Ballad Essentials

Carmen McRae

Concord

Jack McDuff plays on two of the tracks on this collection of music that was recorded between 1980 and 1987.

Tracks

• I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (Crosby / Washington / Young)
• These Foolish Things (Link / Marvell / Strachey)
• Come in out of the Rain (Russell / Sigman / Wates)
• The Visit (Lins / Martins / Neves)
• More Than You Know (Eliscu / Rose / Youmans)
• Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Cahn / Chaplin / Freeman / Holiner / Nichols)
• You're Looking at Me (Troup)
• Too Late Now (Lane / Lerner)
• If I Had You (Campbell / Connelly / Shapiro)
• Besame Mucho (Skylar / Velazquez)
• If I Should Lose You (Rainger / Robin)
• Fine and Mellow (Holiday)

The tracks featuring Jack McDuff, Fine And Mellow and These Foolish Things, were originally released on;

• Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West, Carmen McRae, 1990