Sarah: Dedicated to You

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The AllMusic review by John Bush says

McRae brings back the spirit (and some of the phrasing) of Sarah Vaughan while still sounding very much like herself. This very well-conceived tribute is a classic of its kind and a perfect swan song for Carmen McRae.[1]

1. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, John Raymond Hubbell) - 3:58
2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:25
3. "Misty" (Johnny Burke (lyricist), Erroll Garner) - 4:10
4. "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) - 2:46
5. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) - 3:51
6. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:21
7. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:22
8. "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:30
9. "I Will Say Goodbye" (Eddie Bacri, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - 2:38
10. "The Lamp Is Low" (Mitchell Parish, Peter De Rose, Maurice Ravel) - 3:02
11. "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:58
12. "Dedicated to You" (Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 6:02
13. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 4:54
14. "Sarah" (Carroll Coates) - 3:49

Bonus tracks on 2003 compact disc release

• Carmen McRae - vocals

The Shirley Horn trio

• Shirley Horn - piano
• Charles Ables - electric bass
• Steve Williams - drums