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Sarah VAUGHAN & Lester YOUNG
ONE NIGHT STAND
(CD BLUE NOTE - Jazz references / 525 758 2) France

Town Hall, New York - November 8, 1947
Lester Young Sextet : Lester Young (tenor sax on tracks 1-4, 9-11 and 16), Sarah Vaughan (vocal on *)



Lester leaps in / Just you, just me / Jumpin' with symphony sid / Sunday / Don't blame me * / My kinda love * / I cover the waterfront * / A ghost of chance * / Lester's bebop boogie / These foolish things / Movin' with Lester / The man I love * / Time after time * / Mean to me * / Body and soul * / I cried for you *.

PERDIDO
(CD NATASHA IMPORTS / NI 4004)

1951 to April 21, 1953



Opening announcements / I get a kick out of you / In cried for you / Announcements and special birthday tribute to Sarah / Body and soul / Opening theme (Lullaby of Birdland) / Tenderly / I get a kick out of you / You're mine you / Perdido / Ending theme (Lullaby of Birdland) / Opening theme (Lullaby of Birdland) / Time to go / Ooh what you're doin' to me / You're mine you / Corner to corner / Mean to me / A blue serenade / Perdido / Lover come back to me / A blue serenade / Perdido / Symphony Sid (Torrin) announces Miss Vaughan / Gentleman friend / You're all I need.

SOLO IMPACT
(LP ALTO RECORDS / AL 712) USA



Birdland, New York - March 22, 1952
Sarah Vaughan with (probably) Lou Stein (piano), Al Hall or Joe Benjamin (bass), unknow (drums), Wild Bill Davis (organ on "Perdido")

Vanity / Mean to me / Tenderly / Perdido / Once in a while.

Birdland, New York - August 23, 1952
Unknow personnel

Once in a while / I cried for you / Street of dreams / Perdido / I ran all the way home / Time to go.

Birdland, New York - September 5, 1953
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), John Malachi (piano), Joe Benjamin (bass), Roy Haines (drums)

Body and soul / Nice work if you can get it / Everything I have is yours / Summertime / Linger awhile / East of the sun.

BIRDLAND - LIVE IN NEW YORK
(CD JAZZ-A-NOVA / JAZAM 7001) UK

Same as previous album

There is a mistake on the back cover : 1952.09.05 instead 1953.09.05


NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, Newport - July 7, 1957
See LINGER AWHILE (Compilations)


AT MISTER KELLY'S
(LP MERCURY / MG 20326) USA

Mister Kelly's, Chicago - August 6, 1957
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Jimmy Jones (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)

Included in the following CD

September in the rain / Willow weep for me / Just one of those things / Be anything (But be mine) / Thou swell / Stairway to the stars / Honeysuckle rose / Just a gigolo / How high the moon.

AT MISTER KELLY'S
(CD VERVE / 832 791 2) USA

Mister Kelly's, Chicago - August 6, 1957
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Jimmy Jones (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)



September in the rain / Willow weep for me / Just one of those things / Be anything (But be mine) / Thou swell / Stairway to the stars / Honeysuckle rose / Just a gigolo / How high the moon / Dream / I'm gonna sit right down (And write myself a letter) / It's got to be love / Alone / If this isn't love / Embraceable you / Lucky in love / Dancing in the dark / Poor butterfly / Sometimes I'm happy / I cover the waterfront.

AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE
(LP MERCURY / MG 20383) USA

London House, Chicago - March 7, 1958
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Ronnell Bright (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Roy Haynes (drums), Henry Coker (trombone), Frank Wess (tenor), Thad Jones & Wendell Culley (trumpet)

Like someone in love / Detour ahead / Three little words / I'll string along with you / You may not be an angel (But I'll string along with you) / You'de be so nice to come home to / Speak low / All of you / Thanks for the memory.

AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE
(LP TRIP / TLP 5505) USA

London House, Chicago - March 7, 1958

Same as previous album

AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE
(LP CONCERT HALL / SJS 1267) France

London House, Chicago - March 7, 1958

Same as previous album

RECITAL NOCTURNE AU LONDON HOUSE
(LP MERCURY / 160 020) France

London House, Chicago - March 7, 1958

Same as AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE

LIVE IN CHICAGO
A Jazz Hour with Sarah Vaughan
(CD A JAZZ HOUR / JHR 73580) Belgium

Mister Kelly's, Chicago - August 6, 1957
London House, Chicago - March 7, 1958

This album group together AT MISTER KELLY'S (without bonus) and AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE

IF THIS ISN'T LOVE
Jazz at the Concertgebouw
(CD 55 RECORDS / FNCJ 5606) Japan



Concertgebouw, Amsterdam - June 7, 1958
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Ronnel Bright (piano), Richard Davis (bass), David Morgan (drums)
Don Byas (tenor sax on "How high the moon")

If this isn't love / Passing strangers / Mean to me / Lover man / Cherokee / Body and soul / Sometimes I'm happy / Autumn in New York / I cried for you / Tenderly / That old devil moon / How high the moon.

TV studio, Bussum - June 7, 1958

If this isn't love / Passing strangers.

LIVE AND S'WONDERFUL
(CD MR MUSIC / MMCD 7024)



Birdland, New York - March 31, 1953
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), John Malachi (piano), Wyatt Ruther (bass) et Fats Heard (drums)

Tenderly / I get a kick out of you / You're mine you / Perdido.

Zardi's Jazzland, Hollywood - May 21, 1956
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Jimmy Jones (piano), Joe Benjamin (bass) et Roy Haynes (drums)

The nearness of you / Sometimes I'm happy / Just squeeze me (instrumental) / Mr. Wonderful / That old devil moon / How am I to know ? (instrumental) / Tenderly / Linger awhile / S'wonderful.

New York Jazz Festival, New York - June 2, 1960
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Ronnell Bright (piano), Richard Davis (bass) et Percy Brice (drums)

What is this thing called love / Gone with the wind / All of me / Don't blame me / Just one of those things / Misty / Jammin' on Sometimes I'm happy.

SASSY SWINGS THE TIVOLI - Complete Edition
(CD double EMARCY / 832 788 2)

Tivoli, Copenhagen - July 18 to 21, 1963
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Kirk Stuart (piano), Charles Williams (bass) et George Hughes (drums))



CD 1 : I feel pretty / Misty / What is this thing called love ? / Lover man / Sometimes I'm happy / Won't you come home, Bill Bailey ? / Tenderly / Sassy's blues / Polka dots and moonbeams / I cried for you / Poor butterfly / I could write a book / Time after time / All of me / I hadn't anyone till you / I can't give you anything but love.

CD 2 : I'll be seeing you / Maria / Day in day out / Fly me to the moon / Baubles, bangles and beads / The lady's in love with you / Honeysuckle rose / What is this thing called love ? / Lover man / I cried for you / The more I see you / Say it isn't so / Black coffee / Just one of those things / On green Dolphin Street / Over the rainbow.

RECORDED LIVE
(LP double MERCURY - Emarcy Jazz Series / EMS 2 412) USA

Extracts from AT MISTER KEELY'S, AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE and SASSY SWINGS THE TIVOLI

(a) Mister Kelly's, Chicago - August 6-8, 1957
(b) London House, Chicago - March 7, 1958
(c) Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen - July 18-21, 1963

DISC 1 : (a) Introduction / September in the rain / Just one of those things / Be anything (but be mine) / Thou swell / Stairway to the stars / How high the moon / (b) Introduction - Like someone in love / Speak low / Three little words / I'll string along with you / All of you.

DISC 2 : (b) Thanks for the memory / (c) I feel pretty / Misty / What is this thing called love / Lover man / Sometimes I'm happy / Sassy's blues / Polka dots and moonbeams / I cried for you.

SARAH VAUGHAN LIVE !
COMPACT JAZZ
(CD MERCURY / 832 572 2) Germany

1957, 1958 and 1963
Extracts from AT MISTER KELLY'S, AFTER HOURS AT THE LONDON HOUSE and SASSY SWINGS THE TIVOLI



Sometimes I'm happy / Honeysuckle rose / Be anything (But be mine) / All of you / Time after time / What is this thing called love / Lover man / Sassy's blues / Stairway to the stars / On green Dolphin Street / Detour ahead / Just one of those things / Like someone in love / I'll be seeing you.

SARAH'S BLUES
(CD JMY / 1002 2)

Juan les Pins, France - July 29, 1963
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Kirk Stuart (piano), Charles Williams (bass) et George Hughes (drums))

Day in day out / Fly me to the moon / Honeysuckle rose / Over the rainbow / Sassy's blues / Misty / Green Dolphin Street / I can't give you anything but love / Sometimes I'm happy / Maria / Tenderly / Bill Bailey won't you please come home.

