At the Great American Music Hall
McRae is joined on several tracks by the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and backed by her jazz trio of pianist Marshall Otwell, bassist Ed Bennett, and drummer Joey Baron.[2] Billboard described the album as an "Accompaniment is a bit skimpy with Diz Gillespie and three others but McRae's still-powerful pipes register effectively on standards.".[3] Joseph Vella interviewed McRae's trio for the Huffington Post on the occasion of the album's digital re-issue in 2014.Vella described the album as "...Carmen at her very best: singing jazz standards, ballads, the American songbook, popular songs of the day and some bossa nova to boot".Hearing her sing this makes me think of how she modeled respect across the age, race, gender, cultural and religious walls.