On June 26, 2025, Boris Claudio “Lalo” Schifrin died aged 93. He was musician (piano), composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work on movie and TV scores, for which he won five “Grammy Awards”. Schifrin recorded, performed and created arrangements for Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Cannonball Adderley, Maurice Ander, Count Basie, Louis Bellson, Luiz Bonfa, Candido Camero, Al Hirt, Julia Migenes, Astor Piazzolla, David Shifrin, Placido Domingo, Sarah Vaughan and Cal Tjader. As leader he released 53 studio and live albums, and 43 soundtrack albums.
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Sarah Vaughn: Songs Of The Beatles
On April 9, 1981, “Atlantic” label released “Songs of the Beatles”, the 45th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Marty Paich and David Paich.
Personnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks, Louie Shelton – guitar
- Michael Lang – keyboards
- Marty Paich, David Paich – keyboards, arranger
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
- Toots Thielemans – harmonica
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Bob Magnusson – string bass
- Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums
- Bobbye Hall, Joe Porcaro, Steve Forman – percussion
- Jon Smith – tenor saxophone
- Marcos Valle – vocals
- Bill Thedford, Perry Morgan, Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.
- Get Back
- And I Love Her
- Eleanor Rigby
- The Fool on the Hill
- You Never Give Me Your Money
- Come Together
- I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
- Blackbird
- Something – George Harrison
- Here, There and Everywhere
- The Long and Winding Road
- Yesterday
- Hey Jude
Sarah Vaughan: You’re Mine You
In March 1962, “Roulette” label released “You’re Mine You”, the 19th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1962, at “Universal Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Perso0nnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocal
- Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
- You’re Mine You – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
- The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
- Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
- So Long – Remus Harris, Irving Melsher, Russ Morgan
- The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
- I Could Write a Book – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
- Maria – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads – George Forrest, Robert C. Wright
- Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
- Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
- Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
- On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
Sarah Vaughn: At Mister Kelly’s
In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Jimmy Jones – piano
- Richard Davis – double bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
- September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
- Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
- Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
- Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
- Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
- Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
- Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
- Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
- How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
- Dream – Johnny Mercer
- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
- It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
- If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
- Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
- Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
- Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
- Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
- I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
Sarah Vaughan: A Time In My Life
In December 1971, “Mainstream” label released “A Time in My Life”, the 35th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Albert Vescovo, Joe Pass – guitar
- Bill Mays – piano
- Bob Magnusson – bass
- Earl Palmer – drums
- Alan Estes, Jimmy Cobb – percussion
- Jackie Kelso, Jerome Richardson, William Green – saxophone
- Al Aarons, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe – trumpet
- Benny Powell, George Bohanon – trombone
- Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Track listing:
- Imagine – John Lennon
- On Thinking It Over – Brian Auger, Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
- Sweet Gingerbread Man – Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
- Magical Connection – John Sebastian
- That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
- Tomorrow City – Brian Auger
- Universal Prison – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
- Trouble – Brian Auger, Jim Mullen
- If Not for You – Bob Dylan
Roy Haynes
On November 12, 2024 Roy Owen Haynes died aged 99. He was musician (drums), regarded as one of best and most influential drummers in the history of jazz music. In his career lasting over 80 years he recorded and performed with the best known and most important jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Lester Young, Kai Winding, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Wardell Gray, Sarah Vaughan, Cal Tjader, Eddie Shu, Nat Adderley, Milt Jackson, Red Rodney, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Art Farmer, Art Blakey, Dorothy Ashby, John Handy, George Shearing, Randy Weston, Kenny Burrell, Phineas Newborn, Jr, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Eric Dolphy, Etta Jones, Booker Little, Betty Roché, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Oliver Nelson, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson, Lem Winchester, Steve Lacy, Ray Charles, Jaki Byard, Ted Curson, Bob Brookmeyer, Jackie Paris, Roland Kirk, Willis Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Ted Curson, John Coltrane, Frank Wess, Andrew Hill, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gary Burton, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Leon Thomas, Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri, Dave Brubeck, Duke Jordan, Warne Marsh, Mary Lou Williams, Nick Brignola, Dizzy Reece, Johnny Griffin, Alice Coltrane, Art Pepper, Sal Nistico, Red Garland, Hank Jones, Stanley Cowell, Joe Albany, Freddie Hubbard, Toshiyuki Honda, Michel Petrucciani, Mark Isaacs, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny and Kenny Barron. Roy Haynes received big number of awards including “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” by the “National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences”, and the award at the “Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception” of the “54th Annual Grammy Awards”. In 2019, Haynes was given the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the “Jazz Foundation of America”. As leader and co-leader, Roy Haynes released 32 albums.
Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go
On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.
Personnel:
- Marianne Faithfull – vocals
- Barry Reynolds – guitars
- Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
- Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
- Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
- Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
- Brian Mitchell – piano
- Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
- Rob Burger – piano, organ
- Greg Cohen – bass
- Jim White – drums
- Joey Baron – drums
- Art Baron – bass recorder, trombone
- Doug Wieselman – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Ken Peplowski – bass clarinet
- Marty Ehrlich – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Lenny Pickett – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, sarrusophone, double bass
- Steven Bernstein – glockenspiel, mellophone, alto brass, trumpet
- Maxin Moston, Rob Moose – violin
- Warren Ellis – violin, electric violin
- Michael Nicholas – viola
- Jane Scarpantoni – cello
- Chan Marshall – vocals
- Nick Cave – vocals
- Antony Hegarty – vocals
- Rufus Wainwright – vocals
- Jarvis Cocker – vocals
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
- Cat Power – backing vocals
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino– art direction, photography
Track listing:
- Down from Dover – Dolly Parton
- Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
- Solitude – Duke Ellington
- The Crane Wife 3 – The Decemberists
- Easy Come, Easy Go – Bessie Smith
- Children of Stone – Espers
- How Many Worlds – Brian Eno
- In Germany Before the War – Randy Newman
- Ooh Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson
- Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
- Salvation – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Black Coffee – Sarah Vaughan
- The Phoenix – Judee Sill
- Dear God Please Help Me – Morrissey
- Kimbie – Jackson C. Frank
- Many a Mile to Freedom – Traffic
- Somewhere (A Place for Us) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
- Flandyke Shore – traditional
Sarah Vaughan: Vaughan And Violins
In March 1959, “Mercury” label released “Vaughan and Violins”, the eleventh Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in July 1958, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Personnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Marcel Hrasko – alto saxophone
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
- Jo Hrasko – baritone saxophone
- William Boucya – baritone saxophone
- Pierre Culaz – guitar
- Ronnell Bright – piano
- Richard Davis – bass
- Pierre Michelot – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
- Michel Hausser – vibraphone
- Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
- Please Be Kind – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin
- The Midnight Sun Will Never Set – Dorcas Cochran, Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador
- Live for Love – Paul Misraki, Carl Sigman
- Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
- I’m Lost – Otis René
- Love Me – John Lehmann, John Lewis
- That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
- Day by Day – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
- Gone with the Wind – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
- I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
- The Thrill Is Gone – Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
Sarah Vaughn: I Love Brazil
In December 1977, “Pablo” label released “I Love Brazil!”, the 39th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded October – November 1977, and was produced by Aloisio de Oliveira.
Personnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Dorival Caymmi – vocals
- Milton Nascimento – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Dori Caymmi – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Nelson Angelo – electric guitar
- Hélio Delmiro – electric guitar
- Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano
- Edson Frederico – piano, orchestration, piano
- José Roberto Bertrami – electric piano, organ
- Mauricio Einhorn – harmonica
- Sergio Barroso – acoustic bass
- Claudio Bertrami – acoustic bass
- Novelli – electric bass
- Wilson das Neves – drums
- Robertinho Silva – drums
- Ariovaldo – percussion
- Chico Batera – percussion
- Luna – percussion
- Marçal – percussion
- Danilo Caymmi – flute
- Paulo Jobim – flute
- Mário Jorge Bruno – engineer
- Tamaki Beck – mastering
- Durval Ferreira – creative director
- Sheldon Marks – design, layout design
- Norman Granz – design, layout design, liner notes
Track listing:
- If You Went Away (Preciso Aprender a Ser Só) – Ray Gilbert, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle
- Triste – Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Roses and Roses (Das Rosas) – Dorival Caymmi, Ray Gilbert
- Empty Faces (Vera Cruz) – Lani Hall, Milton Nascimento
- I Live to Love You (Morrer de Amor) – Oscar Castro-Neves, Luverci Fiorini, Gilbert
- The Face I Love (Seu Encanto) – Ray Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, Marcos Valle
- Courage (Coragem) – Milton Nascimento, Cootie Williams
- The Day It Rained (Chuva) – Pedro Camargo, Durval Ferreira, Ray Gilbert
- A Little Tear (Razão de Viver) – Deodato, Gilbert, P.S. Valle
- Like a Lover (Cantador) – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta
Sarah Vaughn: No Count Sarah
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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