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| recorded = December 16, 29 and 30, 1955<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/carmen-mcrae/carmen-mcrae-50s-discography.php|title=Carmen McRae – The 1940's & 50's|website=Jazz Discography|date=August 22, 2006|access-date=August 24, 2024}}</ref>
| recorded = December 16, 29 & 30, 1955,<br>
New York<ref>{{Discogs release|release=13889006|name=Torchy!|type=album}}</ref><ref>Cf. with [https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/carmen-mcrae/carmen-mcrae-50s-discography.php Carmen McRae 1950s sessionography] on Jazzdiscography.com</ref>
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| genre = [[Vocal jazz]]
| genre =
* [[Vocal jazz]]
* [[traditional pop]]
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| length = 36:25
| label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] <small>DL-8267</small>
| label = [[Decca Records|Decca]]
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| chronology = [[Carmen McRae]]
| chronology = [[Carmen McRae]]
| prev_title = By Special Request
| prev_title = [[By Special Request (Carmen McRae album)|By Special Request]]
| prev_year = 1955
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = [[Blue Moon (Carmen McRae album)|Blue Moon]]
| next_title = [[Blue Moon (Carmen McRae album)|Blue Moon]]
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'''''Torchy!''''' is a 1956 album by jazz singer [[Carmen McRae]] arranged by [[Jack Pleis]] and [[Ralph Burns]].<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=|first=|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=torchy!-mw0000510911|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|title=Torchy|accessdate=October 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Carmen-McRae-Torchy/master/547954|title=Carmen McRae – Torchy! at Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=October 10, 2015}}</ref>
'''''Torchy!''''' is a 1956 album by jazz singer [[Carmen McRae]] arranged by [[Jack Pleis]] and [[Ralph Burns]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Will|last=Friedwald|author-link=Will Friedwald|chapter=Carmen McRae|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knox91-De9EC&pg=PA321|title=A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knox91-De9EC|publisher=[[Random House|Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group]]|year=2010|page=321|isbn=9780307379894}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
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Jason Ankeny described the album as "a lush, potently atmospheric collection of romantic ballads rendered for maximum impact" and that the "...sheer intensity of McRae's vocals render orchestration virtually moot. Few singers have equaled her conviction or her fierce intelligence, and her interpretations of songs like "But Beautiful," "My Future Just Passed," and "We'll Be Together Again" pack a devastating emotional punch."<ref name="Allmusic"/>
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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Ankeny|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/torchy!-mw0000510911|title=Torchy! Review|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 24, 2024}}</ref>

| rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| rev2Score = 77/100<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 12, 1956|volume=68|issue=19|page=72|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=McRae, Carmen|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1561592371}}</ref>

| rev4 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite book|first1=Richard|last1=Cook|first2=Brian|last2=Morton|chapter=Carmen McRae|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/890|edition=8th|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|year=2006|pages=890–891|isbn=9780141023274}}</ref>
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Jason Ankeny described the album as "a lush, potently atmospheric collection of romantic ballads rendered for maximum impact" and that the "...sheer intensity of McRae's vocals render orchestration virtually moot. Few singers have equaled her conviction or her fierce intelligence, and her interpretations of songs like "But Beautiful," "My Future Just Passed," and "We'll Be Together Again" pack a devastating emotional punch."<ref name="AllMusic" /> A reviewer of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine noted that this album looks more like a pop release than others, but does not lose its appeal to the jazz crowd, as well as that MacRae sings with his usual warmth and good taste.<ref name="Billboard" />


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Latest revision as of 08:04, 24 August 2024

Torchy!
Studio album by
Carmen McRae
Released1956
RecordedDecember 16, 29 and 30, 1955[1]
Genre
Length36:25
LabelDecca
Carmen McRae chronology
By Special Request
(1955) 		Torchy!
(1956) 		Blue Moon
(1957)

Torchy! is a 1956 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae arranged by Jack Pleis and Ralph Burns.[2]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Billboard77/100[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[6]

Jason Ankeny described the album as "a lush, potently atmospheric collection of romantic ballads rendered for maximum impact" and that the "...sheer intensity of McRae's vocals render orchestration virtually moot. Few singers have equaled her conviction or her fierce intelligence, and her interpretations of songs like "But Beautiful," "My Future Just Passed," and "We'll Be Together Again" pack a devastating emotional punch."[3] A reviewer of Billboard magazine noted that this album looks more like a pop release than others, but does not lose its appeal to the jazz crowd, as well as that MacRae sings with his usual warmth and good taste.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 2:38
  2. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 3:07
  3. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:55
  4. "If You'd Stay the Way I Dream About You" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 2:47
  5. "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Burke, Johnny Mercer) – 3:45
  6. "My Future Just Passed" (Richard A. Whiting, George Marion, Jr) – 3:18
  7. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 2:33
  8. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 3:04
  9. "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) – 2:40
  10. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham, Dan Fisher) – 3:20
  11. "Star Eyes" (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) – 3:08
  12. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington) – 3:10

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Carmen McRae – The 1940's & 50's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). "Carmen McRae". A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 321. ISBN 9780307379894.
  3. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Torchy! Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 68, no. 19. May 12, 1956. p. 72. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "McRae, Carmen". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1561592371.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). "Carmen McRae". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (8th ed.). Penguin. pp. 890–891. ISBN 9780141023274.
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