Sarah Vaughan is served well on Gold. First, it's a career-spanning compilation, something that's rather rare in her discography. Beginning with sides from her Columbia years of the late '40s and early '50s, and ending with a 1981 Pablo date with Count Basie, Gold surveys Sassy at her absolute best, whether it's a classic torch song such as "Lover Man" or the breezily swinging "Lullaby of Birdland." The work surveyed comes from both her small-group outings and large-group dates, with strings or without, and much credence is given to her self-titled 1954 album with Clifford Brown (four tracks total), as well as her series of Gershwin songbook records of the mid-'50s (two inclusions). In fact, three-fourths of the program is recordings from the '50s. This is as close to a career summation as listeners are bound to get, or will need to have.
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Gold Review
by John Bush
Track Listing - Disc 1
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Hal Mooney Orchestra | 03:04 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio | 03:17 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Hal Mooney Orchestra | 02:52 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Hal Mooney Orchestra | 04:24 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Billy Eckstine / Hal Mooney Orchestra | 02:39 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Ray Ellis Orchestra | 02:24 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Count Basie Orchestra | 05:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Count Basie Orchestra | 02:32 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Quincy Jones & His Orchestra | 03:01 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Quincy Jones & His Orchestra | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Belford Hendricks Orchestra | 02:22 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Sarah Vaughan | 02:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Sarah Vaughan | 04:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Sarah Vaughan | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Sarah Vaughan feat: Count Basie Orchestra | 06:19 | SpotifyAmazon |
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