite its sleepy pace. McRae was among the first to appreciate this modern standard. She also includes 3 Anthony Newley songs (“Where Would You Be Without Me,” “Feelin’ Good,” and “Look At That Face.”) that were atmospherically arranged (with bongos). Newley had a show on Broadway at the time and was a frequent guest on the late night New York based talk shows, so these tunes were familiar to the audience. They are balanced by several Songbook tunes by Rogers & Hart (“I Wish In Were In Love Again,” and “The Sweetest Sounds”) and Coleman and Grant tune (“Kick Off Your Shoes”) as well as the aforementioned “Sometimes I’m Happy” and “Don’t Explain.” The other tunes, including “Woman Talk” (a questionable updating of Neal Hefti’s “Girl Talk”) are OK fillers.
Live & Wailing: Live at the Half Note
Carmen McRae, vocals; Norman Simmons, piano; Victor Sproles, bass; Stu Martin, drums.
Recorded: Live at the Half Note, June, 1966.
Originally released as Carmen McRae Live & Wailing. Mainstream S6110 (1966).
Six months later at the Half Note, McRae was more in her element with her trio. The tunes are all Songbook classics or jazz standards that suit her voice and temperament. As was her style, she opens with a swinger, “Perdido,” allowing Norman Simmons a nice solo. She then glides into a Songbook standard, “Love Is Here To Stay.” Simmons’ piano and Martin’s bongos open “Love For Sale,” allowing McRae to get mellow as she explores the tune’s mood and lyrics. It’s the longest tune of the set. Then “Miss Brown to You” picks up things. Slipping into mellow time again but with a bit of beat is “Too Close For Comfort.” “You’d Better Go Now,” a conversation between McRae and Simmons’ piano, could have been a closer on more mellow night. As always, Billie leaves her calling card-here its “Trav’lin’ Light.” “Midnight Sun” continues the mood with its memories of lost but remembered love. McRae ends her set with a bit of scat in the upbeat “If I Could Be With You.” The Half Note session is clearly the stronger of the two. That said, it’s nice to have both available for comparison.

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