At Mister Kelly's

High 3s, this was very good.

beautiful singing, dont think i would throw very many on a playlist but just imagining seeing this live is crazy. electric

She has an amazing voice and the musical backing is first rate. Like Night Hawks at The Dinner, this album has a real atmosphere. I quite like this. Definitely a good album

This album is a tough rate. I'd say if it was a studio version, easy five stars. However, the "live" aspect has its ups and downs. I liked the feeling that I was at the performance, but there's a reason why live versions of songs that are recorded for radio/personal listening are rarely as good as studio versions. Loved Vaughan's voice, but at some times it was overpowering. I have no doubt this concert was amazing live, but at times it did not translate well into the recording. However, with it being from the 50s, the recording was pretty decent.

Classy and surprisingly relaxing. They're not doing anything mind boggling but the simplicity is refreshing.

Pleasant, if forgettable

Nice jazz record and incredible vocals by Sarah Vaughn. And you cant ignore the musicianship of the band on this record. But unfortunately, jazz is one of my lesser loved musical genres. Please don’t hate on me.

Certainly a good live recording but not sure I "needed" to listen to this. Seems like a standard jazz club recording. Nice grooves, nice vibe.

I enjoy it

A skilled singer with a great voice, excellent jazz vocals - but I hate jazz vocals, so......

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It's nice. I'm glad to have heard it. The rawness of the live recording is quite charming.

Really lovely album. I particularly enjoyed the cover of How High the Moon, which is just a very cheeky and fun last track to include here. Sarah has a lovely tenor

A solid afternoon playlist addition at the mythical “Cafe Kelvinos”

Low quality live.

Not bad, she is a great singer but it's just not the kind of music that I like. I'm sure that she is amazing and everything it's just not my style. Don't see myself listening to this again.

Vocal jazz is not really my cup of tea, but since it was served to me I took sips that mostly refined my crazy little tastebuds.

wonderful voice, fav songs: honeysuckle rose, September in rain

Album 139 and still working on appreciating the Jazz albums. Not hooked on this one.

Idk what to say other than a whimsical throwback to the 1920s and I can really taste the ambience it can give.

Great voice, good music for the background like the place this was recorded. Not something I would seek out on my own though.

Beautiful voice paired with the piano is such a perfect pair. Keeping in the audience talking and some riffing done by her makes it such an immersive and welcoming atmosphere

In the era of Big Band music akin to this, Sarah Vaughn knows how to make this entertaining from start to finish. Hearing this as a live performance added so much more to it than needed and made a great time piece out of it. All of comments in between songs made this more enjoyable. Would this go into my regular daily playlist; probably not. But, this is definitely a great piece of history to listen to.

I'm sure I've heard better from her; a very bare group and she shares the spotlight with the piano. Her voice appears harsh at times and the track listing is pretty samey. Nice but nothing spectacular.

A really good album, love the older style of music. My favorite songs on the album were Willow Weep For Me and Just A Gigolo.

An amazing singer. I would love to have been there.

yes

Hmmm!...nice voice and everything, but this type of music just bores me and leaves me cold. Not my cup of tea and I was glad when the album came to a close. I'll give it three stars because she's a top-notch singer, but that's all.

Jazzy

Usually like live albums, but not the biggest fan of this one. Would have rather listened to the original versions.

Immersing yourself in this album is the imaginative equivalent of experiencing a glamorous night out on the town without having to tip the maitre'd to get a better seat. This 1957 live recording is stunning in its execution and centers Sarah Vaughan's contralto within the fast and fluid conversation between the piano, bass, and drums. Her voice is warm and rich like a buttery caramel, and her delivery is both impeccable and playful. It's a live recording that feels intimate and authentic. It reminds you of the way jazz should be experienced - in a tailored suit or in pearls (or both, it's a free country) in a dark and smoky club. I just wish that this, rather than David Lee Roth, had been my first introduction to "Just A Gigolo."

