Velvet Soul

~ Release by Carmen McRae (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

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1Nice Work If You Can Get It
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
producer:
Sonny Lester
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (in 1973)
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)
2:52
2It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Micki Grant
3:50
3I Fall in Love Too Easily
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
I Fall in Love Too Easily (in 1973)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
AF Encore Fund LLC, Applause and Encore Music, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:50
4Hey John
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Hey John (in 1973)
lyricist:
Jim Council (James Thomas Council)
writer:
Blossom Dearie
3:26
5Where Are the Words
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Where Are the Words (in 1973)
writer:
Frank Severino
3:20
6Straighten Up and Fly Right
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right (in 1973)
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, 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 コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30)
3:02
7Inside a Silent Tear
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
cover recording of:
Inside a Silent Tear (in 1973)
lyricist:
Mahriah Blackwolf
composer:
Blossom Dearie
6:11
8Imagination
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Imagination (in 1973)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
4:24
9The Right to Love
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
The Right to Love (in 1973)
writer:
Gene Lees and Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
4:19
10All the Things You Are
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1973)
drums (drum set):
Frank Severino (in 1973)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (in 1973)
percussion and vibraphone [vibes]:
Larry Bunker (in 1973)
piano:
Dick Shreve (in 1973)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (in 1973)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
4:03
11You're Mine You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
You’re Mine, You (in 1973-03)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
3:13
12You and I
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
cover recording of:
You and I (in 1973-03)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Arabella Éditions Musicales SARL, Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
sub-publisher:
大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4:51
13How Could I Settle for Less
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
How Could I Settle for Less (in 1973-03)
lyricist:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist) and Jean Broussolle
composer:
Sacha Distel
2:44
14The Good Life
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
The Good Life (in 1973-03)
lyricist:
Jack Reardon (American songwriter)
composer:
Sacha Distel (in 1962)
publisher:
Intersong USA, Inc. (publisher) and Prosadis
version of:
Marina
2:54
15Sunshine of My Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
cover recording of:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (in 1973-03)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
3:13
16Exactly Like You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Exactly Like You (in 1973-03)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
writer:
Fritz Löhner-Beda (librettist, lyricist, writer)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
3:45
17There Will Come a Time
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
There Will Come a Time (in 1973-03)
writer:
Shelton Brooks
4:20
18Masquerade
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Masquerade (in 1973-03)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1931)
composer:
John Jacob Loeb (in 1931)
4:09
19Livin'
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1973-03)
bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1973-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Madison (in 1973-03)
guitar:
Bucky Pizzarelli (in 1973-03)
piano:
Tom Garvin (in 1973-03)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1973-03)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1973-03)
remixer:
Norio Okada
recording of:
Livin' (in 1973-03)
writer:
Tom Garvin
4:29