Sarah VAUGHAN - The Jazz Sides 1995

Sarah VAUGHAN - The Jazz Sides 1995
Label: Verve
Jazz Masters 42
Original Recording: 1963

Jazz

The live performance on The Jazz Sides took place in Copenhagen, and it is a treasure. Vaughan gives "Misty"' the beauty treatment with her trio although she throws in a few new turns so that it doesn't get maudlin. But her pianist, Kirk Stuart, is inspired to sing a chorus (great voice, by the way) and then together they go for broke, hamming it up with moans and sighs. Wish I'd been there.
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Sarah Vaughan had talent that is matched by few in jazz history. This CD features arrangements that take full advantage of that talent. In addition, Sarah Vaughan possesed a quality in her voice that makes it, although not the musicians behind that voice, sound as if these recordings could have been done last year. She was truly one of the great female singers in not only jazz, but in American History.
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Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Frank Wess (alto & tenor saxophones); Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry (trumpet); Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (trombone); Benny Golson, Phil Woods (woodwinds); Kirk Stuart, Jimmy Jones, Ronnell Bright, John Malachi, Bob James (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Charles Williams, Richard Davis, Joe Benjamin (bass); George Hughes, Roy Haynes, Sonny Payne (drums). Compilation producer: Michael Lang. Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark; New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois between 1954 and 1967. Includes liner notes by Robert Baird. Modern jazz, with its emphasis on the cool, can often warp a song beyond recognition. As the performer experiments and tinkers with tunes, this sometimes means a substitution of technical brilliance for simplicity.
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01. I Cried For You 2:17  
02. I Feel Pretty 2:24 
03. Words Can't Describe 4:30 
04. Pennies From Heaven 3:03 
05. It's Got To Be Love 2:25  
06. Dancing In The Dark 3:43  
07. Doodlin' 4:32  
08. Prelude To A Kiss 2:44  
09. Polka Dots And Moonbeams 2:31  
10. The More I See You 5:15  
11. I Left My Heart In San Francisco 4:07
12. Like Someone In Love 3:03  
13. Body And Soul 3:10  
14. Over The Rainbow 5:13 
15. Misty 5:59  
16. Tenderly 2:29
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