Haven't We Met? (Carmen McRae album)

Haven't We Met? is a studio album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1965 by Mainstream Records. The arranger and conductor was Don Sebesky.^[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Billboard	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]

Track listing

"Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) – 2:50
"Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:00
"He Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:07
"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:15
"Don't Ever Leave Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:37
"Gentlemen Friend" (Arnold Horwitt, Richard Lewine) – 2:18
"Haven't We Met?" (Kenny Rankin, Ruth Batchelor) – 2:24
"It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Don George, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 2:59
"Limehouse Blues" (Douglas Furber, Phillip Braham) – 2:59
"I'm Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 3:00
"Love Is a Night-Time Thing" (Bob Haymes) – 2:37
"Fools and Lovers" (Cliff Adams, Veronica Barnes) – 2:25

Carmen McRae – vocals
Don Sebesky – arrangement
Jack Lonshein – artwork
Arthur Davis, Richard Davis – bass
Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – bass trombone
Anthony Sophos, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Harvey Shapiro – cello
Ed Shaughnessy, Mel Lewis – drums
Barry Galbraith – electric guitar, classical guitar
Bob Arnold – engineering
Earl Chapin, Jimmy Buffington, Ray Alonge, Dick Berg – French horn
Margaret Ross – harp
Hal Diepold – mastering
Doug Allan, Phil Kraus – percussion
Norman Simmons – piano
Charles Mariano, Leon Cohen, Phil Bodner, Stan Webb – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, oboe, flute, alto flute, piccolo flute
William Watrous, Wayne Andre – trombone
Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, James Maxwell, Jimmy Nottingham, Mel Davis – trumpet
Don Butterfield – tuba
Aaron Rosand, Arnold Eidus, Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, George Ockner, Jack Zayde, Leo Kruczek, Michael Spivakowsky, Raoul Poliakin, Tosha Samaroff – violin

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[7]

^ "New Album Releases". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 13. March 27, 1965. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Carmen McRae - The 1960's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
^ "Haven't We Met? - Carmen McRae". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 14. April 3, 1965. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "McRae, Carmen". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1561592371.
^ Friedwald, Will (2010). "Carmen McRae". A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 322. ISBN 9780307379894.
^ John, Gottlieb (1965). Haven't We Met? (liner notes). Carmen McRae. US: Mainstream Records. 56044.