Sassy Swings the Tivoli
1963 live album by Sarah Vaughan
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Sassy Swings the Tivoli is a 1963 live album by American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan and her trio, produced by Quincy Jones.[4] The performances were recorded in the concert hall of the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, over four days in July 1963.[5]
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | July 18–21, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 118:50 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Reception
The initial Billboard review from October 12, 1963 commented that Vaughan was "really swinging on this album", and described it as a "must for Sassy's fans" with "radiation on both sides of the footlights".[6]
Scott Yanow on AllMusic gave the album four and a half stars out of five and commented that the album was a "gem" and that this "wonderful live session" was "one of her very best of the 1960s".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Feel Pretty" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Misty" | Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke | 5:56 |
| 3. | "What Is This Thing Called Love?" | Cole Porter | 2:04 |
| 4. | "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" | Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman | 5:56 |
| 5. | "Sometimes I'm Happy" | Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" | Hughie Cannon | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Tenderly" | Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence | 2:33 |
| 8. | "Sassy's Blues" | Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan | 5:40 |
| 9. | "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" | Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke | 4:27 |
| 10. | "I Cried for You" | Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman | 2:20 |
| 11. | "Poor Butterfly" | Raymond Hubbell, John Golden | 3:12 |
| 12. | "I Could Write a Book" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 2:21 |
| 13. | "Time After Time" | Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn | 4:56 |
| 14. | "All of Me" | Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons | 1:43 |
| 15. | "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" | Ray Noble | 3:17 |
| 16. | "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" | Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | 2:46 |
| Total length: | 57:29 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'll Be Seeing You" | Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Maria" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 5:51 |
| 3. | "Day In, Day Out" | Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Bart Howard | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" | George Forrest, Robert C. Wright | 3:07 |
| 6. | "The Lady's in Love with You" | Burton Lane, Frank Loesser | 2:15 |
| 7. | "Honeysuckle Rose" | Fats Waller, Andy Razaf | 3:14 |
| 8. | "What Is This Thing Called Love?" | Cole Porter | 2:01 |
| 9. | "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" | Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman | 4:06 |
| 10. | "I Cried for You" | Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed | 2:19 |
| 11. | "The More I See You" | Mack Gordon, Harry Warren | 5:26 |
| 12. | "Say It Isn't So" | Irving Berlin | 5:11 |
| 13. | "Black Coffee" | Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster | 4:40 |
| 14. | "Just One of Those Things" | Cole Porter | 2:33 |
| 15. | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Over the Rainbow" | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 61:23 | ||
Personnel
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Kirk Stuart – piano, vocals on "Misty" (disc 1, track 2)
- Charles Williams – double bass
- George Hughes – drums
- Quincy Jones – producer