- jazz
- 34 min
- 12 tracks
- Decca Records
By Special Request is a 1955 studio album by American jazz singer Carmen McRae, her first release on Decca Records. In some songs, McRae is joined by the Matt Matthews quintet, while others feature pianist Dick Katz, guitarist Mundell Lowe, bassist Wendell Marshall, and her ex-husband Kenny Clarke on drums. McRae plays piano on "Supper Time", and Billy Strayhorn plays piano on his own composition, "Something to Live For".
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- A1Give Me the Simple Life2:22
- A2Sometimes I’m Happy2:36
- A3Love Is Here to Stay2:42
- A4Something to Live For3:16
- A5I Can’t Get Started3:20
- A6Yardbird Suite2:00
- B1Just One of Those Things2:42
- B2This Will Make You Laugh3:26
- B3My One and Only Love3:12
- B4I’ll Remember April2:41
- B5Supper Time3:03
- B6You Took Advantage of Me2:39
12 tracks, 34 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Carmen McRae, Mat Mathews Quintet
- Label
- Decca Records
- Released
- 1956
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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