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Ghost Canyon

Title - Let There Be Love
Artist - Carmen McRae

For those unaware, Hindsight Records has announced the release of a new album, Carmen McRae with Let There Be Love.

The new record is part of the Hindsight Records Reimagined Series, a collection of timeless recordings tastefully enhanced for today�s listeners.

This new project was produced by John F. Forbes and executive produced by Thomas Gramuglia. Re-recording was done by John F. Forbes with the Sentimental Pops Orchestra.

1. If You Never Fall In Love With Me
2. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
3. Let There Be Love
4. It Could Happen To You
5. I�ve Got It Bad (And That Ain�t Good)
6. Make Someone Happy
7. The Right To Love (Reflections)
8. Watch What Happens
9. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
10. Alfie
11. I�m Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key)
12. Miss Brown To You
13. Stardust
14. Too Close For Comfort

This charmingly-imbued, heartfelt and divinely gorgeous collection opens on the swinging hipsway of If You Never Fall In Love With Me and the languishing beauty of the ballad Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) and then comes the finger-snapping Let There Be Love, the rhythmically melodic It Could Happen To You, the sweeping I�ve Got It Bad (And That Ain�t Good), and then we get the pure balladry gossamer of both Make Someone Happy and the lush The Right To Love (Reflections).

Up next is the ornately grand Watch What Happens and the luxuriant I Left My Heart In San Francisco, and they are in turn backed seamlessly by an opulently-cultured Alfie, a groovy I�m Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key), the playfully-crafted Miss Brown To You, the recording rounding out on the lavish Stardust, closing on the upbeat vibrancy of Too Close For Comfort.

With studio musicians including Norman Simmons (piano), Frank Severino (drums), Victor Sproles (bass on 1963 session) and Chuck Domanico (bass on 1969 session), this Reimagined Series also included additional production, recording, mixing and mastering by John Forbes at Forjam Studios.

�From the start, I loved the tonality of her voice, which really resonated in my heart. She touched me on an emotional level and gave me an immediate connection, more than most singers. Carmen McRae is like an instrumentalist who can play one note and really have a strong effect on listeners,� shared producer John F. Forbes.

He continues, �In this music with her trio, there are not as many leading lines as there are with most singers; instead there are moving chords. That gave her a lot more freedom to phrase and reshape the melodies in her own style. It also meant that I had a bit more freedom in writing the orchestrations, following her ideas rather than sticking overly close to the original themes. Since the music was originally recorded in stereo, unlike the earlier ones in this series, they lent themselves to a wider range of orchestration.�

�Carmen McRae comes up with fresh variations on these songs while digging deep into the lyrics, altering the melodies at times, while not losing the essence of these songs,� expresses executive producer Thomas Gramuglia. �The Carmen McRae Trio�s original recordings were enhanced with a few strings, flute, oboe, vibes, occasionally a French horn and bass clarinet, adding a touch of class by The Sentimental Pops Orchestra.�

Official Purchase Link

www.hindsightrecords.com





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