The Sound of Silence

Who played on The Sound of Silence

• Carmen McRae vocals all tracks
• Francois Vaz guitar all tracks
• Norman Simmons electric piano, piano all tracks
• Shorty Rogers arranger, conductor all 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. A1 The Sound of Silence — Paul Simon 3:05
2. A2 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good standard — Duke Ellington 3:29
3. A3 MacArthur Park — Jimmy Webb 4:03
4. A4 Watch What Happens standard — Michel Legrand 2:38
5. A5 Stardust — Hoagy Carmichael 4:08
6. A6 Don't Go Away 2:19
7. B1 Gloomy Sunday — Rezső Seress 4:11
8. B2 I Sold My Heart to the Junkman 3:45
9. B3 Poor Butterfly standard — John Raymond Hubbell 2:21
10. B4 My Heart Reminds Me — Camillo Bargoni 2:33
11. B5 The Folks Who Live on the Hill standard — Jerome Kern 4:30
12. B6 Can You Tell 2:18

Production

• Andy Richardson engineer, recording
• Nesuhi Ertegun producer

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