Sarah Vaughan’s Finest Hour

~ Release by Sarah Vaughan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Misty
alto saxophone:
Marcel Hrasko (on 1958-07-07)
baritone saxophone:
William Boucaya (on 1958-07-07) and Jo Hrasko (on 1958-07-07)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1958-07-07)
guitar:
Pierre Cullaz (on 1958-07-07)
piano:
Ronnell Bright (on 1958-07-07)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-07-07)
vibraphone:
Michel Hausser (on 1958-07-07)
orchestra:
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
Studio Hoche (Barclay) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1958-07-07)
cover recording of:
Misty (on 1958-07-07)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Erroll Garner
publisher:
Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Octave Music Publishing Corp., Pocketful of Dreams Music, Reganesque Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Vernon Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Misty (original instrumental work)
33:01
2How High the Moon
double bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (on 1957-08-06)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-08-06)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1957-08-06)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1957-08-06)
orchestra:
The Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
live cover recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1957-08-06)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:38
3I’m Glad There Is You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-16)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1954-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1954-12-16)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1954-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1954-12-16)
trumpet:
Clifford Brown (trumpet) (on 1954-12-16)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1954-12-16)
conductor:
Ernie Wilkins (on 1954-12-16)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
cover recording of:
I’m Glad There Is You (on 1954-12-16)
writer:
Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Madeira (Paul Madeira Mertz)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Mayfair Music Corp.
5:12
4Make Yourself Comfortable
recording of:
Make Yourself Comfortable
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
publisher:
Rylan Music Corp.
2:42
5Lush Life
cover recording of:
Lush Life
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chrysalis One Music, Reservoir Media Music, ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company) (from 1949 to present)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
4:04
6What Is This Thing Called Love
bass guitar:
Charles Williams (bassist)
drums (drum set):
George Hughes
piano:
Kirk Stuart
orchestra:
The Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
cover recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
2:07
7The Other Half of Me
3:01
8Dedicated to You
cover recording of:
Dedicated to You
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret
publisher:
Argosy Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Helene Blue Musique Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:48
9It Never Entered My Mind
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
cover recording of:
It Never Entered My Mind
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Lorenz Hart Publishing Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:43
10Shulie a Bop
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-04-02)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1954-04-02)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1954-04-02)
piano:
John Malachi (on 1954-04-02)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1954-04-02)
recording of:
Shulie a Bop (on 1954-04-02)
composer:
George Treadwell and Sarah Vaughan
2:41
11Lover Man
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-02-14)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1957-02-14)
piano:
John Malachi (on 1957-02-14)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1957-02-14)
recording of:
Lover Man (on 1957-02-14)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:19
12Broken Hearted Melody
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1958-01-08)
recording of:
Broken-Hearted Melody (on 1958-01-08)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Sherman Edwards
42:25
13My Man’s Gone Now
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
cover recording of:
My Man’s Gone Now (aria from Porgy and Bess, use this for non-opera or instrumental recordings)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”
4:24
14Lullaby of Birdland
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-16)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1954-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1954-12-16)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1954-12-16)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1954-12-16)
saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1954-12-16)
trumpet:
Clifford Brown (trumpet) (on 1954-12-16)
lead vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1954-12-16)
conductor:
Ernie Wilkins (on 1954-12-16)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1954-12-16)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
34:01
15Night Song
cover recording of:
Night Song (from “Golden Boy”) (in 1964-08)
lyricist:
Lee Adams (US musical theatre lyricist & librettist)
composer:
Charles Strouse
librettist:
William Gibson (playwright) and Clifford Odets (US playwright)
part of:
Golden Boy (The Musical)
3:14
16Dreamsville
cover recording of:
Dreamsville
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
composer and arranger:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
3:53
17Star Dust
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-01-05)
alto saxophone:
Marshall Royal (on 1958-01-05) and Frank Wess (on 1958-01-05)
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1958-01-05)
clarinet and reeds:
Marshall Royal (on 1958-01-05)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (on 1958-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Payne (on 1958-01-05)
flute and woodwind:
Frank Wess (on 1958-01-05)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1958-01-05)
piano:
Ronnell Bright (on 1958-01-05)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1958-01-05), Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-01-05) and Frank Wess (on 1958-01-05)
trombone:
Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-01-05), Al Grey (trombone) (on 1958-01-05) and Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-01-05)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-01-05), Eugene Young (on 1958-01-05), Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-01-05) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-01-05)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1958-01-05)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1958-01-05)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:19
18Sassie’s Blues
recording of:
Sassy’s Blues
writer:
Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) and Sarah Vaughan
5:38