Here's one of the great jazz singer's taking on a classic, "'Round Midnight." This version is from the excellent, recently released Live At The 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival album.
One of the many reasons I adore Jonesy's Jukebox on Indie 103.1 in LA is his ability to play anything and get away with it. Thank you, Steve for introducing me to PJ Proby, The Isley Brothers, The Small Faces, The Stranglers and my new favorite singer, Sarah Vaughan. It's a shame she's been dead for over fifteen years, but it's great to see her get a new audience-- namely me.
For a while now, i've been looking for some good vocal jazz. When my voice teacher gave me the peice Lullaby of Bird Land to work on it gave me the perfect reason to look more into it. While i was browsing through the many renditions i fell upon Sarah Vaughans. And lucky for me because she was the exact thing i was looking for. After that, well you could say i got a little distracted. S...
On Everything I Have is Yours, Sarah Vaughan straddles the big band and smaller combo sounds with a loose assemblage of songs recorded throughout 1946 and '47.
