In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.
Track listing:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
- Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
- Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
- Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
- Ronnell Bright – piano
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Richard Davis – double bass
- Sonny Payne – drums
- Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
- Hal Mooney – recording
- Emmett McBain – design
Track listing:
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
- Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
- Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
- Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
- Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
- No ‘Count Blues – Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan
- Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
- Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
- Missing You – Ronnell Bright
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