Thursday, September 4, 2014

Sarah Vaughan






















Artist:  Sarah Vaughan
Birth Name:  Sarah Lois Vaughan
Born:  March 27, 1924.  Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died:  April 3, 1990.  Hidden Hills, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Standards, Traditional Pop, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova
Occupations:  Singer

Sarah Vaughan was an American Jazz Singer, one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th Century.  She was a Grammy Award Winner, The NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989.














Title:  Sings George Gershwin...(2014)
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Standards, Traditional Pop, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova
Label:  Master Jazz Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Isn't It A Pity?  (3:58)
 2.  Of Thee I Sing  (3:15)
 3.  I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise  (2:45)
 4.  Someone To Watch Over Me  (4:04)
 5.  Bidin' My Time  (3:04)
 6.  The Man I Love  (3:40)
 7.  How Long Has This Been Going On?  (4:03)
 8.  My One And Only (What Am I Gonna Do?) (3:17)
 9.  Lorelei  (2:37)
10. I've Got A Crush On You  (4:05)
11. Summertime  (2:57)
12. Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did?  (3:32)
13. They All Laughed  (2:28)
14. Looking For A Boy  (3:43)
15. He Loves And She Loves  (3:29)
16. My Man's Gone Now  (4:24)
17. I Won't Say I Will  (3:27)
18. A Foggy Day  (3:54)
19. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off  (2:29)
20. Things Are Looking Up  (3:40)
21. Do It Again  (3:20)
22. Love Walked In  (3:19)

Disc 2:

 1.  Of Thee Sing (Stereo LP Take) (3:29)
 2.  Summertime (Alternate Take)  (3:15)
 3.  I Won't Say I Will (Alternate Take)  (3:34)
 4.  My One And Only (Alternate Take)  (4:36)

Bonus Tracks:

 5.  Embraceable You (Studio Version)  (4:54)
 6.  They Can't Take That Away From Me  (2:46)
 7.  'S Wonderful  (2:34)
 8.  But Not For Me  (3:30)
 9.  Soon  (2:36)
10. Maybe  (2:37)
11. Fascinating Rhythm  (2:40)
12. Blah Blah Blah  (2:44)
13. I Got Rhythm  (1:57)
14. The Man I Love #2  (4:08)
15. Nice Work If You Can Get It  (2:39)
16. Embraceable You  (Live Version)  (2:49)
17. The Man I Love (Live Version)  (3:34)

Personnel:

Sarah Vaughan:  Vocals

Hal Mooney & His Orchestra including Jimmy Jones

Bonus Tracks:  Backed by Various Groups conducted by Ernie Wilkins, John Malachi, Hugo Peretti, & Don Costa, among others.

Sings George Gershwin...release contains the complete original Sarah Vaughan 2-LP Set, Plus 13 Bonus Tracks featured musicians include Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, J.J. Johnson and many others, was released on July 14, 2014 by Master Jazz Records.






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