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- How Irene Wilson Kitchings helped her get
started in music.
from "Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland"
- the impact of Billie Holiday
from "For Lady Day, Volume 1," Novus
- her years in Chicago honing her craft.
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standing up away from the piano to sing
for the first time (at Minton�s)
from "Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland"
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how she got her first
recording contract
- recording the Monk album
- the importance of lyrics
And see Carmen sing...
You Tube
has over twenty videos with Carmen most of them professionally recorded:
. several from Ralph Gleason"s Jazz Casual, a
recording from a live television show (1966)
(DVD available for purchase from
your favorite music store.)
. several from Live in Tokyo, recorded in 1988 (also
available in DVD)
. from a concert with the Clark/Boland band (1960s)
. from the 1980 North Sea Jazz Festival ("Miss Otis Regrets")
. from the Montreux Jazz Festival (1982)
. from, the Montreal Jazz Festival (1988) with Clifford Jordan.
EXCELLENT QUALITY
. and from the Cork, Antibes, Blue Note festivals, and a tribute to Billie Holiday at
the Hollywood Bowl.
*Go to You Tube, put "Carmen McRae" in the window and click.
