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Even though it wasn't the best quality as a live album, I still enjoyed
Excellent but I prefer the work of Ella Fitzgerald
I liked all the silkiness but will pass on the scatting
Jazzy 3/5
Very jazzy.
3/5
её чуть знаю, её вибрато мне не нравится, но тембр в целом приятный
The live album was fun to listen to. Good jazz vibes and enjoyable vocals
This is a nice album and I’ll be sure to listen to this the next time I need to lower my blood pressure. Nothing wowed me though.
Nice laid back jazz live record. But didn’t impress me all that much. 6 out of 10
Cool, not really my thing but she’s still talented. Liked the parts where she improvised
I could listen to this. She has a beautiful voice.
Příjemnej poslech. Paní zpívá moc pěkně 6/10
A lovely little album with a very relaxed vibe, albeit with nothing too special going on compared to studio releases
Nice performance even if I found it not so original. To me it is good record just like many others of that time.
It's alright. Nice voice, I actually enjoyed that it was live, felt like I'm there with the crowd. The last song was pretty bad tho.
The whole album is nice. Really smooth tunes, relaxed vibe, and of course she has an incredible voice. I bet this was amazing watching live. However I found it a bit much all in one go and found it a bit samey by the end.
Not really a jazz person but this was fun, I think if I was there for this recording I'd have a good time but it's not something I can see myself listening to much in the future
I don't really think live albums have a place on the 1001 album list. This one was alright but too long. I haven't really listened to Sarah Vaughan but she's got a lovely voice. A real mellow jazz album even though it's a live album.
Just not my type of music, although I can tell it's technically excellent.
I'm not crazy about live albums, but this one had a little charm. I like her voice and maybe I'll check out more of her stuff after listening to this. I'm not obsessed with anything on here, but it's a nice listen. My favourite song was September in the Rain.
Some nice tracks but the scatting got a little excessive at times.
A wonderful listening experience. Almost felt like I was at Mister Kelly's in person. Nice to listen to once, but this isn't going to be one that I listen to all day today. 3/5
It isn’t really but sound, but I can tell she is extremely talented, and very cool in front of the microphone.
Cool to see an album from the 50s, and a live one at that. Sarah Vaughan is a very talented singer, a beautiful voice who I'm sure made the club go crazy. Musically this is decent although not my favourite type of music. I would enjoy playing the Fallout series to this album.
Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Great voice, the performance feels intimate. Makes me want to sit in the lounge at Mister Kelly's sipping on a whisky and chain smoking some darts.
Love the older style
Jazz. Canta muy bien. Un 3.
It's not my thing, especially scat singing - but I suppose respect is due
Nice jazz album let down by the last song
something a have to say that Sarah have a great performing, feels like you are alone in a bar an this music is in the background, no much to say, its really a good album to give a chance one time.
While I wouldn't choose to listen to this on my own, I did enjoy it far more than I expected to. That's due in part to Vaughan's incredible backing band. Those guys are doing work and the jams they're laying down are just SO tight. They know their job - providing a perfect, seamless, canvas for Vaughan's vocals - and they carry it out flawlessly. The same can't be said for Miss Vaughan. There are some really interesting choices made by the label here. They lead off with an MC telling everyone that Vaughan will be using lyric sheets but then leave in all the times when she completely flubs the lyrics. While that showcases her poise and humor, it also makes her feel like an amateur. I don't hate it but I also don't understand it. Ultimately, the mistakes and the strange choices weren't enough to kill the experience for me. I still enjoyed it. I'll most likely never listen to it again but it was fun while I did listen.
A soulful live jazz album with heart. Not usually my cup of tea, but Vaughan’s velvet voice and charming personality made this one an enjoyable quick listen.
Very chill
Luister er niet snel naar maar lager geven kan ik niet maken - het is een goed jazz album waar vooral de vocals echt uitblinken.
Jazz album opgenomen in muziekclub Mister Kelly's, Chicago. Tracklist bestaat uit populaire pop en jazz uit de eerste helft van de 20e eeuw. Sfeervolle jazz, leuk op de achtergrond. leukste nummer: Willow Weep For Me "Willow Weep For Me" is opgedragen aan legendarische Jazz Age componist George Gershwin.
Sarah Vaughan had a wonderful voice, it's undeniable. But as sweet and warm as it was, the performances recorded for this album didn't have the painful emotion of Billie Holiday's frail timbre, nor did they have the sheer genius of Nina Simone's arrangements. I like female jazz singers when they have a strong flair for the dramatic, what are you gonna do?🤷♂️ Besides, here is another instance of this list singling out a live album so as to put the spotlight on an "important" artist, instead of choosing a studio recording. Which, to me, tends to signify that said artist didn't make any significant strides in the LP format, contrary to most acts popping up in this app on a daily basis. Number of albums left to review: 615 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 188 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 86 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 118 (including this one)
It was alright but all the songs sounded the same.
good but not my style
Meh, not really my kind of music and, IMO, not a good example of the genre It wasn't bad, just not good
Love SV but this is pretty average.
