Sarah Vaughan

Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958

Verve

The best recordings of this stupendous singer, the greatest jazz singing there is for fucks sake, nattily presented like a seven-inch box-set. Brownie, Roy Haynes, Cannonball… Do yourself a favour.

• Lover Man
• Shulie A Bop
• Polka Dots And Moonbeams
• Body And Soul
• They Can’t Take That Away From Me
• Prelude To A Kiss
• You Hit The Spot
• If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)
• I Cried For You
• All Of Me
• Words Can’t Describe
• Pennies From Heaven
• Linger Awhile
• Over The Rainbow
• Soon
• Cherokee
• I’ll Never Smile Again
• Don’t Be On The Outside
• How High The Moon
• It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dream
• Sometimes I’m Happy
• Maybe
• An Occasional Man
• Why Can’t I
• Oh My
• Lullaby Of Birdland
• April In Paris
• He’s My Guy
• Jim
• You’re Not The Kind
• Embraceable You
• I’m Glad There Is You
• September Song
• It’s Crazy
• September In The Rain
• Willow Weep For Me
• Just One Of Those Things
• Be Anything But Darling Be Mine
• Thou Swell
• Stairway To The Stars
• Honeysuckle Rose
• Just A Gigolo
• How High The Moon
• Dream
• I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
• It’s Got To Be Love (first night)
• Alone
• It’s Got To Be Love (second night)
• If This Isn’t Love
• Embraceable You
• Lucky In Love
• Dancing In The Dark
• Poor Butterfly
• Sometimes I’m Happy
• I Cover The Waterfront
• Like Someone In Love
• Detour Ahead
• Three Little Words
• I’ll String Along With You
• You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
• Speak Low
• All Of You
• Thanks For The Memory
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
• Doodlin’
• Darn That Dream
• Just One Of Those Things
• Moonlight In Vermont
• No ’Count Blues
• Cheek To Cheek
• Stardust
• Missing You