JAZZFEST MASTERS
(CD VOLCANO / 32086 2) USA

New Orleans - June 1969



I cried for you / Tenderly / Time after time / Sometimes I'm happy / Misty / Day in, day out / Lover man / Bluesette / All of me / The lamp is low / Watch what happens / There will never be another you / A closer walk with thee.

LIVE AT THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIE 1969
(CD double THE LOST RECORDINGS / TLR 2004037) EU

Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany - November 9, 1969 - First concert
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Johnny Veith (piano), Gus Mancuso (bass), Eddy Pucci (drums)



CD 1 : A lot of livin' to do / And I love him / Alfie / On a clear day / Passing strangers / Misty / I cried for you / My funny Valentine / All of me / Tenderly.

CD 2 : Fly me to the moon / Time after time / The trolley song / By the time I get to phoenix / The sweetest sounds / Polka dots and moonbeams / Day in, day out / What now, my love / I had a ball / Don't we ?

LIVE IN BERLIN 1969
(CD WDR- JAZZ LINE / N77031) Germany

Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany - November 9, 1969 - Second concert
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Johnny Veith (piano), Gus Mancuso (bass), Eddy Pucci (drums)



Just one of those things / Fly me to the moon / Announcement Sarah Vaughan / Love finds a way / Time after time / Zing zing zing went the strings of my heart / By the time I get to Phoenix / The sweetest sound / Polka dots and moonbeams / Day in, day out / What now my love / I had a ball.

LIVE AT THE 1971 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
(CD MJF RECORDS / 230 351 5)

Monterey Jazz Festival - September 19, 1971
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Bill Mays (piano), Bob Magnusson (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)
(*) All Stars



Introduction by Norman Granz / I remember you / The lamp is low / 'round midnight / There will never be another you / And I love him / Scattin' the blues / Tenderly / All-Stars introduction / A Monterey jam * / A Monterey jam (encore) (instrumental) *.

JAZZ EN BUENOS AIRES
(Digital MP3 from internet download RGS MUSIC)

Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina - October 2, 1972
Carl Schroeder (piano), Bob Magnusson (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)

Blue Monk / I'll remember April / The summer knows / Sweet gingerbread man / Fly me to the moon / I could write a book / 'Round midnight / But not for me / Everything must change / Close to you / My funny Valentine / Stella by starlight / Tonight / (Where do I begin) Love story / Band introduction / On a clear day / I remember you / The lamp is low / Misty / All of me / Time after time / There will never be another you.

LIVE AT THE KONZERTHAUS VIENNA
(CD SOUNDS OF YESTER YEAR / DSOY 2134) UK

Konzerthaus, Vienna - November 3, 1973
Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Carl Schroeder (piano), John Gianelli (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)



A foggy day / The summer knows / Introduction by Sarah Vaughan / On a clear day you can see forever / Close your eyes / I'll remember April / Rainy days and Mondays / Sarah's tune / Somewhere over the rainbow / There will never be another you / Sweet gingerbread man.

LIVE IN BELGRADE
(CD GAMBIT RECORDS / 69313) Europe



Belgrade, Yougoslavia - November 11, 1973
Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Carl Schroeder (piano), John Gianelli (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)

Blue monk (instrumental intro) / A foggy day / The summer knows / On a clear day / 'Round midnight / I'll remember April / Misty / I cried for you / Rainy days and mondays / Scat blues (introduction of the band) / Over the rainbow / I'll remember April (reprise) / Summertime.

Bonus :

Sun Palza, Tokyo, Japan - September 24, 1973
Same personnel

Wave / Like someone in love / My funny Valentine.

ABSOLUTELY LIVE...
(CD NOT ON LABEL / MK 42526)

Belgrade, Yougoslavia - November 11, 1973

Same as LIVE IN BELGRADE without bonus

& THE JIMMY ROWLES QUINTET
(LP MAINSTREAM / MRL 404)

1974
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Monty Budwig (bass), Donald Bailey (drums), Teddy Edwards (tenor sax), Al Aarons (trumpet)



Side 1 : Folks who live on the hill / That face / That Sunday, that summer.

Side 2 : A house is not a home / Frasier (The sensuous lion) / Morning star.