Sure, I can listen to this live. I don't need the recording. Will I listen to again: 0%

Enjoyable!

Quite nice jazz, but not the absolute best of the era

More Jazz, This album was not for me at all.

This album has one of the best opening songs ever. It just blew me away by how good it was for 1957. Better yet, this is a live album. Unfortunately, the other songs don't stand a chance to the aforementioned first track. Vaughan saves those tracks from being garbage. 3 stars for "At Mister Kelly's".

Incredible sound quality for a live album in 1957. Buttery smooth throughout 3/5

Difficult to believe this is live- what a voice!

Lovely vocals and good old-fashioned music. Unfortunately, the live album format doesn't contribute much here. Favorite track: "Willow Weep For Me"

I’m OK with all the 1950 albums this list generates partly because it was the decade I was born and there might be some hidden gems i don’t know about. That is true in one or two of the albums so far generated but the rest seem to be live recordings. I would say that the ratio of live albums from the 1950’s seems higher than other decades as there are fewer albums from the 50’s. Anyway putting that to one side and the argument about the validity of live recordings on this list at all, I did listen and quite enjoyed this album. Sarah Vaughan is someone I know very little about but these songs were vaguely familiar as many were sung by my dad when he was shaving in the morning. Not good at the time (as I was still trying to sleep) but anything now to remind me of my dad is very welcome. 2.5/5 21/10/24

Jazzy. Nice voice. Musically incomprehensible to me however.

What a voice, felt like I was there.

Yeah was pretty good but didn't grab me enough for 4 stars

It’s been 3 days since I listened to this and I can’t remember it well enough to call it good, but I also don’t remember it being boring, so there’s that. Live woman jazz good

Love this

Usually ain't about live albums but this was pretty great. Captured the feel really nicely and gat damn those pipes

Nice, but very low key. Never quite went deep enough to escape the background in the office. Two and a half. Fave track: September in the Rain

What a wonderful voice! Never really listened to Ms. Vaughn until now and this live album blows me away. Wow.

This is a mostly relaxing and enjoyable live recording of jazz tunes and standards from 1957 and a showcase of the immense talent that was Sarah Vaughan. Her voice is smoky and immediate with heavy vibrato and perfect pitch and rhythm. You get a sense of how it might have felt in a 50s Chicago Jazz Club. The mistakes are charming and played off with humour and talent. Only 20 years after this, live albums were multi-tracked and often fixed up and overdubbed in the studio, becoming sterile and too perfect. This recording shows that audiences love real human performances, mistakes and all. Would be nice to hear more of the trio but that is typical of the time. Overall 3/5 as Sarah is wonderful but live albums are just less interesting to me than studio albums.

Chill

Some of these albums are so old that it's hard to really fully enjoy them

classic

Classy music to make me feel all classy

Thoroughly enjoyable window into another era. Beautiful tone of voice. As is often the case with listening to these albums on spotify, it's the playlist that continues afterwards that amplifies my gut feelings about an album, and yesterday's was wonderful.

Will listen to it again, my first singing live jazz album, loved sarah vaughn's voice,although her discography is huge iam still open to exploring her other works (even though i said the same thing to a tracy chapman album & since then i haven't touched her discography ), i avoid ratings in my reviews so the review will be simple if it impresses me I'll give that album another listen otherwise not.

Jeg synes, at den var sindssygt god og behagelig og hun virker til at have været en vidunderlig performer og jeg blev meget inspireret af hendes evner til at synge.

Great album, short but sweet mistakes and all!

Good but I can’t handle more than the first 9 songs. Very “live” performance. Cool recording on site at an old venue.

What. A. Voice. I loved this and played it twice while driving today

I think you have to really be a fan of this music to enjoy it. Nice voice but just a bit too dull for my liking.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I can’t go from Kollaps to this.

