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| Sarah Vaughan was sometimes known as Sassy, with good reason: she was a brilliant singer, excellent pianist and consummate artist, beloved of beboppers Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker (she began her career in the bop-styled orchestras of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine) - and she didn’t suffer fools gladly. At her commercial peak, she was also a truly popular vocalist, enjoying 20 US top 40 hits. Now we celebrate her illustrious career – and current use of ‘Make Yourself Comfortable’ in a prominent TV ad starring Serena Williams – with the release of her Golden Hits!!! compilation on black and gold 180G vinyl. This classic collection covers her fruitful Mercury and EmArcy years of 1954-1961, a period during which she recorded all-time-great versions of ‘Autumn In New York’, ‘Lullaby Of Birdland’ and ‘Moonlight In Vermont’, and collaborated with the likes of Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones and Roy Haynes.
HIGHLIGHTS: -Sarah Vaughan is one of the pre-eminent jazz singers of all time -She was born in that great jazz city of Newark, New Jersey, in 1924, and died in 1990 -She began her career singing and playing piano in the bebop-styled orchestras of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine -She has a string of classic albums to her name and also enjoyed 20 US top 40 pop hits -Golden Hits collects many of her best-known performances, focusing on her Mercury/EmArcy years between 1954-1961 -Tracks include ‘Make Yourself Comfortable’, ‘Smooth Operator’, ‘Misty’, ‘Lullaby Of Birdland’ and ‘Moonlight In Vermont’ -‘Make Yourself Comfortable’ currently features in a prominent TV ad starring Wimbledon finalist Serena Williams -Golden Hits is presented in two 1-LP formats, black 180G vinyl and gold 180G vinyl -She won four Grammy™ awards during her illustrious career, including a Lifetime Achievement Award Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet 【曲目】 Side 1 1. Misty - 2:59 2. Broken Hearted Melody - 2:15 3. Make Yourself Comfortable - 2:36 4. Autumn In New York - 3:15 5. Moonlight In Vermont - 3:27 6. How Important Can It Be - 2:27 Side 2 1. Smooth Operator - 2:17 2. Whatever Lola Wants - 2:35 3. Lullaby Of Birdland - 3:55 4. Eternally - 2:20 5. Poor Butterfly - 3:28 6. Close To You - 3:03 |