SARAH VAUGHAN AND HER TRIO - At Mister Kelly's (1957-1991) RM | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

During the mid-'50s, Sarah Vaughan spent most of her time recording songbook standards backed by a large orchestra in florid arrangements, with only the occasional breath of fresh air like her masterpiece, 1954's Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown. Four years after that milestone, another landed with the live album At Mister Kelly's. Recorded quite early in the days of the live LP, the album captured Vaughan at her best and most relaxed, stretching out on a set of late-night torch songs and ballads. With a trio including Jimmy Jones on piano, Roy Haynes on drums, and Richard Davis on bass, Vaughan is simply captivating, easily disproving the notion that, to be entertaining, singers needed inventive arrangements and multiple voices (instrumental or otherwise) behind them. Her unerring sense of rhythm carries her through every song on this set, whether the occasion calls for playfulness and wit ("Thou Swell," "Honeysuckle Rose") or a world-wise melancholia ("Willow Weep for Me"). Her accompanists are a valuable anchor, with Haynes' drumming just as precise as Sassy's vocals and Jones' piano solos adding additional vitality. John Bush  
Tracklist :
1     September in the Rain 3'34
Harry Warren
2     Willow Weep for Me 5'18
Ann Ronell
3     Just One of Those Things 3'13
Cole Porter
4     Be Anything But Darling Be Mine 4'46
Irving Gordon
5     Thou Swell 2'45
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
6     Stairway to the Stars 5'05
Matty Malneck / Mitchell Parish / Frank Signorelli
7     Honeysuckle Rose 3'37
Andy Razaf / Fats Waller    
8     Just a Gigolo 4'16
Julius Brammer / Irving Caesar / Leonello Casucci
9     How High the Moon 2'58
Nancy Hamilton / William Lewis
- BONUS TRACKS -    
10    Dream    3:38
J. Mercer
11    I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter    2:30
F. E. Alhert / L. Hart
12    It's Got To Be Love    5:13
R. Rodgers / L. Hart
13    Alone    2:29
N. H. Brown / A. Freed
14    If This Isn't Love    2:25
B. Lane / E. Y. Harburg
15    Embraceable You    2:47
G. & I. Gershwin
16    Lucky In Love    2:10
R. Henderson / B. DeSylva / L. Brown
17    Dancing In The Dark    3:36
A. Schwartz / H. Dietz
18    Poor Butterfly    4:45
R. Hubbell / J. Colden
19    Sometimes I'm Happy    2:00
V. Youmans / I. Caesar
20        I Cover The Waterfront    4:07
J. Green / E. Heyman
Credits :
Bass – Richard Davis
Drums – Roy Haynes
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Vocals – Sarah Vaughan
Notas.
Performance recorded live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, IL .
Tracks 1 - 12 August 6, 1957
Track 13 August 7, 1957
Tracks 14 - 20 August 8, 1957