Carmen McRae is perhaps the only singer who is able to perform the work of the legendary Billie Holiday. Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics on which Carmen McRae performs 12 songs by Billie was originally released by Columbia Records and now published by Pure Pleasure. Carmen McRae takes her own trio with her (Walter Perkins on drum, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Norman Simmons on piano). Carmen has Mundell Lowe on guitar, Nat Adderley on cornet and Eddie Davis on tenor sax. Beautiful spatial recording with wonderful songs for lovers of Billie Holiday like Miss Brown to you, My husband and of course God bless the child.

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Tracklist

Side 1
1. Them there eyes
2. Yesterdays
3. I'm gonna lock my heart
4. Strange fruit
5. Miss Brown to you
6. My man

Side 2
1. I cried for you
2. Lover man
3. Trav'lin' Light
4. Some other spring
5. What a little moonlight can do
6. God bless the child