About This Song
About "Embraceable You (Take 7 - Remastered 2003)" by Carmen McRae
The Gershwins' embrace turns bittersweet here: McRae doesn't swoon, she negotiates. Her phrasing is a hand extended, then withdrawn. The take's warmth is deceptive—under the swing, a flicker of doubt, as if affection were a contract she's learned to read closely.