Sarah Vaughan - No Count Sarah - Japan SHM-CD

Credits:

Sarah Vaughan, Thad Jones, Snookie Young, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Freddie Green, Sonny Payne, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell, Charles Fowlkes, Ronnell Bright, Richard Davis, Rick Davies, Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson

Description:

This is an excellent work from Sarah Vaughan's heyday, known as "The Singer". She sang "Smoke Stings My Eyes" with a wide range of notes, "Stardust" with her signature scatting, and "Jazz" with its powerful, full-bodied score. The songs include "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," sung in a wide range of registers, "Stardust," in which she makes full use of her signature scatting, and the powerful "Just One of These Things. ＜Sarah Vaughan (vo), Thad Jones (tp,cond), Snooki Young, Joe Newman, Wendell Caley (tp), Al Gray, Benny Powell, Henry Coker (tb), Marshall Royal (cl,as), Frank Wess (as) Frank Foster (ts,arr), Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Faulks (bs), Ronnel Bright (p), Freddie Greene (g), Richard Davis (b), Sonny Payne (ds), Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson (arr)★Recorded January 5, December 15 & 23, 1958 in New York City (Mercury)