In Hi-Fi [Original recording remastered]

Sarah Vaughan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AGJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,310 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)

2. Nice Work If You Can Get It

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Mean to Me

5. It Might as Well Be Spring

6. Can't Get Out of This Mood

7. Goodnight My Love

8. Ain't Misbehavin'

9. Pinky

10. The Nearness of You

11. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

12. Ooh, What 'Cha Doin' to Me

13. It's All in the Mind [#][*]

14. The Nearness of You [Alternate Take][#][*]

15. Ain't Misbehavin' [Alternate Take][#][*]

16. Goodnight My Love [Alternate Take][#][*]

17. Can't Get Out of This Mood [Alternate Take][#][*]

18. It Might as Well Be Spring [Alternate Take][#][*]

19. Mean to Me [Alternate Take][#][*]

20. Come Rain or Come Shine [Alternate Take][#][*]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Sarah at her sassiest! These early (1950) Columbia sessions feature a young Miles Davis on trumpet among other luminaries, and this reissue includes a full eight unreleased tracks. Among the 21 songs: East of the Sun; Ain't Misbehavin'; Come Rain or Come Shine , and more. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My introduction to Sarah Vaughan, October 9, 2002

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Cynthia S. Froning "astrocyn" (Longmont, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Hi-Fi (Audio CD)

My first Sarah Vaughan CD, and for a long time my favorite CD of them all. The opening notes of "East of the Sun..." still give me goosebumps. The ultimate in torch music.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sarah in Hi Fi !, March 12, 2007

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Marc Flanagan "Reading Through Lunch" (Santa Monica, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Hi-Fi (Audio CD)

The title was heralding the newest technolgy, high fidelity, a sonic wonder that preceeded stereo, and Miss Vaughn was an early subject of this technoligical breakthrough. Recorded for Columbia spanning the years 1949 to 1952, this is a wonderful recording of Miss Vaughn's. Not recorded as an album, this a collection of recording sessions. That was the style of the day, Sinatra recorded specific albums with themes, but most of the other artists of that era just went into the studio and laid down tracks. There are 22 tracks on this re issue (original release date 55)(several of the takes are alternate versions) many of the tunes have Miles Davis as a session player and numerous other jazz notables. The majority of the selections are ballads and Sarah brings them all to life in her inimitable style. Sarah in Hi-Fi is a worthy addition to your musical library. Long Live Sarah.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magnificent performance, June 3, 2008

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Nikica Gilic - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Hi-Fi (Audio CD)

The core of this magnificent cd is the sessions Sarah had with the stelar group consisting of Miles Davis on trumpet, Tony Scott on clarinet, Benny Green on trombone, Budd Johnson on tenor-sax, Jimmy Jones on piano, either Freddie Green or Mundell Lowe on guitar, Billy Taylor Jr. on bass and J C Heard on drums...

These 8 tracks (that kick off this CD)are absolutely equal to the best jazz performances in my collection, whereas other tracks ("Pinky", newly discovered track; alternate takes of the 8 gems...), with the exception of brilliant rendition of "The Nearness of You", don't add all that much to the legacy (the musicians on some of the alternate tracks sound as if they were just warming up)...
But the first 8 tracks and the track 10 make the body of work everyone should have in their jazz collections.

Caught between styles (swing, be-bop, cool), Sassy is the lead voice, equal to any instrumentalist with her lush voice, sense of rhythm and improvisational skills.

And the rest of the CD is simply OK. Swinging big band number "Ooh what'cha doin' to me2 is even funny (in a good way)....