Carmen McRae/Manhattan Transfer - Double Time Jazz Collection, Vol. 1

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Carmen the divine and The Transfer - Nikica Gilic - Zagreb, Croatia
Carmen McRae is a true jazz diva; this DVD finds her in the mid 80s live performance in Japan and, were it not for fumbled song sequence (the tracks are probably not all recorded on the same evening), her part of this DVD would be completely perfect...
Occasionally she accompanies herself on piano.

As for the Manhattan Transfer, I'm not really thrilled - some of the tracks are really cookin', but there's too much pop music and dated stage humor that would make even good old Satchmo uncomfortable...

However, bot performances are long enough (around 70 minutes each) to make this DVD a good value for money, particularly if you don't mind The Manhattan Transfer's mix of jazz and pop music.