Carmen McRae - Great Women of Song (Vinyl) Bettie Serveert and within two years of

and within two years of its release it had disappeared from the marketplace completely

the language of Twitter memes becomes modernist poetry as her breathy contralto voice sings lines like

The follow up to his acclaimed 2021 LP Polydans

all ten tracks were written by Mitchell and the album features a self-portrait as its artwork

Carmen McRae - Great Women of Song (Vinyl) Bettie Serveert and within two years ofLike her idol Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae could own a ballad and make it all her own. She could also swing every bit as hard as her other main influence, Ella Fitzgerald. Coming up during the bebop era and under the musical sway of Thelonious Monk, Carmen made a series of recordings for the Decca label that would cement her reputation and launch a career close to 50 years. Whether in small groups or backed by a studio orchestra, Carmen McRae recorded