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]
Sassy Swings the Tivoli | ||||
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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 | |||
Sarah Vaughan chronology | ||||
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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
editThe initial Billboard review from October 12, 1963 commented Vaughan was "really swinging on this album", and described it as a "must for Sassy's fans" and that there was "radiation on both sides of the footlights".[6]
Scott Yanow on Allmusic.com gave the album four and a half stars out of five and commented that the album was a "gem" that this "wonderful live session" was "one of her very best of the 1960s".[4]
Track listing
edit- Disc one
- "I Feel Pretty" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 2:34
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 5:56
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 2:04
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 5:56
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) - 4:30
- "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" (Hughie Cannon) - 3:14
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 2:33
- "Sassy's Blues" (Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan) - 5:40
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:27
- "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) - 2:20
- "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 3:12
- "I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:21
- "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:56
- "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 1:43
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) - 3:17
- "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:46
- Disc two
- "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 5:32
- "Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim) - 5:51
- "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 2:15
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 4:39
- "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (George Forrest, Robert C. Wright) - 3:07
- "The Lady's in Love With You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:15
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 3:14
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - 2:01
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" - 4:06
- "I Cried for You" - 2:19
- "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 5:26
- "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) - 5:11
- "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:40
- "Just One of Those Things" (Porter) - 2:33
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:04*
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 5:10
Personnel
edit- Sarah Vaughan - vocals
- Kirk Stuart - piano, vocals on "Misty"
- Charles Williams - double bass
- George Hughes - drums
- Quincy Jones - producer
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 199. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1444. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b Sassy Swings the Tivoli at AllMusic
- ^ Liner notes, Emarcy CD 832 788 2, released 1987
- ^ "Album Reviews: Spotlight Pick". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 October 1963. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510.