Sarah Vaughan

180 gram vinyl limited edition

the complete album + 1 bonus track

Possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) ranked with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday in the very top echelon of female jazz singers. Lullaby of Birdland finds her in the company of the great trumpeter Clifford Brown, who would tragically die in a car accident in 1956 at the age of 25. AllMusic writer Scott Yanow stated that “everything works” on this album, making it an “essential acquisition”.

PERSONNEL:

• Sarah Vaughan - (vocals)
• Clifford Brown - (trumpet)
• Herbie Mann - (flute)
• Paul Quinichette - (tenor sax)
• Jimmy Jones - (piano)
• Joe Benjamin - (bass)
• Roy Haynes - (drums)

• New York, December 16 (A1, B1 & B3-B4)
• & December 18 (A2-A4, B2 & B5), 1954.

• (*) BONUS TRACK:
• Sarah Vaughan (vc) with members of the Count Basie Band conducted by Thad Jones:
• Wendell Culley (tp), Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Ronnell Bright (p), Freddie Green (g), Richard Davis (b), Sonny Payne (d)
• New York, January 5, 1958.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
• A2 APRIL IN PARIS
• A3 HE’S MY GUY
• A4 JIM
• A5 DARN THAT DREAM (*)

• SIDE B
• B1 YOU’RE NOT THE KIND
• B2 EMBRACEABLE YOU
• B3 I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU
• B4 SEPTEMBER SONG
• B5 IT’S CRAZY