21:00 Heat Wave A Tribute to Carmen McRae

Heat Wave Irving Berlin Rounder Girls
All In Love Is Fair Stevie Wonder t.b.a.
Besame Mucho Consuelo Velazquez - Sunny Skylar Linda Sharrock
Evil Ways Sonny Henry Anna Lauvergnac
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Duke Ellington Sisters Of Ou!
Love Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin Inga Lewandowska
Upside Down (Flor de Lis) Djavan Ita Moreno
The Visit Ivan Lins - Victor Martins Stella Jones
Speak Low Kurt Weill - Odgen Nash Cornelia Giese
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing Stevie Wonder Dorretta Carter

In the present album Heat Wave, vibraphonist Cal Tjader and the great singer Carmen McRae - who died last November - succeeded in creating an ingenuous synthesis of jazz and Latin music, whereby the unusual backup by two trombones (no trumpets or saxophone!) catches the ear/eye. McRae's voice outshines all others and, with her remarkable feel for phrasing, she is able to handle tunes from such contrasting composers as Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder. Happily, almost every female jazz singer with a name and voice from around these parts will be participating in this tribute. Which doesn't mean that there aren't other vocal talents in the local scene waiting to be discovered... MR

Cal Tjader Carmen McRae Heat Wave rec. San Francisco, January 1982, CJ 189 line up: Cal Tjader: vibes; Carmen McRae: vocals; Marshall Otwell, Mark Levine: piano; Rob Fisher: bass; Vince Lateano: drums; Poncho Sanchez: congas & percussion; Ramon Banda: timbales & percussion; Al Bent, Mike Heathman: trombone

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