| Carmen Sings Monk | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | January 30 & February 1, 1988* April 12 & 13, 1988**[1] | |||
| Venue | Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA* | |||
| Studio | Clinton Recording Studio, New York** | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 65:02 | |||
| Label | Novus | |||
| Producer | Larry Clothier | |||
| Carmen McRae chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
Carmen Sings Monk is a 1990 studio album by the American jazz singer Carmen McRae, focusing exclusively on the songs composed by Thelonious Monk. It was one of the last recordings released in her lifetime. McRae was accompanied by Clifford Jordan on soprano and tenor saxophone, and a rhythm section with pianist Eric Gunnison, bassist George Mraz and Al Foster on drums. Two songs, namely "Get It Straight" and "Suddenly" (i.e. "In Walked Bud"), were recorded earlier that year live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, who played the longest time with Monk. The rhythm section was almost the same, then with Larry Willis on piano.
McRae was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards for her performance on this album.[4]
- ^ Cf. production credits on album booklet image, page 3, of the 2001 re-release on Bluebird on Discogs.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. Carmen Sings Monk at AllMusic
- ^ Robert Christgau review Archived April 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Grammy Award Database