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Carmen for Cool Ones is a 1958 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by cellist Fred Katz. The studio sessions were recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 5, 16, 1957 and released in 1958 on the Decca Records label. Discovered and signed to the label by Decca’s A&R head Milt Gabler to fill the void and niche Ella Fitzgerald created, this was her sixth album for the label.

Tracks | 36:15 1. All the Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 2. A Shoulder to Cry On 3. Any Old Time (Artie Shaw) 4. Weak for the Man (Jeanne Burns) 5. What’s New? (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) 6. I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter) 7. What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry? (Walter Donaldson/Abe Lyman) 8. Without a Word of Warning (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) 9. If I Were a Bell (Frank Loesser) 10. You Are Mine 11. The Night We Called It a Day (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) 12. I_Remember_Clifford_(song)”>I Remember Clifford (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) Players

  • Carmen McRae – vocals, piano
  • Fred Katz – arranger, conductor, cello
  • Ike Isaacs – double bass
  • Joe Marino – celeste, piano
  • Mahlon Clark – bass clarinet
  • Justin Gordon – saxophone
  • George W. Smith – clarinet
  • Specs Wright – drums
  • Buddy Collette – flute, alto saxophone
  • Harry Klee – flute
  • Vincent DeRosa – French horn
  • Joseph R. Gibbons – guitar
  • Frank Emilio Flynn – marimba, vibraphone
  • Warren Webb – oboe
  • Thirteen string players

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