Sarah Sings Soulfully

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Sarah Sings Soulfully
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Studio album by
Released1965 [1]
RecordedJune 6,12, 1963
Genre Vocal jazz
Length35:26
Label Roulette
Producer Teddy Reig
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Sarah + 2
(1962)
Sarah Sings Soulfully
(1965)
Snowbound
(1963)

Sarah Sings Soulfully is a 1965 studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, arranged by Gerald Wilson. [2]

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars and a half said that "Sarah Vaughan's final Roulette session before going back to Mercury was one of her best. Some of the tunes...do not look all that promising but Sassy was near the peak of her powers during this era.". [2]

Track listing

  1. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) - 3:14
  2. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 3:22
  3. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:09
  4. "Sermonette" (Cannonball Adderley, Jon Hendricks) - 4:19
  5. "In Love in Vain" (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) - 4:59
  6. "Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen, Ray Brown) - 2:19
  7. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) - 3:07
  8. "Moanin'" (Jon Hendricks, Bobby Timmons) - 3:12
  9. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) - 3:34
  10. "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones) - 3:30
  11. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) - 3:09
  12. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) - 5:34

Personnel

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References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 6, 2019
  2. 1 2 3 "Sarah Sings Soulfully". Allmusic . Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  3. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (28 August 1965). "Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Sings Soulfully" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 233. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.