Sarah Vaughan In Hifi HQ 2LP
2006 UK exclusive limited edition 21-track 2-LP set pressed on 180gram VINYL and mastered from the original mono tapes, featuring a jazz oriented collection of recordings from her sessions for Columbiain 1949 which features a young Miles Davis, Freddie Green and Budd Johnson among others, containing 9 BONUS recordings not available on the original issue including Alternate Takes, presented in a sealed & stickered gatefold picture sleeve.
Tracks:
01. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
02. Nice Work If You Can Get It
03. Pinky
04. The Nearness Of You
05. Come Rain Or Come Shine
06. Mean To Me
07. It Might As Well Be Spring
08. Can’t Get Out Of this Mood
09. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
10. Ooh, What ‘Cha Doin’ To Me
11. Goodnight My Love
12. Ain’t Misbehavin’
13. It’s All In The Mind
14. The Nearness Of You (alternate take)
15. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (alternate take)
16. Goodnight My Love (alternate take)
17. Can’t Get Out Of this Mood (alternate take)
18. It Might As Well Be Spring (alternate take)
19. Mean To Me (alternate take)
20. Come Rain Or Come Shine (alternate take)
21. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (alternate take)
This 1949 session from one of the all-time jazz greats (female or otherwise) features fellow heavyweights Miles Davis, Freddie Green and Budd Johnson among others. Vaughan recorded for Columbia between 1949 and 1952, yet only two LPs were ever released from the many tracks she produced during that period: the strings-only Afterhours and the present Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi, which is a more jazz-oriented collection. These are, without question, some of Vaughan`s finest recordings. Hear her in her prime.
Recording infos:
Recorded 21st December 1949 : The Nearness Of You – take 5(master), take 1(alt.) Billy Butterfield, Taft Jordan : trumpet / Will Bradley : trombone / Toots Mondello, Hymie Schertzer : alto saxophone / Artie Drelinger, George Kelly : tenor saxophone / Stan Webb : baritone saxophone / Jimmy Jones, Al Caiola : guitar / Eddie Safranski : bass / Cozy Cole : drums