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Referred to as a Jazz singer, Sarah Vaughan exhibits her all-rounded musical personality in her renowned album Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown. Although the title indicates that the album features influential trumpeter Clifford Brown, the singer is the indisputable focus, who enjoys accompaniments by a small, compact group of instrumentalists. Clifford Brown, also known as Brownie, with his restrained, graceful delivery, shares equal parts of solo with tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette and flutist Herbie Mann in most of the songs . His status among the instrumentalists was not accentuated when the album was recorded in the December of 1954.
The original LP consists of nine tracks, including several classic Jazz standards with new attempts combining voice and instruments, two little-recorded Jazz songs and two pop ballads. Vaughan’s identity as a Jazz singer was not always clear. Actually, in 1953, Sarah signed two contracts with Mercury – one with Mercury itself to sing pops and another one with their subsidiary label EmArcy to sing …show more content…

Accompanied only by the piano and the light sound of the drum, Sarah presents her moving voice with sophisticated techniques in Embraceable You. Her thick low notes, combining with heartfelt vibrato at the end of the phrases, makes you feel a sense of tenderness and sublime. After Jimmy Jones’ solo, her singing reaches a higher level. That “above” and the long note on “do” are her very moment of maternity. When she sings, you really believe that there are warm arms around you. September Song shows Sarah’s brilliant techniques on high notes. This song gives solo opportunities to the horns, but they do not hog the spotlight. Paul Quinichette and Clifford Brown play plain solo. The flute solo here sounds clumsy and the noise of air is a bit annoying. To be honest, only Sarah’s bluesy treatment add value to the

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