Album · 2001
Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen
- Released
- 2001
- Label
- Atlantic Records
- Catalogue no.
- COL CD 6835
- Tracklist
- 23 tracks
- Length
- 1:13:15
- Country
- US
“Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen” is an album by Carmen McRae, released in 2001 on Atlantic Records. The original release has 23 tracks with a running time of 1:13:15. Jazz standards on the record include “Day By Day”, “The Folks Who Live On The Hill”, “I Got It Bad” and “Poor Butterfly”. The line-up features Carmen McRae (vocals), Francois Vaz (guitar), Norman Simmons (electric piano, piano), Shorty Rogers (arranger, conductor) and Anatol Kaminsky (violin).
Who played on Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen
- Carmen McRae vocals on 12 tracks
- Francois Vaz guitar on 12 tracks
- Norman Simmons electric piano, piano on 12 tracks
- Shorty Rogers arranger, conductor on 12 tracks
- Anatol Kaminsky violin on 8 tracks
- Bernard Kundell violin on 8 tracks
- Dave Frisina violin on 8 tracks
- Dick Nash trombone on 8 tracks
- Herman Clebanoff violin on 8 tracks
- Jack Sheldon trumpet on 8 tracks
- Larry Bunker percussion on 8 tracks
- Lew McCreary trombone on 8 tracks
- Mike Deasy guitar on 8 tracks
- Nathan Kaproff violin on 8 tracks
- Sam Freed violin on 8 tracks
- [unknown] strings on 4 tracks
- Al Hendrickson guitar on 4 tracks
- Bob West bass on 4 tracks
- Buddy Childers trumpet on 4 tracks
- Emil Radocchia percussion on 4 tracks
- Gene Cipriano saxophone on 4 tracks
- James Gordon drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
- James Horn saxophone on 4 tracks
- Jimmy Jones arranger, conductor on 4 tracks
- Jimmy Zito trumpet on 4 tracks
- Joe Comfort bass on 4 tracks
- John Collins drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
- John Lowe saxophone on 4 tracks
- Lou Raderman concertmaster on 4 tracks
- Max Bennett bass on 4 tracks
- Paul Humphrey drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
- Tommy Tedesco guitar on 4 tracks
- Vincent DeRosa French horn on 4 tracks
Tracklist
- 1 The Sound of Silence — Paul Simon 3:01
- 2 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good standard — Duke Ellington 3:28
- 3 MacArthur Park — Jimmy Webb 4:01
- 4 Watch What Happens standard — Michel Legrand 2:35
- 5 Stardust — Hoagy Carmichael 4:06
- 6 Don't Go Away 2:17
- 7 Gloomy Sunday — Rezső Seress 4:05
- 8 I Sold My Heart to the Junkman 3:43
- 9 Poor Butterfly standard — John Raymond Hubbell 2:20
- 10 My Heart Reminds Me — Camillo Bargoni 2:31
- 11 The Folks Who Live on the Hill standard — Jerome Kern 4:28
- 12 Can You Tell 2:14
- 13 I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco — Tommy Wolf 3:05
- 14 Elusive Butterfly — Bob Lind 3:03
- 15 Day by Day standard — Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston 2:29
- 16 When You Get Around to Me 2:58
- 17 Walking Happy — Jimmy Van Heusen 2:41
- 18 My Very Own Person — Gene DiNovi 2:59
- 19 Ask Any Woman 3:01
- 20 Boy, Do I Have a Surprise for You 3:26
- 21 Loads of Love — Richard Rodgers 3:59
- 22 I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do 4:34
- 23 Wonder Why — Nicholas Brodzsky 2:13
Production
- Andy Richardson engineer, recording
- Nesuhi Ertegun producer
More albums by Carmen McRae
Frequently asked questions
Who played on Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen?
The line-up of Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen includes Carmen McRae (vocals), Francois Vaz (guitar), Norman Simmons (electric piano, piano), Shorty Rogers (arranger, conductor), Anatol Kaminsky (violin), Bernard Kundell (violin), Dave Frisina (violin) and Dick Nash (trombone).
Which label released Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen?
Sound of Silence / Portrait of Carmen was released in 2001 on Atlantic Records (COL CD 6835).
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