LIVE AT THE LAREN JAZZ FESTIVAL 1975
(LP double FONDAMENTA - DEVIALET - The Lost Recordings / FON 16004022) France
Limited edition

Laren Jazz Festival, Netherlands - August 5, 1975
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Carl Schroeder (piano), Jimmy Cobb (drums)



Side 1 : The man I love / I got it bad (And that ain't good) / Watch what happens.

Side 2 : 'Round midnight / The lamp is low / "Introduction" Body heat / Everything must change / On a clear day (You can see forever).

Side 3 : Lover man / Sarah's blues / What are you doing the rest of your life.

Side 4 : There will never be another you / Medley : It's magic - My reverie - Body and soul - Moonlight in Vermont / Tenderly.

JAZZ JAMBOREE '75
(LP PRONIT / SX 0605) Poland

Plytowy Club, Varsovie, Polska - October 24, 1975
Sarah Vaughan (vocal, piano on *), Carl Schroeder (piano), Bob Magnusson (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)



Side 1 : On a clear day / 'Round midnight / What are you doing the rest of your life ? / Sassy's blues.

Side 2 : Close to you / A foggy day / My funny valentine - Tenderly / Won't you come home Bill Bailey ? / The nearness of you *.

'ROUND MIDNIGHT
(CD ZETA - Jazz Archives / ZET 701) France

Plytowy Club, Varsovie, Polska - October 24, 1975

Same as previous but tracks in different order and without " Won't you come home Bill Bailey" and "The nearness of you"



'Round midnight / A foggy day (in London Town) / What are you doing the rest of your life ? / Sassy's blues / (They long to be) Close to you / On a clear day / My funny valentine / Tenderly.

I'VE GOT IT GOOD
RADIO NIGHTS "LIVE" INEDIT
(CD LE CHANT DU MONDE / LDJ 27 4918) France

Live - 1963 to 1976



Introduction / Everything must change / Send in the clowns / 'Round midnight / Close to you / My funny Valentine / I remember you / Watch what happens / Feelings / Body and soul / Fly me to the moon / And I love him / I've got a crush on you / Wave / The rest of your life / I've got it bad and that ain't good.

RONNIE SCOTT'S PRESENTS SARAH VAUGHAN 'LIVE'
(LP PYE RECORDS / PYA 20 331) France

Ronnie Scott's Club, London - June 10 & 11, 1977
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Carl Schroeder (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)



Side 1 : Introduction by Ronnie Scott / Here's that rainy day / Like someone in love / Feelings / I'll remember april / Sophisticated lady.

Side 2 : If you could see me now / Star believing me now / My funny Valentine / A foggy day / Send in the clowns / Tenderly.

RONNIE SCOTT'S PRESENTS SARAH VAUGHAN 'LIVE'
volume 2
(LP PYE RECORDS / N 103)

Ronnie Scott's Club, London - June 10 & 11, 1977
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Carl Schroeder (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)



Side 1 : The man I love / Passing stranger / Gershwin medley : But not for me - Love is here to stay - Embraceable you - Someone to watch over me.

Side 2 : Blue skies / The more I see you / Early autumn / On a clear day you can see forever / Everything must change /I cried for you.

SASSY AT RONNIE'S
(CD RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ HOUSE / JHCD 015) UK

Ronnie Scott's Club, London - June 10 & 11, 1977
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Carl Schroeder (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)

Included in RONNIE SCOTT'S PRESENTS SARAH VAUGHAN 'LIVE' volumes 1 & 2

Here's that rainy day / Like someone in love / I'll remember april / Sophisticated lady / If you could see me now / A foggy day / I cried for you / Gershwin medley : But not for me - Our love is here to stay - Embraceable you - Someone to watch over me / The man I love / My funny Valentine / Passing strangers / Blue skies / The more I see you / Early autumn / Tenderly.

LIVE AT ROSY'S
(CD double RESONANCE / HCD 2017) USA

Rosy's Jazz Club, New Orleans - 31 may 1978
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Carl Schroeder (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drum)



CD 1 : I'll remember April / I fall in love too easily / Band intro / East of the sun (And west of the moon) / A lot of livin' to do / Time after time / Somebody loves me / Poor butterfly / A-tisket a-tasket / Send in the clowns / Sarah's blues.

CD 2 : The man I love / I got it bad (And that ain't good) / Watch what happens / If you went away (Preciso aprender a ser so) / I could write a book / I remember you / Fascinating rhythm / Everything must be change / Like someone in love / My funny Valentine / Ending theme.

