Live at Bubba's [Live]

Editorial Reviews
Edith Hamilton, Jazz Critic, The Miami Herald
The album is a potpourri of Carmen McRae, with her mesmerizing style that flirts with the melody at every turn, but still keeps a jazzy distance. Three highlights stand out in a glittering evening: Send in the Clowns, New York State of Mind, and Superwoman. Each presents a different side of the singer who has never forsaken her jazz roots despite repeated commercial pressure to dilute her music for a mass market.

Album Description
A superb recording from the crowned Queen of Jazz. Includes Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman," Roger & Hart's " Thou Swell," Steven Sondheim's "Send In the Clowns," Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On?," and Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind." A fascinating recording from Carmen McRae.

Live at Bubba's, Music, Carmen McRae, Jazz, Jazz Music, Jazz Vocals, Pop, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz

Live At the Temple Bar Theatre, Dublin
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Live At the Temple Bar Theatre, Dublin

Manufacturer: Mother Bubba Ship Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0007WSUEY

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Live Recording from the Christian band's 1997 tour. 11 tracks.

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Exquisite
Classic Carmen
ESSENTIAL!!!

Live at Bubba's
Carmen McRae
Manufacturer: Point Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I17T
Release Date: 1999-02-16

Tracks:

Black Magic
Superwoman
I Concentrate On You
New York State Of Mind
Underneath The Apple Tree
Thou Swell
Send In The Clowns
I Just Can't Wait To See You
How Long Has This Been Going On
If I Were A Bell
My Foolish Heart
Secret Love

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Exquisite.......2002-10-06

(Note: this CD is really titled "Live at Bubba's," not "Budda's" as listed here on Amazon.)

They say the older the grape, the sweeter the wine, and such is the case with Carmen McRae. It doesn't seem possible that any one singer could become any more better with age than Carmen McRae, and this album proves it. She inhabits a song like no other singer in history. Her virtuosity as a musician is front and center at this live and intimate show, where she reinvents traditional and contemporary songs into their absolute definitive versions. Take "New York State of Mind" or "Send in the Clowns" for example. I personally have never liked "Send in the Clowns" ever, until I heard Carmen sing it here. It's amazing, simply amazing, what she does with this tune. And the same can be said for every tune in this set. But the absolute high point on this CD is the luscious, melancholy and exquisite "My Foolish Heart." If this doesn't move you to tears, nothing will.... it's one of the great jazz vocal performances of all time. "How Long Has this Been Going On" is another definitive moment in music history available right here on this CD.

Don't hesitate in purchasing this superlative work of art. This is Carmen McRae at her absolute best.

Classic Carmen.......2002-07-16

This album is a wonderful Mcrae performance. She tackled standard material and current material. She is esepcially wonderful on Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman" and Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind". Carmen more than any other jazz singer consistently appreciated current songwriters with wonderful lyrics. She translates music from any genre into the jazz idiom with ease. Her "Send in the Clowns" is great and so is my "Secret Love". What's the best bet for jazz lovers? Carmen Mcrae !!

ESSENTIAL!!!.......2000-03-29

Carmen McRae live, and at her very best...

ABSOLUTLY AWESOME

Belongs in every jazz collectors music library

Tracks:

Oh, Lady Be Good
What's New
There Is No Greater Love
Chef
I Can't Get Started - Beryl Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Sonny Stitt
Lester Leaps In
Sonny's Blues
Old Folks
Lax
Yesterdays
Four

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Live at Bubba's
Ahmad Jamal
Manufacturer: Who's Who in Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000000VR
Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

Waltz for Debby
Folks Who Live On The Hill
People
BAIA
The Good Life
Autumn In New York
I've Never Been In Love Before

Album Description

When listening to an artist such as Ahmad Jamal, you must try to understand the many facets of the individual, and then further understand what is going on inside his head and heart at the time of the given performance. Only then can you appreciate the emotional content that finds its way from an artist, through the music, to the audience. When we decided to record Ahmad Jamal Live at Bubba's on March 20, 1980, Ahmad was reluctant to do so due to some personal problems. At it turned out, whatever it was that was on his mind, added a dimension to his music never before captured on record.

