「バードランドの子守唄」の名唱でも知られる、ジャズ・ヴォーカルの女王の初期代表作。伝説の名トランペッター、クリフォード・ブラウンとの超絶記号の掛け合いも素晴らしい。 (C)RS
・ amazon : Sarah Vaughan w/Clifford Brown
・ apple music :Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown – サラ・ヴォーン
・ Google Play Music : Sarah Vaughan : With Clifford Brown (1955) / サラ・ヴォーン・ウィズ・クリフォード・ブラウン
・ Spotify : Sarah Vaughan : With Clifford Brown (1957)
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1. バードランドの子守唄 (Album Version)
2. エイプリル・イン・パリ (Album Version)
3. ヒーズ・マイ・ガイ (Album Version)
4. ジム (Album Version)
5. ユーアー・ノット・ザ・カインド (Album Version)
6. エンブレイサブル・ユー
7. アイム・グラッド・ゼア・イズ・ユー (Album Version)
8. セプテンバー・ソング (Album Version)
9. イッツ・クレイジー (Album Version)
10. バードランドの子守唄 (別テイク)
The liner note writer uses the word “masterpiece” and he is not wrong to do so. Sarah Vaughan rarely sang better than she does here, and her version of “Embraceable You” is a lesson in jazz invention. Sarah Vaughan’s complete works for Mercury filled up 23 CDs. The bit on this CD is undoubtedly the cream of the set. There is a good selection of numbers, including superb versions of “April In Paris” and “September Song”, and there doesn’t seem to be a single moment when the music drops below the inspired level. Vaughan was accompanied by a disparate group of horn players–trumpeter Clifford Brown, flautist Herbie Mann and tenor saxist Paul Quinichette. Brown’s genius just dazzles and Mann and Quinichette lifted their game to a level that they never reached again. The rhythm section of Jimmy Jones, Joe Benjamin and Roy Haynes was Vaughan’s normal trio of the times. Inspired? Faultless? A masterpiece? I think so. Oh, and in case you were wondering, it’s beautifully recorded, too. –Steve Voce