Jazz vocal d'una veu mítica a un club de Xicago, que s'intueix ple de fum i a la penombra. L'ambient està força aconseguit, començant per la presentació inicial, i amb una banda de només quatre membres, destaca la veu imponent de la Vaughan en el seu millor moment
It was nice to get another mellow smooth jazz album instead of a super lively miles Davis type thing. While similar, this was way better than Billie holiday album I got but still has the usual problem of getting samey and old by the end. Fortunately this was a tight 35 minutes and the final track was cute and funny. High 3
Great singer, didn't really feel like a live album 7.7/10
Musica de lobby de hotel
Good
Lovely listen for a Sunday evening. Incredible voice, and a rare treat to hear the live audience mutterings, which adds a lot to the vibe of the record.
Classic, schöne Stimme und gute Vibes…
Ich kriege bei der Musik voll Lust zu rauchen Ich fand es auch schön das das Puplikum mit aufgenommen wurde weil man dann das Gefühl kriegt man hört live zu
Insgesamt gut aber jetzt nicht hervor stehendes und nicht sehr abwechslungsreich.
Great voice and fun tracks. Not my favourite but good.
She has a Lovely voice and I'm not familiar enough with vocal Jazz but I really enjoyed this
3,5
Reminiscent of Ella's Fitzgerald and Etta James. Jazz trio with a singer. Her vocals are fantastic. It's a bunch of jazz standards in a live setting. Some interesting ad libs when she sings about how Ella sings the song, and how she'll try her best. Sometimes sings about how she doesn't know the words, it's amusing at times. Overall she's a great singer with a good backing band, good album
Felt like I was sitting in a smoky jazz club chain smking marlboro reds and sipping cheap bourbon. Sarah has very angelic voice and a very unique carry thru.
goede ochtendvibes
Leuke eenmalige listen
7/10 la wea mas agradable do mundo. pa ser live la banda y la wona tienen bueb performance pero ni la voz ni los instrumentos me fascinaron tanto. ademas nose de q año es la grabacion pero se nota q es del año del pico pq hay cmo estatica o alguna guea sonando permanentemente. igual me gusto caleta y es instant mood changer.
Nice album. Not really a stand out for me. I think Nina and Ella have firmly claimed this space in the canon. I do like a live album though. Nice energy.
Whenever we get a jazz album I put it off for a few days. It doesn't feel like a classic album at all, I'll never listen to it again, but still a 3. She's got an amazing voice
Nice smooth Jazz. Doesn't feel like a lot of jazz where they just play a bunch of random notes in weird time signatures and tell you you're just not sophisticated enough to understand.
Despite the excellent venue name, this is not my thing at all. Great voice but the music doesn’t make me feel anything. I enjoyed the ad lobbing at the end.
Listened Before? N Good jazz album. Very impressive vocals considering it was recorded live. I liked the humorous break at the end of one of the songs where she essentially quit because she thought she messed it up badly but it was still sounding amazing. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Thou Swell
Favorites: -Just one of those things -Be anything but darling be me -Stairway to the stars
Enjoyable
Sarah Vaughan's At Mister Kelly's was all new music for me. I've heard other artists versions of at least a couple of the tracks, but Sarah Vaughan is a new artist for me. Vaughan is talented, and her talent is even more evident through this live recording. The album was enjoyable but not an album that I'm likely to play again. The jazz vocals of "How High the Moon" are hard on my attention span. The rest of the album was at least okay.
Mooie stem en fijne rustige instrumentatie, had na een paar nummers er wel genoeg van
Crystal clear and beautiful proof that Sarah Vaughan was one of the greatest singers in jazz - and one of the funniest.
Sarah Vaughan is another of the very few artists whose careers long pre-date the mid-50s start of the 1001 list. But she’s the only one of those artists that I wasn’t familiar with before this album. Ultimately, Vaughan has a great voice for jazz, but it's not quite as transcendent as contemporaries like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.
What a voice! I’d definitely be happy to hear Ms. Vaughan sing again.
3.5/5
at mister kelly's was a charming album. small details can go a long way: the falling R on the album cover, the introduction on the first song about the entire audience being mercury recording artists for the night, vaughan needing to find "a key" in the beginning of "willow weep for me". it was extremely easy to listen to this album. vaughan had a lovely voice and sings these songs beautifully with her backing band. but i suppose it was a little too easy because the songs melted into one another. there was nothing bad about this album; it just didn't have much to make it stand out.
