Take Five Live

Take Five Live
Live album by Carmen McRae
Released	1962
Recorded	September 6, 1961, Basin Street East, New York City
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	37:17
Label	Columbia
Carmen McRae chronology
Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics (1962) Take Five Live (1962) Woman Talk (1966)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Take Five Live is a 1962 live album by American jazz singer Carmen McRae with pianist Dave Brubeck, focusing on interpretations of his songs. This was McRae's second album with Brubeck; their first, Tonight Only with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was released in 1961.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dave Brubeck and Iola Brubeck; except where indicated

1. "When I Was Young"
2. "In Your Own Sweet Way"
3. "Too Young for Growing Old"
4. "Ode to a Cowboy"
5. "There'll Be No Tomorrow"
6. "Melanctha" (D. Brubeck, Liz Blake)
7. "It's a Raggy Waltz" (D. Brubeck)
8. "Oh So Blue" (D. Brubeck)
9. "Lord, Lord"
10. "Travellin' Blues"
11. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond, I. Brubeck)
12. "Easy as You Go"

Personnel

• Carmen McRae - vocals

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

(except Paul Desmond - alto saxophone)

• Dave Brubeck - piano
• Gene Wright - double bass
• Joe Morello - drums

References

This page was last edited on 7 January 2022, at 00:02