Decca · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Carmen For Cool Ones
| Recorded | Dec 5-16, 1957 |
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| Label | Decca |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 24 credited players |
| Discogs | master 780980 |
The record
A late-'50s Decca date built on unusually cool, chamber-ish textures -- flutes, bass clarinets, cello, and french horn threaded around McRae's phrasing rather than a standard rhythm section. Sophisticated arranging choices let her cool, behind-the-beat delivery breathe in ways a straight quartet setting wouldn't allow.
Session personnel
- Ike Isaacs — bass
- Red Mitchell — bass
- Justin Gordon — bass clarinet
- Mahlon Clark — bass clarinet
- Fred Katz — cello
- George W. Smith — clarinet
- Larry Bunker — drums
- Specs Wright — drums
- William Green — flute
- Harry Klee — flute [solo]
- Buddy Collette — flute, alto saxophone
- Vincent DeRosa — french horn
- Billy Bean — guitar
- Joe Gibbons — guitar
- Champ Webb — oboe
- Calvin Jackson — piano
- Joe Marino — piano
- John Williams — piano, celesta
- Bob Enevoldsen — trombone
- Milt Bernhart — trombone
- Pete Candoli — trumpet
- Ray Linn — trumpet
- John Thomas Johnson — tuba
- Frank Flynn — vibraphone, marimba
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Decca · DL 8738 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1958 | Decca — MONO |
| 1958 | Decca · DL 8738 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1959 | Festival Records · FL-7059 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1974 | MCA Records · MCA-3114 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1992 | Decca · MVCM-268 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2000 | Decca · UCCC-3014 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2000 | Decca · UCCC-3014 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
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