Sarah Vaughan

The Best Of (Blue Vinyl) Sarah Vaughan

"Sassy" Sarah Vaughan was a singer whose respect from fellow

artistes was as great as her popularity with fans. No less a

personage than Frank Sinatra once said, with tongue firmly in

famous cheek, that "Sassy is so good that when I listen to her I

want to cut my wrists with a dull razor." Vaughan certainly had

the smoothest voice of her generation. She could swoop from

the highest of notes down to the depths. The material

showcased here ranges from 1945 to 1959 and majors on

excerpts from the Great American Songbook like Nice Work If

You Can Get It, tackled here in 1950 with George Treadwell

and his All-Stars.