Carmen McRae

Carmen Mercedes McRae (Afrilu 8, 1920 - Nuwamba 10, 1994) mawaƙiyar jazz ƴar Amurka ce.Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 826/7. ISBN 1-85227-745-9 Ana yi mata kallon daya daga cikin fitattun mawakan jazz na karni na 20 kuma ana tunawa da ita a baya-bayanan jimla da fassarar wakoki.Carmen McRae at AllMusic

 Rayuwar baya da karatu 
An haifi McRae a Harlem, New York City, Amurka. Mahaifinta, Osmond, da mahaifiyarta, Evadne (Gayle) McRae, sun kasance baƙi daga Jamaica. Ta fara karatun piano tun tana shekara takwas, kuma kidan manyan jazz irin su Louis Armstrong da Duke Ellington sun cika gidanta. Lokacin da ta kasance 17 shekaru, ta sadu da mawaƙa Billie Holiday. Lokacin da yake matashi McRae ya zo ga Teddy Wilson da matarsa, mawallafin Irene Kitchings. Ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin farko na McRae, "Mafarkin Rayuwa", ta hanyar tasirin su, an rubuta shi a cikin 1939 ta abokin haɗin gwiwar Wilson na dogon lokaci Billie Holiday.Larkin, Colin, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness, p. 2650 (1995). ISBN 1-56159-176-9 McRae ta ɗauki Holiday a matsayin babban tasirinta."HOME BIOGRAPHY Grove Dictionary Ms". Carmenmcrae.com

 Aikin baya 
A ƙarshen kuruciyarta da farkon 20s, McRae ta buga piano a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Minton, ta rera waƙa a matsayin ƴar ƙungiyar mawaƙa, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatare. A Minton's inda ta sadu da trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, bassist Oscar Pettiford, da kuma Drummer Kenny Clarke, da ta farko da muhimmanci aiki a matsayin pianist tare da Benny Carter's big band (1944), tayi aiki tare da Count Basie (1944) kuma a karkashin sunan "Carmen". Clarke" (ta auri Clarke) ta yi rikodin ta na farko a matsayin ɗan wasan pian tare da ƙungiyar Mercer Ellington. (1946-47). Amma a lokacin da take aiki a Brooklyn ne ta zo gaban Decca's Milt Gabler. Ƙungiyarta ta shekaru biyar tare da Decca ta ba da 12 LPs.

 Mutuwa 
A ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 1994, McRae ta mutu a gidanta da ke Beverly Hills, California, tana da shekara 74. Ta fada cikin rudani kwanaki hudu da suka wuce, wata daya bayan da aka kwantar da ita a asibiti sakamakon bugun jini.

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