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Billie Holiday was more dramatic, Sarah Vaughan had more chops, and Ella Fitzgerald could swing harder. But while she might not always be mentioned in the same breath as those jazz vocal legends, Carmen McRae, who died in 1994, had her own distinctive attributes: tougher than Billie, hipper than Sarah, gutsier than Ella. Those qualities are all on display in this Jazz Casual program, which originally aired in 1962. The circumstances couldn't have been the most comfortable for the singer and her trio, as they were performing on an empty soundstage with only host Ralph J. Gleason and his production crew as an audience. It shows, too. The voluble McRae banters nervously between songs with pianist Norman Simmons and doesn't even seem to know what number comes next. (She also notes that a couple of the tunes, "Trouble Is a Man" and "If You Never Fall in Love with Me," were particularly relevant for her at that particular moment, although no additional details are provided.) But no matter. Alternating between standards ("'Round Midnight" and a Latin-tinged "Love for Sale") and less familiar fare (the thoroughly swinging opener "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart"), she's still in fine form, using the melodies as mere reference points before transforming each tune into something uniquely her own. Carmen McRae is something of an acquired taste--her style is somewhat mannered, and her sound isn't the warmest--but for the very definition of a jazz singer, one need look no further. In short, another Jazz Casual winner. --Sam Graham

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