Track Listings (20) - Disc #1| All Artists: Sarah Vaughan Title: At Mr Kelly's Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Polygram Records Release Date: 12/3/1991 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 042283279124 |
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After a rather shaky start (she can't find her key on "September in the Rain," knocks over a microphone stand, and stumbles on some lyrics during "Willow Weep for Me"), it doesn't take Sarah Vaughan long to overcome these ... more » |
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Amazon.com essential recording After a rather shaky start (she can't find her key on "September in the Rain," knocks over a microphone stand, and stumbles on some lyrics during "Willow Weep for Me"), it doesn't take Sarah Vaughan long to overcome these glitches and deliver a nuanced, intimate performance on this live gig. Recorded in August 1957, this date features pianist Jimmy Jones, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Roy Haynes. As should be expected, their solid performance is strictly accompaniment and, for the most part, unspectacular. The show, of course, belongs to Sassy. She swoops, soars, whispers, and belts it out. Her range is jaw dropping; her control and vibrato are simply beyond compare. And although Vaughan asks for her mic to be turned up throughout the performance, she is mixed up front and quite high in the recording--right where she deserves to be. --S. Duda Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsA Master At Work Donald Agarrat | Harlem, New York - USA | 02/08/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "I never got to hear Sassy perform live, but two albums changed that: this one at Mister Kelly's in Chicago and "Sassy Swings The Tivoli" in Copenhagen, Denmark.The biggest difference is that "At Mister Kelly's" features Sarah Vaughan with her trio of stellar musicians - no Quincy Jones. Her usual thang, just her and her fellas - and the synergy is fantastic and warm. The whole CD is great (half of the songs weren't even on the original album) and my favorites are "Stairway To The Stars", "Be Anything But Darling Be Mine", "Dancing In The Dark" and "Poor Butterfly" (it is wonderful when she replaces some of the lyrics with 'Thank You!'). In the liner notes, Lee Jeske says "that's the way she most liked to work, and that's the context in which she consistently did her finest singing." This CD makes that quite apparent." ...humanly divine...(blemishes and all)... R. Davis | louisville, ky | 03/20/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "...at first lissen, i thought a fight or somethin had broke out...(in my overactive imagination, i thought that maybe ella fitzgerald was bumrushin the stage in protest or somethin)... but all that happened was that ms. vaughan had knocked somethin over...(dag! that all!?!?!)... whatever mishaps or miscues occur over the course of this outting (and there are a few!) sista sarah holds it down!! she aint jus 'sassy' here, she's funny and sincere and completely professional...she's for real and honest and that is somethin that studio recorded albums sometimes miss out on...(maaan, thank god nobody with a camera or recorder was around when i was makin my mistakes!!! i couldnt be this graceful!!! it might've gotten ugly if it was me...somethin like "maaan, you betta gimme that tape!!")sometimes adversity breeds somethin beautiful...and while this is far from being sista sarah's technical best, it most definitely is one of her warmest recordings and i enjoy it more than her other so-called 'soulful' performances...yall cant go wrong with this one..." Live small group jazz at its finest! joby34 | Austin, TX USA | 10/04/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Jazz takes many forms, and this is one of the best live vocalist plus trio albums ever. Vaughan's interplay with the audience, soundman and her trio gives this album a depth and richness often lost in today's overproduced, slick musical world. Her voice is lyrically stupendous and displays incredible range. Her attitude is often playful, sometimes worldly wise. To me, this is jazz at its best: live, small ensemble, rich, real and, of course, Sarah..."
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