SARAH VAUGHAN - Verve Jazz Masters 18 (1994) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Vol. 18 of the Verve Jazz Masters series features Sarah Vaughan for the most part singing bop and swinging pretty hard. Though not known at all as a Verve artist (only At Mister Kelly's), these tracks were mined from her dates in the '50s and '60s for Mercury/EmArcy and Roulette. Of the 16 selections, there's a good mix of small-group sessions with such notables as trumpeter Clifford Brown and saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and big bands led by Quincy Jones or members of the Count Basie Orchestra. Nary a string section is heard until the closer, "Misty." You get pure swing, not the sappy Sassy, during "Cherokee," "Shulie a Bop," "Lullaby of Birdland," "Just One of Those Things" (from the At Mister Kelly's date), and "Sassy's Blues," among others. This is a very good compilation to find and keep. Michael G. Nastos
Tracklist :
1     Cherokee 2'29
Alto Saxophone – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Sam Marowitz
Arranged By – Ernie Wilkins
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Drums – Roy Haynes
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
Guitar – Turk Van Lake
Orchestra – Ernie Wilkins's Orchestra
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Trombone – J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding
Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal
Written-By – Ray Noble    
2     September Song 5'43
Arranged By, Conductor – Ernie Wilkins
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Drums – Roy Haynes
Flute – Herbie Mann
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Quinichette
Trumpet – Clifford Brown
Written-By – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson    
3     Shulie a Bop 2'39
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Drums – Roy Haynes
Piano – John Malachi
Written-By – George Treadwell, Sarah Vaughan
4     My Funny Valentine 2'57
Orchestra – Richard Heyman's Orchestra
Written-By – Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart
5     How High the Moon 2'59
Bass – Richard Davis
Drums – Roy Haynes
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Written-By – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
6     It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream 3'17
Alto Saxophone – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Sam Marowitz
Arranged By – Wilkins
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Drums – Roy Haynes
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
Guitar – Turk Van Lake
Orchestra – Ernie Wilkins's Orchestra
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Trombone – J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding
Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal
Written-By – Don George, Duke Ellington    
7     Linger Awhile 0'59
Bass – Richard Davis (
Drums – Roy Haynes
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Written-By – Harry Owens, Vincent Rose
8     Poor Butterfly 3'31
Orchestra – Hal Mooney's Orchestra
Written-By – John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell    
9     Just One of Those Things 2'30
Written-By – Cole Porter    
10     Lonely Woman 3'00
Orchestra – Hal Mooney's Orchestra
Written-By – Benny Carter, Ray Sonin    
11     Lullaby of Birdland 3'58
Arranged By, Directed By – Ernie Wilkins
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Drums – Roy Haynes
Flute – Herbie Mann
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Quinichette
Trumpet – Clifford Brown
Written-By – George Weiss, George Shearing    
12     Say It Isn't So 5'22
Bass – Charles Williams
Drums – George Hughes
Piano – Kirk Stuart
Written-By – Irving Berlin
13     Sometimes I'm Happy 2'56
Alto Saxophone – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Sam Marowitz
Arranged By – Wilkins
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Drums – Roy Haynes
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
Guitar – Turk Van Lake
Orchestra – Ernie Wilkins's Orchestra
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Trombone – J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding
Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal
Written-By – Clifford Grey, Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
14     All the Things You Are 3'08
Orchestra – Hal Mooney's Orchestra
Written-By – Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II
15     Sassy's Blues 5'38
Bass – Charles Williams
Drums – George Hughes
Piano – Kirk Stuart
Written-By – Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan    
16     Misty 2'58Bass – Richard Davis
Drums – Kenny Clarke
Guitar – Pierre Cullaz
Orchestra – Quincy Jones's Orchestra
Piano – Ronnell Bright
Saxophone [Saxes] – Jo Hrasko, Marcel Hrasko, William Boucaya, Zoot Sims
Strings – Unknown Artist
Vibraphone – Michel Hausser
Written-By – Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke