6 Queens of Jazz Vocal

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Carmen McRae, Peggy Lee, Helen Merrill, Monica Zetterlund (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Discs 1 and 6 are in stereo whereas discs 2, 3, 4 and 5 are in mono.

Annotation last modified on 2022-10-31 17:56 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Hybrid SACD: Ella Fitzgerald: Like Someone in Love
2▶Hybrid SACD: Anita O’Day: Anita Sings the Most [MONO]
3▼Hybrid SACD: Carmen McRae: After Glow [MONO]
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1I Can’t Escape From You
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
I Can’t Escape From You (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Carmen McRae3:37
2Guess Who I Saw Today
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Guess Who I Saw Today (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist:
Elisse Boyd (in 1952)
composer:
Murray Grand (in 1952)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Carmen McRae3:39
3My Funny Valentine
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Carmen McRae4:23
4It’s the Little Things That Mean So Much
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Little Things That Mean So Much (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Teddy Wilson
Carmen McRae3:18
5I'm Thru With Love
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-04-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-04-18)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-04-18)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-04-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
I’m Thru With Love (on 1957-04-18)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Fud Livingston and Matty Malneck
publisher:
Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc. (pre‐MGM/UA Entertainment Co. era, 1924–1981) (on 1931-04-17)
Carmen McRae4:13
6Nice Work If You Can Get It
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-04-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-04-18)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-04-18)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-04-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1957-04-18)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Carmen McRae2:33
7East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Brooks Bowman (in 1934)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co.
Carmen McRae2:18
8Exactly Like You
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Exactly Like You (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
writer:
Fritz Löhner-Beda (librettist, lyricist, writer)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
Carmen McRae2:13
9All My Life
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-04-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-04-18)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-04-18)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-04-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
Carmen McRae4:18
10Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-04-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-04-18)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-04-18)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-04-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (on 1957-04-18)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Mills Music, S.A. Music Co. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
Carmen McRae2:30
11Dream of Life
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Dream of Life (Carmen McRae song) (on 1957-03-06)
writer:
Luther Henderson and Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae4:04
12Perdido
double bass:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1957-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Specs” Wright (on 1957-03-06)
piano:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1957-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recording of:
Perdido (with lyrics) (on 1957-03-06)
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (songwriter) (in 1944) and Hans J. Lengsfelder (in 1944)
composer:
Juan Tizol (in 1941)
arranger:
Les Harris (Sr., arranger)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
version of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
Carmen McRae2:19
4▶Hybrid SACD: Peggy Lee: Black Coffee [MONO]
5▶Hybrid SACD: Helen Merrill: Helen Merril [MONO]
6▶Hybrid SACD: Monica Zetterlund: Waltz for Debby