Recorded: December 1054 at Fine Sound, New York City
* Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, and 10: December 16
* Tracks 2-4, 6, and 9: December 18
"She might sound -- intentionally -- as woozy as a drunken sailor or as prim as a schoolgirl." That's one of the ways Michael Ullman conveys the extraordinary vocal range that Sarah Vaughan had. That unparalleled flexibility gave her expressive art an itinerant quality; as Ullman writes, "She was always on the move."
Here Vaughan moves across bar lines, even through octaves, echoed by the equally nimble voice of trumpeter Clifford Brown, who manages to show off his virtuosity without upstaging hers. Vaughan's gifts are nowhere more evident than on the masterpiece "Embraceable You," which is as touching as it is technically impressive.
Sarah Vaughan - Vocal
Clifford Brown - Trumpet
Paul Quinichette - Tenor Saxophone
Herbie Mann - Flute
Jimmy Jones - Piano
Joe Benjamin - Bass
Roy Haynes - Drums |
