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Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West

Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West
Live album by Carmen McRae
Released 1988
Recorded December 1987, Birdland West, Long Beach, California
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 56:27
Label Concord
Producer Carl Jefferson
Carmen McRae chronology
The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets
(1987)
Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West
(1988)
Carmen Sings Monk
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars

Fine and Mellow: Live at Birdland West is a 1988 live album by Carmen McRae.

McRae was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards for her performance on this album.

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow says that "Although Carmen McRae is the obvious star of her live record...she gives plenty of solo space to her notable all-star band". Yanow wrote of the songs that "McRae updates them a bit and makes them sound relevant and swinging. Recommended".


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