I had never heard of Sarah Vaughan, but I was happy to get the chance to learn a bit about her and check out her music! This live album was easy to listen to and pleasant, but again like many albums on this project, it lacked a real "spark" that I look for in live albums. Despite the lack of live energy, I did feel like the performance had a very intimate energy that the recording captured well. And again, jazz isn't really my favorite genre, so I didn't care about this as much as others might. That said, her voice was beyond smooth and made this a fun listening experience in a genre I typically don't care much about.
Vibe
Jazzy
Pleasantly pleasant. It didn’t imprint on my heart, but I enjoyed my time with it. Excellent album cover!
too smooth, i need more passion
I thought it was fine - sort of embodies the type of jazz that's really easy to tune out, unfortunately. But I would imagine seeing it in person would be really magical-- what a wonderful voice & energy.
Good album amazing vocals
Ich kannte weder sie, noch das Album. Stimmgewaltig, der Übereinsatz ihres Vibratos nervt bisweilen, aber mit dem Makel ist sie nicht die einzige.
3.5 stars. Beautiful voice. Fun atmosphere that very much makes you aware it's a live recording. Standout is "September in the Rain"
Singing Jazz. Great voice, but generally not my style
Pretty! Need to give a closer listen but wow.
She sangin tbh 👀
I had never heard of Sarah Vaughan and this live recording is absolutely lovely. Very warm and very enjoyable.
Notalegur jazz úr efstu hillu
Jazz - good
Nice, but didn't do much for me.
Strong, versatile voice. Good morning coffee or rainy day music. Sonics leave much to be desired, obviously.
This was fine, good performance. How high the moon with wrong lyrics was kinda weird. Also weird to have included a live album on this list, surprisingly good recording for 1957
Her voice is big, fierce, powerful, lush. The jazz is light and far away. Feels like an appropriate live album. She and the audience laughing and joking. Free style singing. I might as well have been there. Homey and satisfying, albeit a bit tired and drab at times. Cool album even if it isn't my thang.
The whole " I don't know the words so I'll just make shit up" vibe, well we've all been there haven't we. I can't say I'm much of a jazz fan but this was easy listening while I was working at a difficult and thankless task so, thanks Sarah
It has some issues, like the extended intro telling the audience that there will be a recording happening and that they will be using lyric sheets, and the extended outro of “Willow Weep for Me”, but I feel edified having listened to it.
Not really for me but some beautiful vocals.
Half-paid attention to this while doing other things, but still pretty good! Wouldn't say this album is high up there for me, but I can tell Sarah Vaughan is very talented. Now I understand why Father John Misty got angry at that girl who said she sounded just like her and stuff.
The great thing about live performances is they give you a better feel for the performer's personality. This was an intriguing album in that respect. I especially enjoyed the bit where she goofed a little during "Willow Weep for Me"—she acknowledged it, got a few laughs, and kept rolling, totally unfazed. Good stuff.
Nice and an amazing voice but some seriously dud tracks such as Just a Gigolo and How High The Moon
A talented and soothing album that nails the jazz club craving
good background music
Mister Kelly’s was just the start next year she’ll be at Leeds Fest
Songbird of her generation, super talented. A bit slow for me but too good
Krooner lady.
Music was okay. Didn't listen with much thought. I liked it.
Nice jazz, bit boring
Decent album, just like the comparable ones from this time and genre it was nice and interesting to hear but thats about it
Glad to learn her name.
Stylish.
beautiful (live) jazz album!
good jazz album if jazz were my thing :p
Some solid jazz. It is live and there some songs where they mess up and just kept it in, which is kind of charming. Definitely background music to put on during chores or something but i didn't save any to my spotify.
Great voice, but this album doesn't even seem to be her best. It gets a little repetitive after a while too.
Her voice sounded insane considering this was live. Some good jokes mixed in there too
Now THIS is a great album cover. Sets the mood perfectly for what's about to come. Let's go! After listening, it's a very nice live performance, the couple of blunders that were kept on the final cut where a refreshing touch, something you won't likely see on a modern live album. Particularly liked the slower, smoother numbers like September in the Rain and Stairway to the Stars. Wish there was one or two more emotional songs thrown in, but I guess it would have ruined the mood. Also would have liked the trio to be louder in the mix, especially during the instrumental solos.
An interesting historical record. Never heard of her, but she has a very fine voice for jazz songs. No real classics here though.
Always a spectacular voice.
This album captures live (as amply evidenced in Willow Weep For Me) what one expects from the mythical world of Chicago Jazz. I'm not sure I want to put this in constant rotation but it makes one wish they were there .
I really enjoyed how this was done live and “on the spot” and you could hear her interacting with the crowd. It brings the album to life. She has an incredible voice.
