The Sound of Silence (album)
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The Sound of Silence is a 1968 studio album by Carmen McRae for Atlantic Records with an orchestra primarily under the musical direction of Shorty Rogers. The first four tracks, recorded on June 26, 1968, were arranged and conducted by Jimmy Jones.
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | June 26–28, 1968, Western Studios, Los Angeles, California[1] | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 8200 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sound of Silence" | Paul Simon | 3:01 |
| 2. | "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" | Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington | 3:27 |
| 3. | "MacArthur Park" | Jimmy Webb | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Watch What Happens" | Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Stardust" | Mitchell Parish, Hoagy Carmichael | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Don't Go Away" | Margo Guryan | 2:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Gloomy Sunday" | László Jávor, Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis | 4:05 |
| 8. | "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman" | Leon René, Otis René | 3:43 |
| 9. | "Poor Butterfly" | John Golden, John Raymond Hubbell | 2:19 |
| 10. | "My Heart Reminds Me" | Camillo Bargoni, Danpa, Al Stillman | 2:30 |
| 11. | "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 4:27 |
| 12. | "Can You Tell" | Guryan | 2:14 |
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Personnel edit
- Carmen McRae – vocals
- Shorty Rogers – arranger, musical director (except tracks 2, 4, 5, 11)
- Jimmy Jones – arranger, conductor (2, 4, 5, 11)
- Buddy Childers, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Zito – trumpet
- Dick Nash, Lew McCreary – trombone
- Vincent DeRosa – French horn
- Jim Horn, John Lowe – saxophones
- Norman Simmons – electric piano, piano
- Mike Deasy – guitar
- Tommy Tedesco – guitar
- Francois Vaz – guitar
- Al Hendrickson – guitar
- Max Bennett – bass
- Bob West – bass
- James Gordon – drums
- Paul Humphrey – drums
- Emil Radocchia – percussion
- Larry Bunker – percussion
References edit
- ^ Cf. Carmen McRae 1960s sessionography on Jazzdiscography.com
- ^ "The Sound of Silence". Allmusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.