This double recital, recorded on 9 November 1969 at the Berlin Philharmonic, takes place at a very special time in Sarah Vaughan's life.
To everyone's astonishment, the small, awkward 45-year-old gave one of the most masterful stage performances of her career that could be captured on tape. In almost two hours she silenced all misgivings by proving how her approach to music remained eminently topical. Surrounded with an elegance as discreet as it is stimulating by a trio that is a master in the art of understatement, free of mannerisms, still as virtuosic as ever, developing her vocal technique to its highest degree throughout her incredible tessitura, between naturalness and sophistication, simplicity and refinement, Sarah Vaughan shakes things up. Sarah Vaughan resolutely favours sentimental melodies, making her warm, supple, suave and swinging voice the ultra-sensitive seismograph of the whole range of mixed feelings...
Tracklist:
1-1 A Lot Of Livin' To Do
1-2 And I Love Him
1-3 Alfie
1-4 On A Clear Day
1-5 Passing Strangers
1-6 Misty
1-7 I Cried For You
1-8 My Funny Valentine
1-9 All Of Me
1-10 Tenderly
2-1 Fly Me To The Moon
2-2 Time After Me
2-3 The Trolley Song
2-4 By The Time I Get To Phoenix
2-5 The Sweetest Sounds
2-6 Polka Dots And Moonbeams
2-7 Day In, Day Out
2-8 What Now, My Love
2-9 I Had A Ball
2-10 Didn't We?
Sarah Vaughan, Vocals
Johnny Veith, Piano
Gus Mancuso, Bass
Eddy Pucci, Drums
Recorded at Berlin Philharmonie
Berliner Jazztage, 9.XI.1969
MONO ℗ 1969 RBB
Recording information:
Title: Live At The Berlin Philharmonie 1969
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Genre: Jazz
Media: 2x CD Mono , Remastered, . Remastered from the original analog tapes
Label: The Lost Recordings
Cat#: TLR-2004037
Released: 2021 in France
EAN: 0194398732428
Discogs rel.#: 20967085