Rating/reviewing this album is a bit difficult for me because even though her voice is honeyed and *gorgeous,* and the music is lively and pleasant…it’s simply not my taste. I’ve just never gravitated to jazz. Even so, it’s easy to tell how talented Vaughan is, and the album feels smooth and cozy. The tracks I like the most are “Willow Weep For Me,” “Be Anything But Darling Be Mine,” and “Honeysuckle Rose.”
It was aight
Lovely voice, her music is sweet and calming. Interesting how it is a recorded live performance instead of a studio album given the year. I enjoyed it.
Great voice, awesome vibes. I feel like I need a Manhattan and a cigar to fully enjoy this album. But still, a little repetitive and probably won’t revisit often or at all.
Beautiful voice. Honeysuckle Rose was favorite How high the moon sounded like she impovised. Love the live aspect of it, feels like I was really there.
Extremely unprofessional
Jazz
+++
J'aurais sûrement mis 1 point de plus si je l'avais écouté par temps pluvieux.
agréable après je vais probablement pas réécouter
Just not a fan of slow jazz. Or Chicago jazz. I'm more of a New Orleans guy.
She has a really strong voice. Think I'd much prefer a studio recording to this live album. As I'm not sure what the live aspect adds to this. However her voice alone makes it an enjoyable listen, "Be Anything but Darling be Mine" my favourite track.
Interesante. Ella toda diosa, simpática con el público. Me gustó.
This was a nice live classic album. Warm and enjoyable. 6/10
Outside of like wildly immature stuff there seems to be humor missing from a lot of music now. Like this was solid and also pretty funny moments.
Smooth and soothing. Not much beyond that.
Live jazzzz, lækker vokal, 50’er stemning, fløde
love
While I appreciate the quality and range of the vocal performance, to me this is background music. It doesn't make me feel "involved" or like I'm an active participant.
She’s obviously a great singer but this was just kind of boring. It was nice to have in the background when I worked and impressive that it was all presumably done in one take.
Smooth vocals, great for light background music.
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"At Mister Kelly's" is the first time I've heard any Sarah Vaughan, and her voice is instantly captivating. This album, a 75 minute live set of Vaughan in a live setting with a backing trio, is the perfect showcase for it. Right from the introduction, in which the compere informs the audience they're all about to become Mercury recording artists, there's such an intimate and cozy feel to this recording. Tender ballads like "Willow Weep for Me", "Stairway to the Stars" and "Embraceable You" are delivered with care and precision, alongside upbeat tracks like "Lucky in Love", "If This Isn't Love", "Just One Of Those Things" and many more. The backing trio are made up of Jimmy Jones on piano, Richard Davis on double-bass (who would later play on Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks"), and Roy Haynes on drums. They display some fantastic ability, but really it's Vaughan's show, so the playing is restrained and minimal, leaving a lot of room around her vocals. While it works for the overall atmosphere coming across here, I'd be excited to hear Vaughan with the power of a full band behind her. Although the performances are beautiful, the song selections themselves (all jazz/trad-pop standards or showtunes) are much of a muchness and start blending together late in the set owing to the same stripped back arrangements. Every now and then, something breaks through: "How High The Moon", with its improvised scat singing proclaimed to be in the style of Ellie Fitzgerald, is both a hoot and one of the most stunning displays of Vaughan's range and technique. "It Has To Be Love" is another fun track, with an effortless vocal and Jones clearly having fun with some piano glissandos. All in all, I'm glad I heard this and it introduced me to some new standards as well as Sarah Vaughan's magnificent voice, but smooth vocal jazz still feels best suited to background music for me.
3.5….she has better albums , I think
“Ella Fitzgerald sings this song” The rough bits make this a fun album.
This is a six star album
I love how intimate this album feels. It’s warm, it’s inviting. It’s the album equivalent to taking a sip of hot tea. Sarah’s voice is absolutely incredible. Even with this being said, I didn’t find myself fully engaged by it. I’m not entirely sure why. I will say, this album would be great to bake to! It just gives that cozy feeling :)
This was ok, but I prefer Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday… This probably deserves another listen!
Not my favorite style but I appreciate the quality. If you’re into jazz I’d recommend this. It was beautifully done.
Great one-night record
Wasn’t bad. Mostly as background music.
Eh, fine.
I love the live album recording, it feels more alive and like you are a part of it. I liked the little error in Willow Weep for Me and How High the Moon, I'm glad they kept it in. Lovely trio, makes me wanna listen to more jazz. Favourite songs: Thou Swell, How High the Moon
Dinner party music, loved it.
