MCRAE, CARMEN


Meaning of MCRAE, CARMEN in English

born April 8, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S.

died Nov. 10, 1994, Beverly Hills, Calif.

U.S. singer and pianist.

McRae was influenced by Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan . She began her career in 1943 singing at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem, absorbing the innovations of the first bebop musicians. Working as a soloist from the mid-1950s, McRae became one of the most accomplished scat singers and ballad interpreters in jazz .

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