GERSHWIN LIVE !
(LP CBS / 73 650)

Dorothy Chandler Auditorium, Los Angeles - February 1 & 2, 1982
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), George Gaffney (piano), Andy Simpkins (bass), Harold Jones (drums)
Los Angeles Orchestra, directed by Michael Tilson Thomas (piano on *, arrangement **)
Arranged by Marty Paich



Side 1 : Porgy and Bess overture / Medley : Summertime - It ain't necessarily so - I loves you, Porgy / Medley : But not for me - Love is here to stay - Embraceable you - Someone to watch over me / Sweet and low-down * / Fascination rhythm / Do it again *.

Side 2 : My man's gone now / The man I love **/ Medley : Nice work if you can get it - They can't take that away from me - S'wonderful - Swanee - Strike up the band / I've got a crush on you - A foggy day.

LET IT LIVE
Sarah Vaughan sings Karol Wojtyla John Paul II
(LP FIVE / FM 13535) Italy

Dusseldorf, Germany -June 30, 1984
Conducted by Lalo Schifrin

The mystery of man / Behind the curtain (instrumental) / Tha actor / Mercury (instrumental) / Girl disappointed in love / Echoes in time (instrumental) / The madeleine / Seeking to find itself (instrumental) / The black (Bernard Ighner solo) / Voices un dreams (instrumental) / The children / In a timeless night (instrumental) / The armaments worker / Toward the light (instrumental) / Let it live.

THE POEMS OF JOHN PAUL II
(LP TELMAK / TMAK 152)

Dusseldorf, Germany -June 30, 1984

Same as previous album

SINGS THE POETRY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
(LP FINE TUNE / 1138 2) USA

Dusseldorf, Germany -June 30, 1984

Same as previous album

LIVE AT SATIN DOLL
(laserdisc LOB / LVD 541) Japan

Satin Doll, Tokyo, Japan - October 14, 1985
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Frank Collett (piano), Bob Maize (bass), Harold Jones (drums)

In a mellow tone / Gershwin medley / There will never be another you / Indian summer / Easy living / On the green dolphin street / My funny Valentine / I hadn't anyone till you / Tenderly / Misty.

MISTY - Live in Tokyo 1985
(CD) Japan

1985

No information

RECITAL A PARIS, 1985
(CD double INA - MEMOIRE VIVE / IMV 034) France

Théâtre Musical de Paris - November 2, 1985
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Frank Collett (piano), Bob Maize (bass), Harold Jones (drums)



CD 1 : High fly (instrumental) / Summertime (a cappela) / Just friends / Wave / On a clear day / If you could see me now / I've got the world on a string / Fascinating rhythm / Medley : But not for me - Our love is here to stay - Embraceable you - Someone to watch over me / There will never be another you / Misty.

CD 2 : My funny Valentine / From this moment on / Send in the clowns / Sassy's blues / Tenderly / Scat chase / Once in a while.

IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS
(CD double JUSTIN TIME / JTR 8474/5 2) Canada

Théâtre Musical de Paris - November 2, 1985
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Frank Collett (piano), Bob Maize (bass), Harold Jones (drums)

Same as RECITAL A PARIS, 1985

A NIGHT OF SASS & BRASS
(CD IMMORTAL / IMA 104 101) Neederland

Storyville Jazz Hall, New Orleans - 1986
Sarah Vaughan (vocal), Don Cherry, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Hirt, Chuck Mangione (trumpet), Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, vocal on *), Herbie Hancock, George Gaffney (piano), Andy Simpkins, Ron Carter (bass) Harold Jones, Billy Higgins (drums)

Same at the DVD SASS 'N' BRASS



Opening theme : Watermelon man (instrumental) / I can't give you anything but love / Just friends / Send in the clowns / Bimsha swing (instrumental) / I can't get started (without Sarah Vaughan) * / 'Round midnight / Bag's groove / Take the A train / Closing theme : Watermelon man reprise (instrumental).

Unknow dates
EMBRACEABLE YOU
(CD GROOVE MERCHANT / CDSOL 45917) Japan

Bob James, Wade Legge (piano), Herb Mickman, Lou Hackney (b), Al Jones, Omar Clay (dm), Dizzy Gillespie (tp)



Embraceable you / Scat blues / Lover come back to me / Round midnight / Sassy's blues / Misty / Just one of these things / Alfie / What now my love / I had a ball / The theme / Lover man.