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Birds of a feather / Carmen McRae ; orchestra directed by Ralph Burns.

By: McRae, Carmen [performer].
Contributor(s): Burns, Ralph [conductor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelMusicPublisher: New York : The Verve Music Group, [2002]Description: 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discSubject(s): Popular music -- 1951-1960 | Jazz vocals | Jazz -- 1951-1960DDC classification: CD-JZ/MCR-BIR
Contents:
Skylark / Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer -- Bob White (Whatcha gonna swing tonight?) / Bernie Hanighen and Johnny Mercer -- A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square / Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin -- Mister Meadowlark / Walter Donaldson and Johnny Mercer -- Bye bye blackbird / Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon -- Flamingo / Ted Grouya and Ed Anderson -- The eagle and me / Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg -- Baltimore oriole / Hoagy Carmichael and Paul Francis Webster -- When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along / Harry Woods -- Chicken today and feathers tomorrow / Johnny Marks -- When the swallows come back to Capistrano / Leon Rene -- His eye is on the sparrow.
Carmen McRae, vocals ; Ralph Burns, conductor
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library CD CD-JZ/MCR-BIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00207336
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Yes, there's a concept on the loose here -- all the songs are about birds. Fortunately, there are plenty of good songs on the subject, and it's not so narrow that all the focus hinges on birds themselves. Carmen McRae is supported by a good small group, directed and arranged by Ralph Burns, featuring guitarist Mundell Lowe and many solos for an uncredited "tenorman" (i.e., Ben Webster). Both McRae and Webster do their best on the driving, horn-heavy score for "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight)." First, Webster follows closely along with trumpeter Irwin "Marky" Markowitz while McRae vocalizes clearly and with some swing, then launches a beautiful solo before McRae returns for the closer. Other highlights include the touching "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and a relaxed, pastoral "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano." ~ John Bush

Jazz and popular songs.

Skylark / Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer -- Bob White (Whatcha gonna swing tonight?) / Bernie Hanighen and Johnny Mercer -- A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square / Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin -- Mister Meadowlark / Walter Donaldson and Johnny Mercer -- Bye bye blackbird / Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon -- Flamingo / Ted Grouya and Ed Anderson -- The eagle and me / Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg -- Baltimore oriole / Hoagy Carmichael and Paul Francis Webster -- When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along / Harry Woods -- Chicken today and feathers tomorrow / Johnny Marks -- When the swallows come back to Capistrano / Leon Rene -- His eye is on the sparrow.

Carmen McRae, vocals ; Ralph Burns, conductor

Recorded in New York on August 4-8, 1958.

Compact disc