I wonder if the reason this album struck me as so bland, toothless and mediocre is that it came immediately after that Kollaps album. At the time, I hated that album. But two days later I can’t stop thinking about it. Now all I want to hear is scary machine noise that makes me question my entire conception of what music is, what art means, what life could be. I’m like a cannibal who has tasted human blood and can now only be sated by the most forbidden meats. 2 stars for Sarah vaughan’s safe, acceptable jazz. 2 stars for my safe, acceptable existence. Somewhere, far off in the distance, the sound of a mechanical drill whirs. It calls to me. I’m coming home.

Actually really entertaining listen! Favorite tracks were Be Anything But Darlin Be Mine and Embraceable You The whole listen felt very real and organic. I appreciated the introduction and random noises/mistakes the band made. Really happy after. Ill probably revisit this at some point to do some more digging

Needed this palate cleanser after yesterday's cacophony. This gets 2-3 stars alone for being a beautiful period piece. I'd never heard of Sarah Vaughan before, but what a gorgeous voice – that vibrato, that lilt, that range. From a vocal perspective, I'm sure people have made a ton of comparisons to Billie Holiday, Ella, Nina Simone. But as great as her pipes are, and the vibe, and the backing band, the songs aren't super catchy or memorable compared to those artists – to my ear at least, they mostly sound like jazz standards – which is probably why she doesn't have the same legacy as those greats. And I'm not a huuuge fan of scat so I cringe a bit when I have to sit through it. But overall really enjoyed the listen and will definitely come back to it.

Solid and beautiful live album. I tend to prefer instrumental jazz overall, but this was very pleasant.

Usually like this sort of stuff but I couldn't get in with her voice.

Laid back relaxing jazz I can see myself listening to again (while smoking a cigar and having a whiskey on rocks)

All in all a bit tiring.

Lovely voice on top of a pleasant piano band. Sarah's heavy handed use of bravado sometimes rides the line between tolerable and annoying so that's a knock for me. But the production quality for an old live album is great.

Sounds like autumn

A voice like syrup. Sublime and faultless. Even the 2 star review recognise this? I can understand how some don't like Live albums or Jazz but I feel this transcends all these labels. It's more lie a historical document- outside of the norms of 'albums' but I'm glad they chose to record this for posterity.

incrível como os anos passam e eu continuo achando a voz da sarah vaughan uma das coisas mais incríveis do mundo junto das anfetaminas, a vaughan foi minha grande companheira escrevendo trabalho de faculdade pelas madrugadas pra mim, esse álbum é tipo um dos melhores momentos dela

que capa linda hein pqp a qualidade sonora bem boa, mal parece ser ao vivo. bem bonito, mas não é pra mim não.

It's jazz and I wasn't in the mood

Приятная мвзыка, успокаивала в очень нервный день

I liked this. It was cozy and loose in all the best ways. I love the crowd. I love the songs. This was just great.

Really well produced, Sarah Vaughan has a lovely voice and the way she handled a few mistakes by making jokes (in tune with the song!) made me laugh! I've never heard this artist and really enjoyed it overall - a very good rainy evening album to put on.

Never heard a live album before - An interesting concept Another 3.5 Very strong beginning but then quickly slows down Sarah Vaughan has a gorgeous voice

Really made me wish I was in the room when it was recorded. I've generally avoided live recordings, but I'm realising now that that's the opposite of what I should be doing when listening to jazz or blues. It feels so warm and human. I love the off script moments and the into telling the audience that for that night only they're Mercury recording artists too - it all gives such a lovely feeling of time and place. Beautiful cozy voice.

Beautiful voices, I feel the live aspect didn't help this however, I actually sought out some her studio stuff after this and it's worlds better

Pleasant, not my vibe

Fundamentalist jazz, great.

Beautiful voice

I've never heard of Sarah Vaughan before today, and that's a shame honestly. I LOVED this album from beginning to end.