A nice little album. Sarah's voice is pretty incredible and the jazz accompaniment is very pleasant, although a bit too minimal for my liking on some songs. Definitely a nice listen though. 6/10
I didn't get much of a chance to listen. I was expecting to really like the offering but found it just OK
I think that if there was only one jazz singer that I could listen to for the rest of my life I'd probably pick Sarah Vaughan. She has a beautiful tone and a broad range. I'm surprised that 1001 would pick this over her eponymous release with Clifford Brown a couple of years earlier. The latter received more critical acclaim, gets played to death on jazz stations and was apparently Sarah's favorite release from the era. Maybe because the great solos from the sextet took away from her performance? Back to this album, while I love her voice, a double album of jazz standards with minimal participation from her backing trio makes it hard to differentiate between the songs after a while.
300. album, da, da. lijepa glazba, noćnog takta što najviše volim u jazz glazbi. ženski vokal uz divan instrumental.
Nije ovo Sarah o kojoj pjeva Alex G wtf
Nice ligtweight, chilled lounge jazz. Nothing mindblowing, but it was ok. The few moments of audience interaction were the highlight to me, ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah
It’s jazz. But it’s not offensively jazzy.
I can hear why people would like it, and the moments of behind the scenes where she "forgets" words or speaks to the crowd are very cool. Love her voice, but all the "American songbook" songs sound like relics from a bygone era, which I suppose they are. Enjoyable enough, but not one I will come back to
Easy listening, nothing really stuck out for me
Easy listening.
Smooth as can be.
A nice relaxing jazz album with a nice late night smokey feel. Sarah Vaughan has a voice very similar to the more well known Ella Fitzgerald. It's a very pleasant album, that's well sung and performed but lacking the gusto to make it a true classic. Had to seek out the mono version because I'm the stereo was full of dropouts.
Great voice. Can't decide whether the performance mistakes from the live recording make it charming or not.
Kuuntelin vähän hätäisesti. Muutama säväyttävämpi biisi ja kova laulaja. Ei kuitenkaan ihan suosikkijazzia.
She has a nice voice and the instrumentation is fine but I feel like there are better albums in the same vein that I would generally rather listen to.
Si cha sicher singe, klavierishh au ganz guet, aber es isch echt ned so mi stil de jazz us dere ziit :(
Take a time machine back to 1957, sit in a smokey jazz club in Chicago and hear the live musical act of Sarah Vaughn and her Trio (Jones on Piano, Davis on Bass, Haynes on Drums). Natural stage banter, a smooth backing band, and Vaughan's wonderful voice is a treat to listen to. I'm listening to the LP version here, which is significantly shorter than the CD version but gives the full idea, I think. She even shouts out Ella Fitzgerald at the end and scats for a bit, it's great.
Lovely, erfrischend, selbstbewusst, supercool und lustig. Sehr gut, 3,4
I am not much of a jazz fan but Sarah Vaughan may convert me! I really enjoyed listening to this. Love her voice & playfulness.
I get that it’s a completely facile take on a talented woman’s career, but I just wanted her to break into Feeling Good or My Baby Just Cares for me. Sounded like Nina Simone but without the stand out tracks.
Never thought I'd be entering my feedback on a 1950s live Sarah Vaughan album into a mobile phone app, but here we go. What to say? Good if you like this stuff, a headache it not. 'Honeysuckle Rose' is great. I really quite enjoyed this tasteful little set.
6/10
Sarah has wonderful control of her voice. I enjoyed it quite a bit when she messed up and was able to throw it into the song without really interrupting the flow at all. Pretty. Favorite track: "Willow Weep For Me"
Impressive sound quality for a live album. Not really my sound but a nice vibe.
Loved the live recording, beautiful voice.
Fallout vibes
10th November 2021 Listened throughout the day on my phone while having a chilled one. Liked this, bit of smooth jazz singing and I liked the way she scatted over saying she didn't know the words. Reminded me of an early Amy winehouse.
Interesting live show
This is the sort of jazz I would enjoy in a club or restaurant. 3.5/5
She's got an incredible voice, and some of the songs are really great, but it all blends together after awhile. Best track: How High the Moon
pretty fun!
In the Right conditions could be a great listen. Couldn’t handle it at the gym though.
Lovely classic
Perfect Sunday morning listening
Kelly’s Hero
woah her voice
Not my cup of tea
3.5 beautiful voice
This made me feel fancier than I looked. Anyway, jazz is a sore spot for me. Her voice was smooth and the instrumentals were overall pretty solid, but the vocalizations and improvisation and general melodic makeup of the tracks - I'm still lost on how to truly enjoy those.
interesting
Great voice and her ability and ease with improvisation makes her talent obvious. Jazz is not usually my thing but I like this
if you like lounge music, this is for you
Great voice.
Easy listening jazz
Smooth vocals, especially impressive that this is Live. Really adds to the date and character of it. I am not normally a fan of live albums, but this one really works for it. It's smooth and filled with an extreme amount of character.
