Sarah Vaughan - Crazy & Mixed Up
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Artist: Sarah VaughanBrand: VAUGHAN,SARAH
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Published: 1982
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Pablo
Soundtracks:
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- That's All
- Autumn Leaves
- Love Dance
- The Island
- Seasons
- In Love In Vain
- You Are Too Beautiful
Free Music Notes for Crazy & Mixed Up
Free Music Review: Completely, utterly brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
Among the immortal old-time jazz chanteusses (Ella, Carmen, Lady Day, Betty, Anita, Dinah, June, Jo, Nina and Sassy), many have argued that Sarah Vaughan was the best pure singer of them all, and the only one who could have been retrained to sing opera.
I agree with that consensus, and I mark this album as Exhibit "A" for that proposition.
Let's take "Seasons", my personal favorite cut on this album. Listening to this fabulous jazz ballad reminds me of watching "Citizen Kane." If you recall, Welles filmed that classic such that every shot--whether close-up or far away--was in perfect focus. And that describes Sarah Vaughan's voice as well. No matter where she is in her register, every note is as equally clear. If she's at the low end, she deepens; if she's at the high end, she covers while singing brightly; and she never scoops and never reaches. Every note--and I mean every note--is simply beautiful. Listen to "Seasons" and you'll hear what I mean. You'll hear that throughout, but this is the cut that really gets to me.
And listen to "The Island" as an example of perfect control. She does a perfect slow crescendo and a perfect slow dimuendo here, which is possible only with perfect breath control. Very few singers can pull off what Sassy pulls off here--and as a result, she turns this into one of the most exciting renditions of a love song ever.
None of this is to suggest that Ms. Vaughan is anything other than a jazz singer, however. Listen to how she swings "That's All" and scats "Autumn Leaves". Carmen and Ella never did it better than this--and that's saying one hell of a lot.
This was Ms. Vaughan's album--she produced it, and I assume, was granted the artistic freedom by Pablo (whose sound, BTW, is sensational) to pick her supporting artists. What artists! At guitar, they don't come better than Joe Pass, and check out his dizzying solo on "Leaves." On piano, the redoubtable (Sir) Roland Hanna knocks out outstanding work on "That's All" and "Seasons", and is every bit up to his reputation. The rhythm section players (Andy Simpkins--bass and Harold Jones--drums) do everything that you'd want a rhythm section grounding three giants like this to do.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this album, recorded in 1982, was that Sarah Vaughan had been in the business for over 40 years when it was recorded. Not only does she sound in her prime, but it's difficult to imagine her prime being better than this.
This is one of the finest vocal jazz albums out there. I'm probably telling this to people who know that already. I didn't until recently, and I'm so grateful to the friend who turned me on to this. RC
Crazy & Mixed Up Poster
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Media Type: CD
Artist: VAUGHAN,SARAH
Title: CRAZY & MIXED UP
Street Release Date: 01/01/1987
Genre: JAZZ VOCALS
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