Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Tree in the Park, A
2. Little Girl Blue
3. Comes Love
4. But Not For Me
5. My Darling, My Darling
6. Lucky in Love
7. Autumn in New York
8. It Never Entered My Mind
9. If This Isn't Love
10. Touch of Your Hand, The
11. Homework
12. Bewitched
13. Dancing in the Dark
14. September Song
15. Ship Without a Sail, A
16. Lost in the Stars
17. It's Got to Be Love
18. All the Things You Are
DISC 2:
1. Poor Butterfly
2. Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk
3. My Heart Stood Still
4. He's Only Wonderful
5. They Say It's Wonderful
6. My Ship
7. You're My Everything
8. Can't We Be Friends?
9. Love Is a Random Thing
10. If I Loved You
11. It's de-Lovely
12. It's Love
13. And This Is My Beloved
14. Mr. Wonderful
15. Don't Look at Me That Way
16. I Loved Him (But He Didn't Love Me)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 100 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Barney Kessel | | Producer: | Bob Shad | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Ronnie Lang (alto saxophone, woodwinds); Ted Nash (tenor saxophone, woodwinds); James Decker (French horn); Milton Bernhart, Joe Howard, Ed Kusby, George Roberts (trombone); Harry Klee, Champ Webb (woodwinds); Israel Baker, Nick Pisani, Nathan Ross, Misha Russell, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci (violin); Paul Robyn, David Sterkin, Milton Thomas (viola); Ray Sherman (piano); Barney Kessel (guitar); Larry Breen (bass); Louis Singer, Larry Bunker (drums).
Reissue producer: Michael Lang.
Principally recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California in 1956; Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois on November 29, 1956; Fine Sound Studio, New York on March 29, 1956. Includes liner notes by John Wilson, Larry Kart and Leonard Feather.
SARAH VAUGHAN SINGS BROADWAY: GREAT SONGS FROM HIT SHOWS contains nine bonus tracks which did not appear on the original vinyl verson.
SARAH VAUGHAN SINGS BROADWAY: GREAT SONGS FROM HIT SHOWS gathers together on two CDs the great Autumn 1956 session that seemed to crystalize all of Sarah Vaughan's technical and stylistic resources, propelling the legendary Miss Sassy into the mainstream spotlight her talent so richly deserved. Sarah Vaughan was simply one of the greatest voices of the Twentieth Century, with an astonishing range that ranged from girlish soprano to a lush, surreal baritone (and in some odd quirk of nature, her range grew wider and deeper as she entered her autumnal years).
The formula for Miss Sassy's growing acceptance among the mainstream pop audience was simple and common enough. It wed Vaughan's dark, sultry voice to lush romantic string orchestra arrangements (mainly by Hal Mooney), and the odd taste of brass. In lesser hands, such an approach might have dated rather badly, but listen to the way Sarah Vaughan comes out of the verse on "Bewitched," the manner in which she extends and elasticizes the phrase "I-I-I-I'm wild again..." with her uniquely expressive vibrato, and bask in the presence of a master of jazz harmony and rhythm.
Such little details abound on SINGS BROADWAY. On an epic "Dancing In The Dark," Vaughan hits the word "dancing" with a braod vibrato that seems to key the arrangement's sense of swing, building to an operatic crescendo. On a wonderful "September Song" her subtleties of pitch convey the season's changing colors: and during a turnaround which hinges on a descending "and...,' she demonstrates remarkable harmonic grace, suggesting the twisting, wistful dance of a falling leaf with vocal leaps like the bowed double stops of a cello.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...the work of a more mature artist, the product of years of vocal experimentation honed to consummate grace and artistic candor....SINGS BROADWAY is always worth listening to.
Q (08/01/1995)
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