SARAH VAUGHAN – SARAH SLIGHTLY CLASSICAL LP – Nr MINT JAZZ

Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Slightly Classical
(Roulette Records  1966  R52123  US Pressing)

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality – there is a name and number written on the labels)

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges & name and date written on back at top
 

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described by music critic Scott Yanow as having “one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century.”

Nicknamed “Sassy“, “The Divine One” and “Sailor” (for her salty speech), Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award winner. The National Endowment for the Arts bestowed upon her its “highest honor in jazz”, the NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989.

Sarah Slightly Classical is a 1963 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, arranged by Marty Manning.

Track listing

1. “Be My Love” (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:45
2. “Intermezzo” (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 4:25
3. “I Give to You” (Mary F. Manning, Johnny Lehmann) – 3:00
4. “Because” (Guy D’Hardelot, Edward Teschemacher) – 3:15
5. “Full Moon and Empty Arms” (Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman) – 2:38
6. “My Reverie” (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 3:02
7. “Moonlight Love” (Mitchell Parish) – 4:00
8. “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life” (Rida Johnson Young, Victor Herbert) – 3:05
9. “Till the End of Time” (Frédéric Chopin, Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman) – 3:37
10. “None But the Lonely Heart” (Pyotr Tchaikovsky) – 3:14
11. “Night” (John Lehman, Ron Miller, Camille Saint-Saëns) – 2:30
12. “If You Are But a Dream” (Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx) – 2:44
13. “Only” (Leo Missir, George David Weiss) – 2:16
14. “Experience Unnecessary” (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, Gladys Shelley, John Whiteman) – 2:51

Personnel

• Sarah Vaughan – vocals
• Marty Manning – arranger, conductor