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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
. 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
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
. 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
'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
Joe Newman
.
The Definitive Sarah Vaughan
has a couple of non-fatal flaws: there are only two songs from her five-year tenure at
and an over-reliance on the orchestral
. 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
. ~ Tim Sendra
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
. 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
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
. 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
'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
Joe Newman
.
The Definitive Sarah Vaughan
has a couple of non-fatal flaws: there are only two songs from her five-year tenure at
and an over-reliance on the orchestral
. 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
. ~ Tim Sendra