Gut aber nicht unvergesslich
Para una jazz session estaría bien, pero para escuchar 20 canciones de este estilo tiene que ser en un momento en el que apetezca. Yo no he sido capaz de acabar el disco, aunque he de decir que tiene buen estilo y voz.
Great voice overlaying smooth jazz that makes for a relaxing evening. That's all there is to it. Songs aren't particularly noteworthy. Standard music and lyrics. Recording pretty good, though there are some hiccups here and there for being a live recording.
Put on a tux. Pour a scotch. Light a cig. Would listen to this anytime.
Wholesome. Intimate.
Not my usual thing but good
Estuvo bien. Me gustó mucho que en el primer tema hayan grabado la introducción 3/5
Live albums should not be on this list. It's an rather generic jazz album by singer Sarah Vaughan. Nothing wrong, nothing remarkable about it (Why is it on this list).
Good intro to Jazz for me. You can really get a sense for her personality, and what it was like to be at the show.
i love live albums. nice music, nice voice, goes really well with the last album i got lol (sinatra & jobim). it got a bit boring at some point and its not even long? but it was nice.
I love jazz- so pretty and relaxing to listen to. Sarah has a lovely voice and this is a really solid album. I'd never heard of her before, but I would love to add her into my rotation with Ella and Billie.
sympa, j'ai particulierement apprécié le moment où Tom Waits fait irruption dans la salle de concert, et invective Sarah d'un "eh qu'est-ce que tu fais" avec un accent toulousain prononcé
Gezellig album, niet al te speciaal
lovely voice. had never heard of her before...fun
Dece
The album's alright but if Sarah Vaughan thinks she can hang her hat at mine, she's got another think coming.
6.5/10
3.7 - Starts with an audibly nervous announcer informing the audience that tonight's performance will be recorded and that everyone should relax, which sets a fun on-edge tone to the evening. By the end of the second track, the singer has fallen off her chair and laughingly improvises a line, "I've fouled up this one really well..." She comes back with intense ferocity on the next track "Just One of Those Things." Vaughan's voice is a marvel. She improvises all the lyrics on "How High the Moon", with some solid scatting thrown in, which rounds out a frenetic, sometimes off-kilter, but assured performance.
5
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Jazz. Canta muy bien. Un 3.
Smokey 'n' smokin'. Too bad Spotify's version has glitches, like a bad digital transfer. Will look for a physical copy of it, or at least a lossless digital one.
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Lovely, lively listen.
Probably good if this is what floats your boat but I'm not big on this style of singing and there's no where else to go on a recording like this. Also a live album so there's a lack of intention or getting the best take - so it's performance and songwriting and these songs are just sappy old things.
Tiene una linda voz pero lastimosamente no es mi estilo.
This live album offers a beautiful performance from Jazz extraordinaire Sarah Vaughan which on occasion does draw a meaningful comparison to Ella Fitzgerald in sound. 7/10 [KEEP]
Alright if in the right mood I think and I’m sure it’s technically very good but I can’t imagine when I would ever be in the right mood for this
2.3 it was probably a lot better live, but i listened to it in the car. I liked How High The Moon as she didnt remember the lyrics.
September in rain- 5/10 Willow weep for me- 6/10 Just one of those things- 5.5/10 Be anything- 4.5/10 Thou swell- 6.5/10 Stairway to the stars- 4.5/10 Honeysuckle- 6.5/10 Just a gig- 4/10 high the moon- 3/10 Final rating- 2/5
This one mostly bored me which was sad because I dig Sarah Vaughan.
It's interesting as a piece of history, but one too many sha-ba-dee-boo-da-ba-do for me to really enjoy it as anything other than a time capsule.
Rating: 5/10 Apparently there's a bunch of bonus tracks in the digital release/youtube playlist I was listening to which makes sense cause the original probably just fit on two sides of a vinyl, but they actually recorded a lot more live at the club that became the CD expanded edition. Anyway, I took that fact as an opportunity to tap out after the original tracklist cause making it 11 more tracks was not going to be fun for me. Pleasant background music, with a good voice in Vaughan, for sitting at a bar in 1957 but it's just not anything more than that for me. Looks like the 50's will continue to be by far the lowest rated music for me with the occasional gem
not bad dont care
A vibe I appreciate, but not one I'd come back to.
Good singer, boring album.
Great voice but this isn’t my jam. Bee be doo bap zippa Dee bap bap wow.
Niet afgeluisterd. Goed voor een jazzcafé maar niet voor een hele plaat.
Really not my cup of tea
It was okay. I love a live album and the vocals were pretty good, but nothing that drew me in or wowed me.
Starts off strong but quickly becomes dull. I can see the appeal if I was there in a smoky jazz club with a cocktail but sadly I am not. I don't know enough about jazz to say what type I prefer so the best I can go for is 'Ore No Ryomi 2 soundtrack jazz'. This was not that.
