Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs...

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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. Personnel: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Ann Mason (harp); Gerald Vinci, Nick Pisani, Henry Hill , Felix Slatkin, Erno Neufeld, Benny Gill, Alex Murray, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Harry Bluestone (violin); David Sterkin, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, Milton Thomas (viola); Cy Bernard, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin, Ray Kramer (cello); Ronnie Lang (woodwinds, alto saxophone); Champ Webb, Harry Klee, Justin Gordon (woodwinds); John Best (trumpet); Dick Noel, Tom Pederson , George Roberts , Randall Miller, Joe Howard, Murray McEachern (trombone); Ray Sherman, George Greeley (piano); Louis Singer, Larry Bunker (drums). Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (03/29/1954-11/29/1956); Fine Sound Studio, New York, NY (03/29/1954-11/29/1956); New York, NY (03/29/1954-11/29/1956); Universal Recording Studios, Chica (03/29/1954-11/29/1956). Arranger: Hal Mooney. Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows gathers the great autumn 1956 session that seemed to crystalize all of Vaughan's technical and stylistic resources, propelling the legendary Miss Sassy into the mainstream spotlight her talent so richly deserved. Vaughan was simply one of the greatest voices of the 20th century, with an astonishing range that ranged from girlish soprano to 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 her growing acceptance among the mainstream pop audience was simple and common enough. It wed Vaughan's dark, sultry voice to lush, romantic orchestra and brass arrangements (mainly by Hal Mooney). In lesser hands, such an approach might have dated rather badly, but listen to the way 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 here. On an epic "Dancing in the Dark," Vaughan hits the word "dancing" with a broad 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. ~ Rovi Staff
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