The Fabulous Carmen McRae

Carmen McRae (1922?-1994) really knew how to breathe life into a song. On her recording of George and Ira Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On?," there is this wonderful lyric: "What a kick/how I buzz/boy you click like no one does." When she gets to the word "buzz" she stretches it out like the sound of a honeybee in flight--"buzzzzzz." Carmen McRae, what an artist!