Jazz Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Sings Soulfully (1965)
Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Sings Soulfully (1965)
Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Sings Soulfully (1965)
A1 A Taste Of Honey A2 What Kind Of Fool Am I ? A3 I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry A4 Sermonette A5 In Love In Vain A6 Gravy Waltz B1 The Good Life B2 Moanin' B3 'round Midnight B4 Easy Street B5 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home B6 Midnight Sun Sarah Vaughan - Vocals Teddy Edwards - Sax (Tenor) Ernie Freeman - Bass, Guitar, Organ Carmell Jones - Trumpet Milt Turner - Drums Gerald Wilson - Arranger, Conductor
Sarah Vaughan's final Roulette session before going back to Mercury was one of her best. Some of the tunes (such as "A Taste of Honey," "What Kind of Fool Am I" and "The Good Life") do not look all that promising, but Vaughan was near the peak of her powers during this era. Plus her renditions of "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry," "Sermonette," "Gravy Waltz," "Moanin'," "'Round Midnight" and "Midnight Sun" are classics. Assisted by a sextet arranged by Gerald Wilson and including organist Ernie Freeman, trumpeter Carmell Jones, and the tenor of Teddy Edwards, Vaughan is brilliant throughout this highly enjoyable LP. ---Scott Yanow, AllMusic Review
The title's no lie – as Sarah Vaughan sings here in some very soulful company – thanks to arrangements from Gerald Wilson, which make this record one of the standout from her years on Roulette Records! The other players aren't listed, but they're clearly the kind of top-shelf bunch that Wilson would have pulled together – and there's a nice Hammond player who gets a lot of space, and brings the organ to bear with Vaughan's vocals – in a way you don't always hear on other records! There's also a strong trumpet and tenor soloist, who both do a great job of opening up Wilson's charts – and titles include "Taste Of Honey", "Easy Street", "Gravy Waltz", "In Love In Vain", "What Kind Of Fool Am I", "The Good Life", and "Moanin". ---dustygroove.com
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