Joe Williams & Carmen McRae - Blues in My Heart (1979)

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Title: Blues in My Heart
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Past Perfect [205796-203]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 62:16
Total Size: 408 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Suivez le Chef (Bolling) - 3:08
02. Work Song (Adderley) - 2:59
03. Blues in My Heart (Mills-Carter) - 3:11
04. Just the Way You Are (Joel) - 6:42
05. Rock Rhythm (Ellington) - 4:52
06. It Don't Mean a Thing (Mills-Ellington) - 3:22
07. Them There Eyes (Pinkard-Tracey-Tauber) - 3:56
08. Body and Soul (Heyman-Sour-Eyton-Green) - 5:51
09. Bowling Green (Daley-Callier) - 4:48
10. 'Tis Autumn (Nemo-Fox) - 4:32
11. Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson) - 2:20
12. Jungle Trap (Bolling) - 5:21
13. End of a Beautiful Friendship (Duke) - 2:55
14. Backbone (Jones) - 7:00
15. For Jammers Only (Bolling) - 1:19
Joe Williams & Carmen McRae - Blues in My Heart (1979)

personnel :

Carmen McRae, Joe Williams - vocals
Cat Anderson, Fernand Verstraete, Louis Vezant, Maurice Thomas, Patrick Artero, Thad Jones - trumpet
Benny Vasseur, Bill Tamper, Michel Camicas - trombone
Emile Vilain - bass trombone
Andre Villeger, Claude Tissendier - saxophone
Jean Aldegon, Marcel Canillar - saxophone, flute
Pierre Gossez - saxophone, bass clarinet
Barthelemy Raffo - guitar
Claude Bolling - piano
Guy Pedersen - bass
Maurice Bouchon - drums

Since the cover of this album displays the words "Carmen McRae & Friends" with the words "Thad Jones, Cat Anderson" in smaller print beneath them, one might assume that the "friends" referred to are Jones and Anderson. Actually, this no-frills album is a condensation of the Personal Choice Records release Jazz Gala '79 (PC-51001), recorded at the European MIDEM convention in January 1979 featuring various artists, among them McRae, Jones's orchestra, and Anderson. In fact, despite the headlining status she is accorded here, McRae is only heard on half of the ten tracks. (Joe Williams, uncredited, duets with her on "Them There Eyes.") There is some spirited singing and playing, but the truth-in-packing problems make this a dubious purchase.~William Ruhlmann