Sassy (album)

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Released1956
RecordedApril 1956
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label EmArcy
MG 36089
Sarah Vaughan chronology
After Hours
(1955)
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(1956)
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(1957)
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Sassy is an album by the American jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan with Hal Mooney and his orchestra, recorded in 1956 and released on the EmArcy label. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:56
  2. "I'm The Girl" (James Shelton) - 2:02
  3. "Shake Down The Stars" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:43
  4. "I've Got Some Crying To Do" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) - 2:46
  5. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:11
  6. "I Loved Him" (Cole Porter) - 3:12
  7. "Lonely Woman" (Benny Carter, Ray Sonin) - 2:59
  8. "Hey Naughty Papa" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 2:14
  9. "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 3:24
  10. "The Boy Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 2:47
  11. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 3:10
  12. "Only You Can Say" (Frisch, Wayne) - 2:56
  13. "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" (Mack David, Richard M. Jones, Ray Joseph) - 3:35

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review accessed September 27, 2012
  2. EmArcy discography accessed September 27, 2012