Catherine Russell sings "Send for Me" at Caramoor (Katonah, NY)

Filmed on May 8, 2021
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Katonah, NY
Catherine Russell: vocals
Matt Munisteri: guitar and musical direction
Mark Shane: piano
Tal Ronen: bass
Mark McLean: drums
"Send For Me" (composed by Ollie Jones)
Special thanks to Jazz at Lincoln Center and Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts.
"Send For Me" is the title track of Catherine Russell's eighth album as a leader, an April 1, 2022 release on Dot Time Records. Here she performs the song "live" in concert.
The song was written by Ollie Jones, an original member of the R&B, doo-wop harmony group, The Ravens. Catherine’s father, Luis Russell, led a 16-piece big band in the late 1940's when he shared bills with The Ravens, Dinah Washington, and Nat King Cole.
In 1957, Nat King Cole recorded "Send for Me." It became a crossover hit reaching #1 on the U.S. R&B charts, and #6 on the U.S. Pop Chart. Catherine observes, “nobody thinks of Nat King Cole as a blues singer, but he sang some really great blues.” R&B was the next iteration of “Race” music, morphing into rock n’ roll. When performing the song on his TV show, Nat Cole himself described the song as “my first contribution to rock ‘n roll repertoire.”
Follow Catherine Russell:
+ Website: www.catherinerussell.net
+ Instagram: catherine_russell_vocalist
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+ Twitter: crussellsinger

[@coperna714]

I LOVE this girl! She's got a sound that's all her own.

[@enriquefloresgarcia9282]

I love Catherine’s singing and the songs they chose to interpret! Greetings from Spain!

[@candicehansen6056]

Wonderful, thanks for sharing

[@coperna714]

I asked Alexa to play Dinah Washington and she played similar artists as well. I heard this song and asked who was singing. Thank God for Alexa! I've been a Cat Russell fan ever since.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Always GREAT NEWS when a new Cat Russell album arrives!

[@thulanihamilton965]

Beautiful noise indeed

[@superzaga]

I bought all your previous 7 CDs and i am waiting patiently the release of your 8th album "Send for me". You are my favorite artist. My best regards

[@moonman6199]

Real Swing👍👍👍 😊 ✨

[@renegoiffon3482]

BRILLIANT....as always......

[@coversbymark1379]

Love this!

[@elizabethvega4086]

Definitely Sending for YOU!!! You rock my friend.

[@marymunro1142]

I can’t add more superlatives to how I feel about this vocalist.

[@marymunro1142]

I must say that I haven’t run across any I phone 📞 videos from an audience member who thinks they are Cecil B. DeMille. For that I am grateful.

[@wijsfglobal]

Terrific!

[@mrvootie1]

Nice work!