The definitive Sarah Vaughan.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 314 589 949-2 | VervePublication details: Universal City, Calif. : Verve : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, ℗2002.Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Compiled by Richard Seidel.
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Northport Library | CD | JAZZ Vaughan, Sarah | Available | 33111009106549 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This joint venture between Blue Note and Verve captures the sweet and sassy sounds of Sarah Vaughan at her best as recorded by Emarcy, Mercury, and Roulette. The 16-song compilation is arranged chronologically and kicks off with a duet between Vaughan and the man who discovered her, Billy Eckstine, recorded in 1949 before moving to her mid-'50s recordings for Mercury and Emarcy. She was equally at home recording with large orchestras, small jazz ensembles, or piano, bass, and drums. Highlights from this period include her wonderfully swinging album Swingin' Easy, which she recorded with her trio of John Malachi on piano, Crazy Joe Benjamin on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. The track "Shulie a Bop" is taken from this album and features a great scat solo. At the same time she was cutting some swinging jazz sides with big-name players like Clifford Brown, she was recording string-filled ballads with orchestral backing like "Tenderly," which was cut in 1954 with Hugo Peritti's orchestra. She would continue this approach all throughout her career, and this CD does a good job of showing both sides of Vaughan. Other highlights from the compilation include a desperately romantic version of "Lush Life" cut in 1956 with Hal Mooney's orchestra, a near operatic rendition of "My Man's Gone Now" from 1957 that shows off Vaughan's powerful vibrato, and a laid-back and swinging take on "The Sweetest Sounds" from 1967 backed by the incredible brass section of Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Charlie Shavers, and Joe Newman. The Definitive Sarah Vaughan has a couple of non-fatal flaws: there are only two songs from her five-year tenure at Roulette and an over-reliance on the orchestral ballads. Throw in a couple more swinging tracks and the discs would be really special, but it is still a nice overview and is recommended to anyone who wants to check out the early work of the divine Sarah Vaughan. ~ Tim Sendra
Jazz vocals.
Recorded 1949-1967.
Selections previously released.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Doug Ramsey inserted in container.
Sarah Vaughan, vocals ; with on various tracks: Joe Benjamin, Joe Comfort, Larry Breen, Richard Davis, Sid Weiss, bass ; Cy Bernard, Edgar Lustgarten, Ray Kramer, cello ; Art Drelinger, Hank Ross, clarinet, saxophone ; Bunny Shawker, Kenny Clarke, Louis Singer, Roy Haynes, drums ; Herbie Mann, flute ; Bernie Kaufman, Toots Mondello, flute, clarinet ; Jerome Richardson, flute, saxophone ; James Decker, French horn ; Barney Kessel, Pierre Cullaz, Turk Van Lake, guitar ; Katharine Julyie, harp.
Bob James, George Greeley, Jimmy Jones, John Malachi, Ronnell Bright, piano ; Benny Golson, Phil Woods, reeds ; Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Jo Hrasko, Marcel Hrasko, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, Sam Marowitz, William Boucaya, saxophone ; Ronnie Lang, Ted Nash, saxophone, woodwinds ; Ed Kusby, George Roberts, J.J. Johnson, Joe Howard, Kai Winding, Milton Bernhart, trombone ; Bernie Glow, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Clifford Brown, Ernie Royal, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Newman, trumpet ; Michel Hausser, vibraphone ; David Sterkin, Milton Thomas, Paul Robyn, viola.
Alex Murray, Benny Gill, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Henry Hill, Israel Baker, Marshall Sosson, Misha Russell, Nathan Ross, Nick Pisani, violin ; Champ Webb, Harry Klee, woodwinds ; Billy Eckstine, vocals (track 1) ; Ernie Wilkins, Hal Mooney, Hugo Peretti, Joe Lipman, Quincy Jones, Richard Heyman, conductors.
Compiled by Richard Seidel.
Selections recorded between 1949 and 1967.
Dedicated to you (2:45) -- My funny valentine (2:58) -- Shulie a bop (2:39) -- Lover man (3:15) -- Tenderly (3:09) -- Lullabye of birdland (3:58) -- It's crazy (4:55) -- How high the moon (2:35) -- Lush life (4:00) -- Autumn in New York (3:17) -- Poor butterfly (3:29) -- My man's gone now (4:21) -- Misty (2:58) -- You're mine you (3:59) -- Key Largo (3:27) -- Sweetest sounds (4:25).