Ahmad performed an evening of emotions instilled into some of the most beautiful music ever recorded by any pianist. In "People" and "Folks Who Live on the Hill" his feelings come through with a diversity of technique, exposing the inner Jamal. When he performs the Bill Evans tune, "Waltz for Debbie," you feel the love and respect Ahmad had for Bill. He treats the song as a tribute to an artist and expresses a multitude of feelings for the man.

Tracks:

Black Magic
How Long Has This Been Going On?
If I Were a Bell
My Foolish Heart
New York State of Mind
Secret Love
Send in the Clowns
Thou Swell
Underneath the Apple Tree
Last Winter
I Just Can't Wait to See You

Album Description

A superb recording from the crowned Queen of Jazz. Includes Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman," Roger & Hart's " Thou Swell," Steven Sondheim's "Send In the Clowns," Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On?," and Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind." A fascinating recording from Carmen McRae.

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Highly worthy Carmen for collectors.......2003-01-14

If you're new to Carmen, start with something from the early sixties (e.g. the newly reissued "Bittersweet"). You'll not only hear the consummate jazz artist and song interpreter but a vocal instrument capable of producing lovely, sustained tones.

This album, a fine representation of Carmen's night club act in the 80's, not only captures her voice with almost overly "present" audio fidelity but demonstrates her uncanny sense of time and ability to phrase behind (way behind!) the beat. And as always, Carmen is in charge of the drama in every lyric, never leaving the slightest doubt about what word she's singing.

At times on this album--the beginning of the last decade of her career--I have the feeling that Carmen's expressive intentions exceed her vocal equipment, producing a few forced, even distracting, tones in the upper register. Also, the repertory is at best inconsistent ("Superwoman," "New York State of Mind," and even "Send in the Clowns"--at least without Sinatra--are some of the tunes that have not fared all that well with the passing of time).

In top form!.......2000-01-31

Recorded at the end of a two week engagement in 1981, McRae is at her effortless best on this live recording. McRae glides through standards such as "Secret Love". 'How long Has This Been Going On" and "Thou Swell". McRae makes contemporary musings of "New York State of Mind"and "Last Winter" are pure magic. McRae recreates the usually bland "Send in the Clowns" and turns it into an almost "aria-like" work of art. Don't miss out on this wonderful set!

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Wynton as I would like to hear him play today

Live at Bubba's
Wynton Marsalis
Manufacturer: Jazz World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003D7S
Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

One By One
Angel Eyes
Round 'Bout Midnight
ETA
Time Will Tell
Moanin'
Free For All
Blakey's Theme

Tracks:

My Funny Valentine
Bitter Dose
Jodi
Wheel Within A Wheel
Gypsy
Soulful Mr. Timmons
My Ideal
Blakey's Theme

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Wynton as I would like to hear him play today.......2000-02-15

I have bought several CDs by Mr W Marsalis and have indeed seen him here in concert in London, but I still maintain that his playing on this CD will always remain quintessential Wynton Marsalis for me. His rendetion of "My Funny Valentine" with his father Ellis Marsalis at the piano, is one I could listen to constantly without ever tiring. There is a youthful exuberance that comes through in his playing, the sweetness of which makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up straight. There are many great trumpeters that one could listen to, but if you have never been taken by Wynton Marsalis, this CD will surely change your mind. Should you also take a fancy to his father's piano playing, then it is worthwhile investing in his solo CD called "Heart of Gold".

Wynton Marsalis will never be a Miles Davis, or even a Chet Baker (of whom I am also a big fan), but his playing here whilst still a teenager is defiantely not to be ignored. He should have stayed a little longer with the Messengers and who knows, he might have become a more free flowing player (as he was in his youth), than the technically perfect player he is today. If there were ever a music in which mistakes didn't always sound bad, than that is Jazz, It is a shame as he has become more recognised, so that youthful exuberance has gradually disappeared.

Sonny, Sweets & Jaws - Recorded Live At Bubba's
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Sonny, Sweets & Jaws - Recorded Live At Bubba's
Sonny Stitt , Harry Sweets Edison , and Eddie Lockjaw Davis
Manufacturer: Who's Who in Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000E17LXE