Recordings

June, 1967

Carmen McRae gets nothing but better. Her latest LP, In Person / San Francisco (Mainstream), is a beauty. Backed by a trio—pianist Norman Simmons, bassist Victor Sproles (who is only sensational) and drummer Stewart Martin—Miss McRae waxes eloquently lyrical on the likes of What Kind of Fool Am I?, A Foggy Day, This Is All I Ask and It Never Entered My Mind.•Herbie Mann / Impressions of the Middle East (Atlantic) has the eminent jazz flutist plunked down in one of his favorite milieus. The group...