Some very cringe sing songy ad libs singing things like "I've forgotten the words to this song" and "Ella Fitzgerald sings it like this, I'm gonna sing it like that too". The sound quality is great for a 50s live recording but I found it to just sound so similar all the way through and just bored
Once again, I'm convinced that jazz isn't my thing. Even vocal jazz without any complex mathematical rhythms tired me out, although everything sounds completely effortless: a trio of piano, double bass, and drums, and Sarah Vaughan's velvety voice, which is the main instrument here. And considering that the album was recorded live, twenty years before in-ear monitors were used, and forty before the invention of auto-tune, her powerful vocal control is even more impressive. The atmosphere of a 1950s Chicago bar lingers throughout the entire half hour; the problem is, for me, that half hour felt like an hour and a half. These turn-of-the-century jazz standards are incredibly repetitive; at some point, they fade into the background, the Chicago bar begins to resemble a bad musical, and listening to it all becomes boring. But if jazz is your thing, the full version of this concert, almost an hour and a half long, is available on streaming services.
Vocal Jazz isn't really for me apparently. Favorite track: Be Anything Darling, But Be Mine
5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background First listen I played the entire extended cut...might have been a mistake. I just couldn't get into it.
Was bored.
i do like live albums. i do not like jazz
Es en vivo, me gustó la intro que le avisaban a la gente que lo estaban grabando y eso, pero el disco bastante flojo. Nada memorable.
canta increible, no la conocía. Me hizo sentir que estaba adentro de una cantina yankee en los 60
Legalzinho..
Nett, aber hat mich schnell verloren.
Jazz isn’t usually my bag. This live performance is kind of cool, but it just sounds a bit dull to me. Sarah’s voice is clearly strong, but it’s very forward and a bit strident to my ears. Maybe it’s the recording but I’m just not into this at all. 2
Сара 2,5 Марко 2
I liked it but it was meh
niet echt iets voor mij
het is geen slechte voorstelling, maar dit verliest op de plaat heel veel charme, ik denk dat de avond heel fijn was, maar dat terugluisteren voelt een beetje als uw oude concertvideos terugkijken. de geluidskwaliteit is simpelweg veel te slecht voor mij, met hoe schel alle hoge noten en vibratos klinken. ook de backing band is veel te zacht.
Yes I like jazz
Past a certain point the music sounds old fashioned even to me. I just don't enjoy this style of music.
Fine, but not for me. Jazz is more interesting with lyrics, but just barely.
Beautiful voice. Intimate setting. I couldn’t help but smile during the more meta moments. However, there are parts that are a bit too tired and understated for me. This is a live album that would pair nicely as background music for dinner (for better or worse).
Last night, I had to beat my kid on the ass real hard because he bawled about spending the night at his grandmother's place. I smacked him with the back of my hand real good, and that sent him running and screaming into the kitchen to find Grammy. I felt like the boss (for once) and left Mom's house without saying goodbye--little brat. And then, dammit, Sylvie nagged me all during dinner about the oil in the staircase polish and about how it keeps ruining her night gowns, and I'd just about had it with her squawking when a blotch of mustard slipped off my fork and landed on my favorite tie. I had to go outside and smoke two cigarettes and kick the curb until my toe hurt just to keep from knocking the waiter's block off because of his several nose pimples. We made it to the club about two minutes before showtime (a single stroke of luck). The bouncer showed us to a little table by the bar, and Tall Joe Shmoe in front of me was blocking the stage and laughing real hard in this airy, hacking way, and I was pretty sure this was the worst night of my entire life. But then she started singing. She started singing, and every inconvenience of the night--every inconvenience of my entire life--just kind of slid off my back and collected on the floor in front of the bar. I couldn't see her, but it didn't matter. A voice like a blessing, a voice like the calming hand of God. I thought: This is fine, oh yes, this is very fine.
linda voz lindo todo, pero no me genero nada. es un 2.5 PERO NO PUEDO PONER MEDIA ESTRELLAS
Yeah not my type but cool
this didn't do anything for me
las canciones muy buenas pero se escuchaba como el orto
sounds like the stuff they play at portillos
Nice voice and nice sound, but it’s definitely more like background music than anything.
Jazz, a bit repetitive. Good, but a bit repetitive. Felt like a drag going along the album.
She's got a pretty voice and the sound is straight out of 1957 but lovely. Love the accompaniment. Hearing Just a Gigolo on this album is kind of crazy as the much later rendition of that song by David Lee Roth is epic. Crazily it seems the song was originated in 1929, so this is a cover, too. Wild!
It is okay, but not exactly my type. I don't think I will listen to this again, but it was an okay listen. This type of music is good, but either this isn't the album for me, or I am not in the headspace for this kind of music for now. I like music similar to this, but this album I think wasn't the one
Good stuff here, not my particular jam, but good stuff for sure.
