Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet

Sarah Vaughan and the Jimmy Rowles Quintet is a 1974 live album by Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by pianist Jimmy Rowles and his quintet.[1]

Sarah Vaughan and the Jimmy Rowles Quintet
Live album by
ReleasedJune 1975
Recorded1974
GenreVocal jazz
Length54:43
LabelMainstream
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Send in the Clowns
(1974)
Sarah Vaughan and the Jimmy Rowles Quintet
(1975)
I Love Brazil!
(1977)

The song "Morning Star" was mistakenly attributed in the liner notes of the album to W. C. Handy, but was actually written by Rowles and lyricist Johnny Mercer.[2]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated that Rowles proves himself to be "a consummate accompanist," and Vaughan is "in her usual outstanding form."[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:50
  2. "That Face" (Alan Bergman, Lew Spence) - 7:55
  3. "That Sunday, That Summer" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss) - 4:33
  4. "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:10
  5. "Frasier (The Sensuous Lion)" (Jimmy Rowles, Johnny Mercer) - 4:20
  6. "Morning Star" (Rowles, Mercer) - 6:43

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet at AllMusic
  2. ^ Leslie Gourse Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan 2009 - Page 276 0786751142 "Of the songs that were released, "Morning Star" was written by Jimmy Rowles with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, though W. C. Handy was given credit — apparently by accident — for the composition. This information comes directly from Jimmy "