COUNT BASIE | SARAH VAUGHAN - Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan (1961-1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Although Count Basie gets top billing, he actually doesn't even appear on this set. Basie's Orchestra and pianist Kirk Stuart are purely in a supporting role behind the magnificent voice of Sarah Vaughan, other than a couple of short spots for trumpeter Joe Newman and Frank Foster's tenor. Sometimes Vaughan sounds overly mannered and seems to give little weight to the words she is singing, but her wide range and impeccable musicianship carry the day. Highlights include "Perdido," "Mean to Me," and "You Go to My Head," and the set is understandably recommended more for Sarah Vaughan fans than Count Basie collectors. [Some reissues add a pair of charming Vaughan duets with Joe Williams, "Teach Me Tonight" and "If I Were a Bell," that were originally released as a single, plus an alternate take of "Until I Met You."] Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Perdido 2'12
Ervin Drake / Hans Lengsfelder / Juan Tizol    
2     Lover Man 3'59
Jimmie Davis / Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Jimmy Sherman
3     I Cried for You 2'56
Gus Arnheim / Arthur Freed / Abe Lyman
4     Alone 3'56
Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed
5     There Are Such Things 3'12
Stanley Adams / Abel Baer / George W. Meyer
6     Mean to Me 2'51
Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk    
7     The Gentleman Is a Dope 2'46
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers    
8     You Go to My Head 4'53
J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie    
9     Until I Met You 3'10
Freddie Green / Don Wolf    
10     You Turned the Tables on Me 3'24
Louis Alter / Sidney Mitchell
11     Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day) 4'53
Al Hoffman / Maurice Sigler / Mabel Wayne / Sid Wayne    
12     Teach Me Tonight 2'53
Sammy Cahn / Gene DePaul    
13     If I Were a Bell 2'45
Frank Loesser    
14     Until I Met You 2'48
Freddie Green / Don Wolf
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Frank Wess, Marshall Royal
Arranged By – Ernie Wilkins (pistas: 12), Frank Foster (pistas: 11), Thad Jones (pistas: 1 to 10, 13, 14)
Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes
Bass – Eddie Jones
Clarinet – Marshall Royal
Drums – Sonny Payne
Flute – Charlie Fowlkes, Frank Wess
Guitar – Freddie Green
Piano – Kirk Stuart
Tenor Saxophone – Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster, Frank Wess
Trombone – Al Grey, Benny Powell, Henry Coker
Trumpet – Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones
Vocals – Joe Williams (pistas: 12, 13), Sarah Vaughan