Fav: Willow Weep For Me Least Fav: Just A Gigolo Incredible voice, very cosy sounding album

I used to think live albums were just worst versions of the actual thing but this list keeps showing me amazing live albums! This is another example of an artist using the live format to their advantage and it's great! Singing and instrumental are great!

What a beautiful voice. Love the crowd interaction on this album too 4/5

Sarah Vaughan has a fantastic voice, but this isn't an album I'd listen to again. I don't think I'm a big jazz fan. This might be nice background music at a low key dinner party.

I love her voice, so much that I feel the need to give this album 4 stars for the first time in this challenge! Favourite song: Stairway to the stars

it’s some smooth jazzy vibes

Ok, I like instrumental jazz more.

A fantastic jazz album. The fact that it is a live record helps to set the mood and you really can almost smell the whiskey and cigarette smoke from the atmosphere. Excellent singer, excellent record. Favourite songs: Honeysuckle Rose, September in the Rain, Just One of Those Things, Be Anything But Darling Be Mine, Thou Swell Least favourite songs: How High The Moon (scat singing is fucking annoying) 4/5

Will be giving this one another listen. Fantastic singer! She brings such character to each song. There could well be a different vocalist for Willow Weep For Me and Just One Of Those Things. Stairway To The Stars is a fantastic tune.

Nice but fairly unremarkable live jazz album. I enjoyed the improvised lyrics on the last track though!

Love a bit of Sarah Vaughan, not a great album though.

Nice

A nice 50s jazz album, glad I listened, her voice gets a little draining come The end though, think that stops me giving it a 4.

jazzy!

Another day, another live album. Niet slecht ze, ideaal album om op te leggen in een koffiehuis ofzo. 2.8

Not my kind've music but just proves more artists need to pull a lady gaga and cover older music

Beautiful voice and good music, not a huge fan of live music nor this style of music for an entire album but it is something I could definitely see myself turning on a track or two in the future when I am just hanging out listening to stuff. Also feel like this would've helped listening at night to get more into the mood, not really an early morning album in my opinion. 3/5

not my style

It was nice imagining myself as part of the crowd.

she has a great voice but i just don't really care for live albums

Sarah Vaughan was among jazz and bop's greatest voices. She had a long, prolific career, and "At Mister Kelly's" was her eighth album - but some don't include this in her discography, as this is an "and Her Trio" work. This is a live album at the famous Chicago club, Mister Kelly's. The recording is incredible for a 1957 live recording. For most of the album, you may think this is recorded in the studio. A microphone bump, and a bit of laughter following in "Willow Weep for Me" will remind you that this is indeed a live recording. Sarah Vaughan has an incredible voice. An instrument with considerable range. Her dynamic expression makes her performances fully engaging. As a live performance, this work is all the more impressive. She was a relaxed and confident performer, and this album captures her abilities early in her career.

Not my kind of music but Sarah Vaughan is an excellent singer which made this an enjoyable listen.

Super chill. Need this on vinyl

I don’t think I like vocal jazz. This sounds like every vocal jazz thing I’ve ever heard. It always sounds quiet and gentle. No energy or excitement.

It's super smooth and full of vibe, but probably a tad too 'jazz standard' or something. Never-the-less, very lovely.

Classic

This type of smooth lounge jazz clearly isn't my thing. Take away the instruments and it wouldn't really make too much of a difference as it all blends into one. 'September in the Rain' and 'Just One of Those Things' are highlights purely because they're upbeat and bouncy as opposed to much of the albums slow jazz tunes. It's not bad music, but it's really not my cup of tea. Sarah Vaughan has a really lovely voice, but it's not enough to carry this to anything more than one star. It's too similar sounding throughout in a sub genre of music that probably already sounds very similar as it is.

20/09/24 Never heard of the artist before. The music didn't really grab my attention.

Of the 3 big ones, Im team fitzgerald. Love billie and have never really gotten to like Sarah's voice for some unknown reason. This Album is great as she sang the best songs and displays mastery of singing and her voice which has a wide range. Great album better than others I had heard. Soothing voice, clear vocals. Great arrangements. I just dont love her as I do Ella and Billy. I do get their importance for music history in context and how they were the pioneers of all we have today.

