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a r t i s t : Sarah Vaughan
t i t l e : The Definitive Sarah Vaughan
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Verve
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Oct/24/2003
t r a c k s : 16
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 78,2 MB
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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.
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01-dedicated to you [02:48]
02-my funny valentine [03:00]
03-shulie a bop [02:41]
04-lover man [03:18]
05-tenderly [03:12]
06-lullabye of birdland [04:00]
07-it's crazy [04:57]
08-how high the moon [02:37]
09-lush life [04:03]
10-autumn in new york [03:20]
11-poor butterfly [03:32]
12-my man's gone now [04:24]
13-misty [03:01]
14-you're mine, you [04:01]
15-key largo [03:30]
16-the sweetest sounds [04:26]
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56:50 min
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