No Count Sarah
1959 studio album by Sarah Vaughan
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No Count Sarah is a studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan released in August 1959.[2][3]
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| Released | August 1959 | |||
| Recorded | August 6–8, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Fine Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 35:26 | |||
| Label | EmArcy | |||
| Producer | Jack Tracy | |||
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The title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie. Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Scott Yanow gave it a four-and-a-half stars rating and called it "one of the best of all Sarah Vaughan recordings. Highly recommended".[1] It features "astounding vocalese"[4] from Vaughan on tracks including "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "No 'Count Blues".
Track listing
- "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:58
- "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 4:34
- "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:43
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:31
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:19
- "No 'Count Blues" (Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan) – 5:27
- "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 5:09
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:17
- "Missing You" (Ronnell Bright) – 3:28
Personnel
- Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young & Joe Newman - trumpet
- Henry Coker, Al Grey & Benny Powell - trombone
- Marshal Royal & Frank Wess - alto sax
- Frank Foster & Billy Mitchell - tenor sax
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone sax
- Ronnell Bright - piano
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Richard Davis - double bass
- Sonny Payne - drums
- Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones & Frank Foster - arrangers