Sarah Vaughan - Interlude: 1944-1947

Title: Interlude: 1944-1947 Artist: Sarah Vaughan Release Date: 3/19/2002 Label: Naxos, Naxos Jazz Duration: 51:34 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 636943257227, 2605000034482 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Bop, Cool, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Romantic, Soothing, Sophisticated, Stylish, Earnest, Intimate, Playful, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Smooth, Calm/Peaceful, Cheerful, Gentle, Happy, Innocent, Sensual, Sentimental, Wistful, Passionate, Nocturnal Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Mean to Me
2. Interlude
3. No Smokes Blues
4. What More Can a Woman Do
5. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
6. Lover Man
7. Signing Off
8. I'll Wait and Pray
9. You Go to My Head
10. I'm Scared
11. I Could Make You Love Me
12. It Might as Well Be Spring
13. I'm Through With Love
14. September Song
15. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
16. Gentleman Friend
17. We're Through
18. A Hundred Years from Today

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Naxos 8120572 2001 CD Naxos Jazz 8120572

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Here, Naxos takes listeners on a fascinating tour through Miss Sassy's earliest sides via a plethora of small, now-defunct labels and a galaxy of fabled bop and swing bandleaders and players. This was not the husky-voiced, swooping diva who much of the world came to know later; rather, Vaughan was a lighter, silkier soprano in the mid-'40s, more in the manner of the species of big band voices which an older generation of journalists used to call "thrushes." The disc opens with six tunes for the Continental label and one for Guild with various combos led by Dizzy Gillespie. You know you're in good hands on the very first track, "Mean to Me," which opens promisingly to the instantly recognizable flurries of Charlie Parker, with Flip Phillips and Gillespie to follow, no less. Vaughan has the temerity to take on the Billie Holiday signature song "Lover Man," and doesn't sound unseasoned or superficial in the least. Next is Sassy's recorded debut, "I'll Wait and Pray," a majestic performance on the DeLuxe label from December 5, 1944, with hints of the gliding, sassy contralto of the future. Her backing is no less newsworthy, a rare recorded appearance by the fabled Billy Eckstine big band that helped incubate the forthcoming bop revolution. Four ballad sides for Crown with John Kirby's combo from 1946 follow, with a lovely rendition of the then-brand-new standard "It Might As Well Be Spring" being the most alluring. The disc concludes with five examples of her work for Musicraft, including a hypnotic "September Song" and one for HRS, "We're Through," that also contains hints of the older Sassy's style. Anyone who wants to trace the evolution of Sarah Vaughan should start right here at the beginning. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Sachs Clarinet Al Cohn Saxophone Al Gibson Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Al Haig Bass Al McKibbon Bass Al Porcino Trumpet Art Blakey Drums Barry Galbraith Guitar Big Sid Catlett Drums Bill Beason Drums Bill DeArango Guitar Bill Frazier Sax (Tenor) Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra Performer Billy Kyle Piano Billy Taylor, Sr. Bass Boonie Hazel Trumpet Buck Clayton Trumpet Bud Johnson Sax (Tenor) Buddy Christian's Creole Five Drums Buster Bailey Clarinet Cecil Scott Sax (Baritone) Charlie Parker Sax (Alto) Charlie Ventura Sax (Tenor) Chips Outcalt Trombone Chuck Wayne Guitar Clarence Brereton Trumpet Connie Wainwright Guitar Curly Russell Bass, Piano Danny Blue Trumpet David Lennick Transfers, Producer, Compilation Producer Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor) Dicky Wells Trombone Dizzy Gillespie Piano, Trumpet Don Byas Sax (Tenor) Ed Cunningham Bass Eddie de Verteuill Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto) Flip Phillips Sax (Tenor) Gene Ammons Sax (Tenor) Gene Zanoni Saxophone George James Sax (Baritone) George Nicholas Sax (Tenor) George Treadwell Trumpet George Treadwell Orchestra Performer Georgie Auld Saxophone, Sax (Tenor) Georgie Auld & His Orchestra Performer Gerald Valentine Trombone Graham Newton Digital Noise Reduction Harry Biss Piano Howard H. Scott Trombone J.C. Heard Drums Jack Lesberg Bass Jimmy Crawford Drums Jimmy Jones Piano John Collins Guitar John Jackson Sax (Alto) John Kirby Bass John Malachi Piano Kenny Clarke Drums Leo Parker Sax (Baritone) Leonard Feather Piano Max Roach Drums Morey Feld Drums Nat Jaffe Piano Peter Dempsey Liner Notes Remo Palmieri Guitar Rudy DeLuca Trombone Russell Procope Sax (Alto) Scoville Brown Clarinet Serge Chaloff Saxophone Shorty McConnell Trumpet Tadd Dameron Arranger Taswell Baird Trombone Teddy Wilson Piano Tommy Potter Bass William Barker Drums