Album: Fine and Mellow (live at Birdland West) by Carmen McRae (1988)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Live

Description: Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West is a 1988 live album by Carmen McRae.

McRae was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards for her performance on this album.

Artist Background: Carmen McRae always had a nice voice (if not on the impossible level of an Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan) but it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretations of lyrics that made her most memorable. She studied piano early on and had her first important job singing with Benny Carter's big band (1944), but it would be another decade before her career had really gained much momentum. McRae married and divorced Kenny Clarke in the '40s, worked with Count Basie (briefly) and Merc... Part of the American music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Related Artists: Sarah Vaughan, Chris Connor, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day

Music Scene: Part of the American music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 1980s, Live


Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West is a 1988 live album by Carmen McRae.

McRae was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards for her performance on this album.

Fine and Mellow (live at Birdland West)

Carmen McRae

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