Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Please leave the violins at home

Of course I am a fan of Carmen and own a great lot of her recordings. This one I bought because of Mr. Brigg's review, and because I was curious about the "funky finale" with "New York State of mind". Well, I completely disagree with Mr. Brigg. This is an absolutly avoidable recording of Ms.McRae. Why? Because of the arrangements that include violins in every track. In my humble opinion Carmen was always at her best with a simple trio (piano, bass and drums. If you add violins to this kind of music you'll get the same horrible mixture than if you add violins to bossa nova. And as regards to this version of New York State of mind, just forget it and try to find and hear the one she recorded at Bubba's. If you do, then you will get New York under your skin.-