1944-1946

by Sarah Vaughan

Overview

This first installment in the complete chronological recordings of Sarah Vaughan is a gold mine of great jazz dating from turbulent and transitional times. It's also one of the very best Sarah Vaughan retrospectives ever made available to the public. Vaughan positively glows in front of every ensemble lucky enough to back her, as she performs in an almost bewildering series of outstanding recordings on the De Luxe, Continental, Guild, Crown, Gotham, H.R.S., and Musicraft labels. She appears as a 20-year-old featured with Billy Eckstine's Orchestra, then sitting in with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, with violinist Stuff Smith's Trio, and with the amazing John Kirby Sextet (here billed as his orchestra). She rubs shoulders with Trummy Young, Dicky Wells, Tony Scott, Ben Webster, Freddy Webster, Al Cohn, Serge Chaloff, Flip Phillips, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Leo Parker, Georgie Auld, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Sid Catlett, Max Roach, and pianist Jimmy Jones, destined to accompany Vaughan intermittently until 1958. The jazz talent assembled on this one disc is nothing short of formidable. Sarah Vaughan began her recording career in the eye of the hurricane of jazz in New York during the mid-'40s. This incredible compilation documents exactly how she went about it. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	11/25/1997
Label:	Classics
UPC:	3307517095824
Rank:	281773

Tracks

1. I'll Wait and Pray
2. Signing Off
3. Interlude (A Night in Tunisia)
4. No Smokes Blues
5. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
6. Lover Man
7. What More Can a Woman Do
8. I'd Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
9. Mean to Me
10. Time and Again
11. I'm Scared
12. You Go to My Head
13. I Could Make You Love Me
14. It Might as Well Be Spring
15. All Too Soon
16. We're Through
17. A Hundred Years from Today
18. If You Could See Me Now
19. I Can Make You Love Me
20. You're Not the Kind
21. My Kinda Love
22. You're Blas¿¿

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sarah Vaughan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist,Piano,Trumpet,Director
Tony Scott and His Down Beat Club Sextet   Primary Artist
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Georgie Auld & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Stuff Smith and His Trio   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Billy Eckstine   Primary Artist,Director
John Kirby & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Big Sid Catlett   Drums
Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra   Orchestra
Bill DeArango   Guitar
Kenny Clarke   Drums
Georgie Auld   Director,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Harvey Leonard   Piano
Trummy Young   Trombone
Serge Chaloff   Baritone
Billy Kyle   Piano
Tadd Dameron   Piano,Director
Sam Zittman   Sax (Alto)
Tommy Porter   Bass
Leroy Harris   Sax (Alto)
Al Aarons   Trumpet
Jack Lesberg   Bass
Tony Scott   Clarinet,Orchestra
Curly Russell   Bass
Gene Ammons   Sax (Tenor)
Russell Procope   Sax (Alto)
Leonard Feather   Piano
Johnny Mandel   Trombone
Dexter Gordon   Sax (Tenor)
Charlie Parker   Sax (Alto)
John Kirby   Bass
Ted Sturgis   Bass
Neal Hefti   Trumpet
Connie Wainwright   Guitar
Jimmy Crawford   Drums
Max Roach   Drums
Al Cohn   Sax (Tenor)
Al McKibbon   Bass
Buster Bailey   Clarinet
George Treadwell   Trumpet
Aaron Sachs   Clarinet
Morey Feld   Drums
Al Haig   Piano
Bud Powell   Piano
Budd Johnson   Sax (Tenor)
Bill Beason   Drums
Bill Frazier   Sax (Alto)
Chuck Wayne   Guitar
Barry Galbraith   Guitar
Ben Webster   Sax (Tenor)
Freddy Webster   Trumpet
Flip Phillips   Sax (Tenor)
Gene Ramey   Bass
Leo Parker   Baritone
Dicky Wells   Trombone
John Malachi   Piano
Roy Kral   Piano
Danny Blue   Trumpet
Taswell Baird   Trombone
Art Blakey   Drums
Art Mardigan   Drums
Al Porcino   Trumpet
Tracy Allen   Trombone
Art House   Trumpet
Ed Cunningham   Bass
Irving Roth   Sax (Tenor)
Lou Prisby   Sax (Alto)
George Schwartz   Trumpet
John Jackson   Sax (Alto)
Mike Datz   Trombone
Shorty McConnell   Trumpet
Cecil Scott   Baritone
Ed Nicholson   Drums
Gail Brockman   Trumpet
Hank Ross   Clarinet
Gus Dixon   Trombone
Gene Zanoni   Sax (Alto)
Gerald Valentine   Trombone
Clarence Brereton   Trumpet
Al Outcalt   Trombone
Howard Scott   Trombone
Sonny Rich   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra   Performer
Bob Russell   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Tadd Dameron   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Jimmy Sherman   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Jo Trent   Composer
Frank Paparelli   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer,Performer
Leonard Feather   Composer
Sarah Vaughan   Composer
John Kirby & His Orchestra   Performer
Peggy Lee   Composer
Lou Singer   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Jesse Greer   Composer
Roy Turk   Composer
Jimmy Davis   Composer
Raymond Leveen   Composer
Ord Hamilton   Composer
Brooks Bowman   Composer
George Treadwell   Composer
Dave Barbour   Composer
Will Hudson   Composer
Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Louis Alter   Composer
Roger "Ram" Ramirez   Composer
Peter DeRose   Composer
Stuff Smith   Composer
Bruce Sievier   Composer
Stuff Smith and His Trio   Performer
Joseph Young   Composer
Gerald Valentine   Composer
Georgie Auld & His Orchestra   Performer