Not my favorite jazz album but still a good listen.

Some good immersion

A very sweet voice, but too many same sounding lullabies for me.

Absolutely wonderful vocals!

I really enjoyed this, we tend to see antiquated art as some more serious than the things we make today, so hearing Sarah Vaughan make mistakes and get a little silly with it was refreshing. And, of course, beautiful voice great band. Class.

beautiful..simply beautiful..

slwo

I'm sure my grandfather would have loved this, but it's not really my thing. All music from this era just sounds like lounge singer-y stuff. It's not *bad*, and she has a lovely voice, but the over-use of vibrato from this era starts to get on my nerves a bit.

Pretty good! Classic jazz. Will listen again.

OK, not great.

Fantastic vocal performance over subtle jazz.

I can't stand the whole "I forgot the words let's scat and vocalese instead ha ha ha" schtick.

If there turns out to be a hell and I am sent there, I imagine they'll have a scat version of How High The Moon played on a loop 24/7. Band sounded decent though.

Very cozy album, very cool album cover. Really enjoyed hearing this. This type of music has a very calming effect on me. Perfect to put on during fall or whenever you fell like relaxing a bit. No song particularly stood out, but I just liked the whole package. Strong 3.

Sarah Vaughan clearly has a nice voice and this was quite a nice Jazz album. I didn't think it being a live album brought anything to the table. None of the songs stood out in particular. In other words a decent album but nothing too memorable for me.

This wasn't my favorite, but wasn't bad.

Wonderful voice and just very timeless.

67 years later and still amazing. I really liked that they included the out-takes. Her voice is amazing and I loved listening to this. I torn between a 4 and 5 for this album. Thinking back on this after listening I'll go with a 5

Sarah Vaughan's voice. Ridiculous rhythm section. Live Jazz. As if to make sure everyone knows it's live, in "Willow Weep for Me" something falls close to a mic, some people close to the mics laugh, her lyric sheet runs out of lyrics before the rhythm section is done, so she improvises some lyrics about how she messed up the song. And then jokes, "that's probably the one they'll use." Sarah Vaughan is relaxed and in terrific voice. Given the musicians, the floor started at 4 stars for this one. It's an enthusiastic 5 stars.

Great album, what a voice!

Nice to hear. Favourite track Just a Giggalo, which feels different when it's a woman singing about a man.

Wunderschöne Musik und wunderschöner Gesang. Da stimmt die Qualität zu 100%.

Great raw blues. Very real. Loved it.

When I hear Sarah Vaughan's voice, I hear joy. This live recording is so raw. Flaws are left in, but they give this recoding a more human feel. Having said that, the recording quality is excellent for it's time. Liked Songs Added:: - Willow Weep For Me - Just A Gigolo - How High The Moon

Quality is amazing for a live recording in 1957, beautiful singing voice too! It's weird to hear something that sounds so modern in the way they speak/sing and the recording quality when I know it's super old. I guess most pre-60s media portrayals of the way people spoke are done up for the big screen.

Absolute class act. Breezy and relaxed trio and Sarah Vaughan's top flight vocals, lovely. Never listened to one of her albums before, so don't know if this is really better regarded than a studio one. The Ella skit made me laugh on the last track. Great live session from a great jazz act. What's to dislike?

A great voice and I love the personality that comes along with a live recording. Sounds like something that would be playing during a candlelit dinner in a romance movie (3.5/5)

Well isn’t this a lovely surprise! “Out yonder where the blue begins, The moon will guide us as we go drifting along…Let’s build a stairway to the stars”

Great album!

Laid back and gentle in spots. Not as powerful as I expected.

What a difference a great singer makes! Great vocals are essential IMO for anything other than instrumental. Her voice is epic and I was amazed at how seamlessly she improvised the lyrics to the last song. Too bad it was a short album.

