The Bebop Shop : Body & Soul: Billie, Ella & The Great Jazz Voices : Sarah Vaughan
This great-value 49-track collection focuses on her early years as she established her reputation performing with various orchestras and bandleaders, as well as making her first solo recordings and having her first chart successes, before she joined Columbia Records in early 1949.
It features performances with some of the greats of the era, including Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Teddy Wilson, Dickie Wells Tadd Dameron, Lester Young and others, as she recorded for several different labels Continental, Guild, Musicraft, Crown, Gotham and Hot Record Society plus live recordings. (Discovery Records) Price: £12.99
This great value 69-track 3-CD collection follows directly on in her career from our earlier release The Early Years 1944-48 Sarah Vaughan (Acrobat ADDCD3251), and comprises the A and B sides of her releases on Columbia during her time with the label from 1948 through to 1953.
It naturally includes all her eleven Billboard Top 30 entries in these years including the Top 10 hit I Love The Guy, and features performances with Miles Davis, Bennie Green, Jimmy Jones and Budd Johnson, and the orchestras of Joe Lippman, Hugo Winterhalter, Norman Leyden, Percy Faith, Paul Weston and George Treadwell. In addition, the collection includes bonus tracks comprising live recordings from this era with Jimmy Jones, Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie, plus her 1950 MGM singles with Billy Eckstine. Its a comprehensive overview of this important period in her career and a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her peerless talent as she effortlessly spans the world of jazz and commercial pop. (Discovery Records) Price: £16.99
A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf Price: £9.99