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SARAH VAUGHAN &WOODY HERMAN
"On The Radio - 1963 'Live' Guard Sessions"
ACMCD 4323
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Sarah Vaughan is widely recognized as “the singer’s singer”, one of the true greats of jazz whose talent enabled her to embrace the wider pop market. Vaughan was famed for her remarkable vocal range, effortless phrasing and harmonic sense, developed in her early career during the bebop era with the Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine bands, working with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Woody Herman’s 1963 Herd was widely regarded as one of the very best that the veteran clarinetist and bandleader had ever assembled. Indeed, an album later released from sessions they recorded in February, May and November of 1963 was entitled “The Swingin’est Big Band Ever”. In 1963, Downbeat magazine wrote of the Herman Orchestra: “The band does perfectly what is called for in each case – playing with fiery frenzy, cooking gently, or creating a mood”.
Sarah Vaughan never made any formal studio recordings with the renowned Woody Herman Orchestra, but they came together in 1963 to record several of the series of radio programmes called “The Guard Sessions”, sponsored as a recruitment promotion by the US National Guard. These recordings are therefore a unique marriage of very special talents – Vaughan’s effortlessly brilliant vocals on eight of the numbers, her brilliant technique enabling her to interact with the supremely tight and swinging Herd to great effect, who contribute some scintillating instrumentals. Also included to capture the atmosphere of the sessions are the intros and banter between presenter Martin Block and the stars. This is one that will appeal not only to Vaughan and Herman devotees, but also to jazz and big band enthusiasts interested in a unique collaboration of these major artists.
· Unique ‘live’ recordings from 1963
· The only time that these two major artists recorded together
· Includes the studio intros and banter to provide the atmosphere of the original radio programmes
· Features both artists at the height of their prowess – the ’63 Herman Herd was regarded as one of the very best
Track Listing:
1. Introduction and “Go With The National Guard” jingle
2. “Day In, Day Out”
3. Advert & Talk (Non-musical work)
4. “Midnight Sun”
5. “But Not For Me”
6. “Muskrat Ramble”
7. Conversation and introduction (Non-musical work)
8. “Don't Get Around Much Anymore”
9. “The More I See You”
10. “On Green Dolphin Street”
11. “At The Woodchopper's Ball”
12. “Just One Of Those Things”
13. “Don't Go With Strangers”
14. “I'll Be Seeing You”
15. “Four Brothers”
16. “Mo-Lasses”
17. “I Cried For You”
18. “Poor Butterfly”
19. “The Preacher”
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