SARAH VAUGHAN - The Benny Carter Sessions (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 Sarah Vaughan's two Roulette orchestra sessions that featured Benny Carter arrangements (The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan and The Lonely Hours) are reissued in full on The Benny Carter Sessions from 1994. The unidentified musicians (which include strings on the second set) are chiefly accompanists behind the frequently miraculous singer. The "explosive" album (which mostly does not live up to its billing) is the better of the two dates with more variety and highlights in songs such as "Honeysuckle Rose," "The Lady's in Love with You," "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" and a spirited "Trolley Song." The later set is more ballad-oriented and less memorable, though it does offer a classic rendition of "Solitude." Throughout, Vaughan is in prime voice, overcoming the weaker material and uplifting the more superior songs. Not essential but Sarah Vaughan fans will enjoy this reissue. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     I Believe in You 3'05
Frank Loesser
2     Honeysuckle Rose 3'01
Andy Razaf / Fats Waller
3     Moonlight on the Ganges 2'37
Sherman Myers / Chester Wallace
4     The Lady's in Love With You 2'14
Burton Lane / Frank Loesser
5     After You've Gone 2'38
Henry Creamer / Turner Layton
6     A Garden in the Rain 3'16
James Dyrenforth / Carroll Gibbons
7     I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3'09
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
8     The Trolley Song 2'37
Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin
9     I'm Gonna Live Until I Die 2'05
M.P. Curtis / Manny Curtis / Al Hoffman / Walter Kent
10     Falling in Love With Love 2'29
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
11     Great Day 2'02
Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose / Vincent Youmans
12     Nobody Else But Me 3'11
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
13     Lonely Hours 4'04
Glaser / Hy Glaser / Jerry Solomon / Solomon
14     I'll Never Be the Same 3'44
Gus Kahn / Matty Malneck / Frank Signorelli
15     If I Had You 3'52
Irving Berlin
16     Friendless 3'04
Benny Carter / Paul Vandervoort II
17     You're Driving Me Crazy 3'00
Walter Donaldson
18     Always on My Mind 3'10
Johnny Green / Norman Newell
19     Look for Me (I'll Be Around) 3'19
Dee / Sylvia Dee / Guy Wood / Wood
20     What'll I Do? 2'51
Irving Berlin
21     Solitude 3'17
Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
22     These Foolish Things 3'15
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey
23     The Man I Love 4'03
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
24     So Long, My Love 2'19
Sammy Cahn / Lew Spence
Credits :
Arranged By – Benny Carter
Vocals – Sarah Vaughan