MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Sarah Vaughan - vocals
Mundell Lowe - guitar
George Duvivier - double bass
my favorite things - 2:46
ev'ry time we say goodbye - 2:26
wonder why - 4:21
you'd be so easy to love - 2:12
sophisticated lady - 3:52
great day - 2:18
ill wind - 3:13
if love is good to me - 2:12
in a sentimental mood - 4:06
vanity - 4:19
through the years - 3:09
This Roulette Records' 1961 Birdland Series LP of Sarah Vaughan's After Hours was the first ever album by 'Sassy' to feature just her voice with bass (George Duvivier) and guitar (Mundell Lowe) in a program of mostly ballads, with Miss Vaughan crooning quietly in a rarely used style
Her voice is at its peak on these intimate, relaxed, almost spontaneous sessions
A true jazz classic of considerable beauty, with George and Mundell perfectly complementing 'the Divine Sarah' as she runs through a set of carefully chosen (yet unrehearsed) favorites, all songs one might've heard her perform in a smoky club well "After Hours"
Just one gorgeous track after another here
On "Wonder Why" Vaughan plumbs the depths of her vocal range
"Easy To Love" features an outstanding walking bass line
They swing it so well, Sarah is moved to finger-snap
Her exquisite enunciation and vocal sliding are most noticeable on a mellow cover of Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady"
The LP's most energetic song, "Great Day" again spotlights George's amazing bass work
A mere fragment, it fades out much too soon
On an impressive "Sentimental Mood", Sassy utilizes sharp, flat and quarter tones, and a few notes perhaps never heard before
The facáde of aloofness that shields a broken heart in "Vanity" makes for a melancholy, yet apropos, set closer
- Annie Van Auken -
RECORDING July 18 1961 at RKO-Pathe Studio, New York City
ENGINEERING --
LABEL Roulette
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED July 2016
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN England / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
