This press material reflects Carmen McRae's career from  the beginnings  (an ad in Down Beat in 1954 thanking the international jazz critics for naming her Best New Female Jazz Singer) to the end (an interview in Down Beat - "Cut the Crap") in 1991, the year of her last recording ("Sarah") and final performance at the Blue Note.

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Down Beat, September, 1954 - Ad thanking International Jazz Critics

New York Times, November, 1955 - "Jazz Groups Play at Carnegie Hall"

Down Beat, September, 1962 - "Singer's Singer Carmen McRae at the Threshold"

New York Times, 1966 - review Carmen Live at the Village Gate

Time Magazine, September, 1968 - "Ballad of the Sad Cafe Singer"

Down Beat, December, 1968 - "The Magic of Carmen McRae"

Time Magazine, September, 1979 - review Carmen Live at the Village Gate

Down Beat, June, 1991 - "Cut the Crap"