Cozy jazz but just not for me. I would have given this a 3, but her scatting in the last song drove me insane.
Love Sarah Vaughan's voice and this is a very nice live performance recording for 1957 but it's good music for background or to unwind but she does have better records.
Как для джаза очень неплохо. Но всё же нет
Salonkikelpoista, pehmeää jazzia. Live-esityksen aikana tapahtuvat kömmähdykset ja yleisön kanssa jutustelu tuovat lisämakua tähän muuten todella unohdettavaan levytykseen.
Was ok just not my bag of chips.
Glad to have heard this, even though big band jazz singers are not really my thing
Not a patch on Ella
Great voice but this doesn't do anything for me. Nothing bad about it but I won't have it on again.
beautiful voice, really nothing that I enjoy listening to, giving it a 2
Meinas lähtee vaihtoon parin biisin jälkeen työvuorossa, mutta jaksoi sen kuunnella lopulta loppuun.. vastapainoksi ehkä omia kuunnelluimpia listalta tehosoittoon
Emmää oikein päässyt tähänkään sisään. Varmaan olis ihan jees jossain hämyisessä luolassa kuunnella livenä tätä, mutta nyt jäi kyllä vähän piippuun. Ei nyt mitään täyttä paskaa kuitenkaan.
zonder afbreuk te doen aan Sarah, maar dit is niet mijn ding
Lovely voice, bad recording. It's almost a shame that so many phenomenally talented musicians end up making jazz haha
This is a perfectly adequate soft jazz album, though it also doesn’t jump out to me as special (beyond the artist’s obvious talent). The live recording doesn’t seem to add much to the listening experience.
Great voice and talented but felt like I was listening to covers at a bar - especially when she was ad libbing about not knowing the lyrics
I can recognize the talent but otherwise, doesnt do anything for me
Beautiful background music for a classy jazz bar setting and honestly that’s about the only place I can see myself putting this on. It’s just too low energy and slow for me to go out of my way to listen to it. Sarah Vaughan’s voice is stunning and there’s a smokiness to it that I found slightly off putting if I’m being honest. I appreciate the talent though, it’s just not really for me.
A bit extreme if i say i hate it but i also dont love it The kinda music that plays in the background at a restaurant
3/10 все из-за каких то кривляний которые уши режут
Not much to say about this really. I'm neither a fan nor a follower of jazz and was unaware of Sarah Vaughan, but she has a gorgeous voice and she sings the songs beautifully, although not so much that it's obvious why this live album should be included in a list of albums I Need to listen to. Still, I'm a completions, so it's played through a few times this afternoon and, as chilled as this is, I'll have probably forgotten about it in a few days. Favourite tracks are Willow Weep For Me (even though it appears she messes it up!) and Just A Gigolo. 2 stars - nice but unremarkable.
I thought this had a lot of potential after the first two songs but found the rest to be lacking anything other than the same wailing and moaning with piano tinkling. Could for background music to a 50s upscale swarthy party
A beautiful voice, but just not the kind of music I'm into. At least I'm now aware of an artist I'd never heard of.
Jeg er ikke jazz-fan, og jeg begynder at tro, at jeg aldrig bliver det. Det er jo ikke dårligt, hun synger glimrende, og bandet spiller kanon. Jeg kunne ønske, at hun lod være med at trække hver en lang tone ud med den vibrato-facon, hun lægger for dagen, men det er nok bare mig. I min optik er topmålet af jazz, når man bare sætter det på og glemmer det fuldstændig - og det må man sige er tilfældet med dette album. Forglemmeligt og lyden af at tage elevatoren på et 4-stjernet hotel. 2.3.
Not for me. I'm sure it's good for what it is but vocal jazz is not something I like to listen to.
1.75. Maybe the outside sounds were too loud on my walk, but the music was so down low in the mix that it just sounded like Sarah Vaughn was talk-singing in my brain and it wasn’t very pleasant.
oh god jazz kill me now wasnt horrible just not optimal 5.7/10
Nice voice, but jazz
Just not my flavour of jazz this at all. Can't really deal with the lounge sing-song stuff, even if it is a great voice.
Я бы послушала такое, играя в Shadows of Doubt, а так ну... не мое, эгейн. Но приятно в контексте подходящей игры, фильма...
I'm all for live performances but this one wasn't it
The ending to Willow Weep For Me was funny. For that reason, I will make it a 2, as I still don't like old jazz.
Not bad per se but I felt nothing. I want to feel something!
An okay album I will never think about again. I'd like it more if Tom Waits told dirty jokes and made bad puns for 5 minutes between every song. Real missed opportunity perhaps best explained by the fact that Tom Waits was 7 years old when this album came out.