Carmen McRae - Sings Lover Man & Other Billie Holiday Classics / Carme

• LIMITED EDITION 3-PANEL DIGIPACK + INSIDE BOOKLET• BONUS ALBUM: CARMEN MCRAE (BETHLEHEM)• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKSPresented here is the complete original LP Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics (Columbia CS8530), which as its title indicates, was McRae’s tribute to the great Lady Day. All other existing songs from the sessions, as well as the complete original LP Carmen McRae (Bethlehem BCP1023) and two additional tunes, have been added as a bonus.PERSONNEL:CARMEN McRAE, vocalsNAT ADDERLEY, cornetEDDIE “LOCKJAW” DAVIS, tenor saxMUNDELL LOWE, guitarNORMAN SIMMONS, pianoBOB CRANSHAW, bassWALTER PERKINS, drumsNew York, June 29 & July 26, 1961.(*) BONUS Album [15-22]: CARMEN McRAE (Bethlehem BCP1023)Carmen McRae (vcl) plus Herbie Mann (fl, ts),Tony Scott (cl), Mat Mathews (accord), Dick Katz (p),Mundell Lowe (g), Percy Heath, Wendell Marshall (b),Osie Johnson, Kenny Clarke (d), among others.New York, October-December 1954.(**) Bonus tracks [23-24]:Carmen McRae (vcl; also piano on 24),Billy Strayhorn (p on 23), Mundell Lowe (g),Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d).New York, June 14, 1955.TRACKS:01. Them There Eyes02. Yesterdays03. I’m Gonna Lock My Heart04. Strange Fruit05. Mi ss Brown to You06. My Man07. I Cried for You08. Lover Man09. Trav’lin’ Light10. S ome Other Spring11. W hat a Little Moonlight Can Do12. God Bless the Child13. If the Moon Turns Green14. The Christmas Song15. E asy to Love (*)16. If I’m Lucky (*)17. Ol d Devil Moon (*)18. Tip Toe Gently (*)19. Y ou Made Me Care (*)20. Last Time for Love (*)21. Misery (*)22. Too Much in Love to Care (*)23. S omething to Live For (**)24. Supper Time (**)TOTAL TIME: 76:32 Min.