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Bittersweet
Studio album by Carmen McRae
Released	1964 (1964)
Recorded	May 20, 1964
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	43:10
Label	Focus
Producer	Mort Fega
Carmen McRae chronology
Live at Sugar Hill (1963) Bittersweet (1964) Second to None (1964)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Bittersweet is a studio album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1964 on producer Mort Feghi's independent label Focus Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. The album received critical acclaim.

Track listing

1. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 3:50
2. "How Did He Look?" (Gladys Shelley, Abner Silver) – 3:08
3. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:36
4. "The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 2:49
5. "If You Could Love Me" (Norman Simmons) – 2:08
6. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:21
7. "Second Chance" (Dory Langdon, André Previn) – 3:37
8. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 2:52
9. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 2:44
10. "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) – 3:23
11. "Ghost of Yesterday" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 3:09
12. "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 2:53
13. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 2:40

Personnel

• Carmen McRae – vocals, piano (10)
• Victor Sproles – bass
• Curtis Boyd – drums
• Tom Dowd – engineer
• Mundell Lowe – guitar
• Norman Simmons – piano
• Mort Fega – producer

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

References

1. "Carmen McRae - The 1960's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
2. ^ Dryden, Ken. "Bittersweet Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). "McRae, Carmen". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1561592371.
4. "Albums Reviews". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 30. July 25, 1964. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. "Cash Box Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 18, 1964. ISSN 0008-7289.
6. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Record World. July 18, 1964. p. 10. ISSN 0034-1622.
7. Williams, Ted (June 12, 1965). "New LP's of Note" (PDF). Record World. p. 9. ISSN 0034-1622.
8. Hentoff, Nat (November 1964). "Carmen McRae: The Best in Jazz Today" (PDF). Hi Fi/Stereo Review. Vol. 13, no. 4. p. 68. ISSN 0039-1220.
9. Gleason, Ralph J. (1964). Bittersweet (liner notes). Carmen McRae. US: Focus Records. FM 334.

External links

• Bittersweet at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1964 albums
• Carmen McRae albums
• Atlantic Records albums