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Title information
How I Wish
Carmen McRae
Date of recording
April 1988, New York City
Audio sample
Performers
Carmen McRae (Soloist) (vocals)
* 8.4.1920, New York City, New York (NY), United States
† 10.11.1994, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States
Clifford Jordan (Soloist) (tenor sax)
* 2.9.1931, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States
† 27.3.1993, New York City, New York (NY), United States
Authors
Thelonious Monk (Composer)
* 10.10.1917, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (NC), United States
† 17.2.1982, Weehawken, New Jersey (NJ), United States
Jon Hendricks (Text author)
* 16.9.1921, Newark, Ohio (OH), United States
† 22.11.2017, New York City, New York (NY), United States
Album information
Carmen Sings Monk
Carmen McRae
Year of production
1990
Record Label
RCA, Novus
Tracks
- 1. Get it straight = Straight, no chaser (orig.)
- 2. Dear Ruby = Ruby, my dear (orig.)
- 3. It's over now = Well you needn't (orig.)
- 4. Monkery's the Blues = Blue Monk (orig.)
- 5. You know who = I mean you (orig.)
- 6. Little butterfly = Pannonica (orig.)
- 7. Listen to Monk = Rhythm-a-ning (orig.)
- 8. How I wish = Ask me now (orig.)
- 9. Man, that was a dream = Monk's dream (orig.)
- 10. Round about midnight
- 11. Still we dream = Ugly beauty (orig.)
- 12. Suddenly = In walked Bud
- 13. Looking back = Reflections (orig.)
- 14. Suddently = In walked Bud (orig.)
- 15. Get it straight = Straight, no chaser (orig.)
