MCRAE, CARMEN: CARMEN SINGS MONK

Carmen McRae (8 April 1920) was an American singer and actress. She began playing the piano at the age of eight. She made her first recording with Mercer Ellington in 1946. Her five-year collaboration with Decca Records resulted in twelve LPs.

Tracklist

Get It Straight (Live Recording) / Dear Ruby / It's Over Now / Monkery's The Blues / You Know Who / Little Butterfly / Listen To Monk / How I Wish / Man, That Was A Dream / Round Midnight / Still We Dream / Suddenly (Live Recording) / Looking Back / Suddenly (Studio Recording) / Get It Straight (Studio Recording) / 'Round Midnight (Alternate Version) / Listen To Monk (Alternate Take) / Man, That Was A Dream (Alternate Take)