A voz dela pede melhores gravação, pareceu-me um disco ao vivo para consumo rápido e fácil, bem menor que a qualidade do canto dela.

Incredible voice It was just lacking something though and I'm not sure what 3 ⭐️

i liked this so much, very relaxing and intimate...her banter was so cute, i especially loved the silly scatting in the final track :') her warmth and charisma as a performer is so apparent even through audio. fav tracks: september in the rain, honeysuckle rose, how high the moon

This was so beautiful; she sounds so effortless when she sings. I love the moments where she's interacting with the crowd and worked self-deprecating lyrics into the song when she messed up -- an extremely natural performer and I'm sure seeing her live would've been so cool.

Amazing. Timeless, though, of course, having in mind and listening to the noise in the background, it almost gives a nostalgic sense to the music, and even more when, back then, it was a means for black people to represent their culture, when not a lot of white people have a shit about jazz.

Smooth Jazz at its best.

Really lovely snapshot of a different time. Saying that, this is closer to the year of my birth than we are now. I want to be there, with a single malt or perhaps an Old Fashioned.

Vocal jazz is not really my thing, I need all the wild improv solos. But her voice is great, there's nothing offensive about it.

83% Best: Be Anything But Darling Please Me Mine; Stairway To The Stars; Honeysuckle Rose Must-Hear? Sure

last song has lied-on-your-resume energy

Super leuk om dat intro te horen, waarin rustig word uitgelegd dat dit word opgenomen. "Please behave normally, as you normally would" geweldig, voegt meteen een stukje charme toe aan dit album voor mij! En dan begint Sarah, jezus wat een stem joh! Word na een tijdje wel een beeeeetje meh, en het laatste nummer "How High The Moon" met het grote deel scat, vind ik gewoon niet zo tof eerlijk gezegd. Album is gewoon best wel prima, maar i kkan het niet meer geven dan dat helaas! Maar hey, het begin is legendarisch! FAVO: September in the rain, Honeysuckle rose

Fun and jazzy.

Very smooth and pleasant vocal jazz, which was a good listen at late night. It's always hard to rate live albums, though, especially a jazz album compared to all the other studio albums on this list. The occassional clappings, talkings, laughs are a bit too distracting, and if I have to say something more criticism, it's also a bit too long overall.

Beautiful voice - not my genre though.

Great live performances. Love the keys used throughout and the drums are very lively. Sarah's voice is just awesome, never really listened to that style of jazz voice before. Had a lot of joy at the beginning listening but the songs started to blend in with each other after a while. Some great humor in it as well. Stand out songs: September in the Rain, Willow Weep for Me

very pleasant, great voice

Yeah, I'm not so into this. Not to say that this isn't good, it just isn't my kind of music. Nothing stood out to me.

i like jazz :)

Gleich zweimal gehört. Was für eine Stimme. Meine Eltern haben mir einige Jazzplatten aus den 50ern hinterlassen, dabei auch welche von Billi Holiday und Ella Fitzgerald. Aber ihren Namen kannte ich nicht. Shame on me. Einer der wenigen Lichtblicke dieser obskuren Liste.

Intimate is right and Sarah is making this look easy.

She’s definitely talented, but the production isn’t great and her performance is inconsistent. Maybe I just don’t enjoy live albums much.

Nice

Wonderful calm and itimate Jazz Album!

Jazz. Nun gut.

Nice album to listen to. Her voice is great and the performance is very solid. Hearing some of the levity of the live performance gives it a comfort that elevates it.

Not familiar with this artist. Sounds really good for a live album. Just one of Those Things - nice bass line The voice on this lady is pretty good. Being a little cheeky on How High the Moon is fun. Sometimes I'm Happy is a cool track. The sonic quality overall is pretty good. Very close to a 5 for me. I will look up more of her

Absolutely superb - the divine Sarah!

Very enjoyable. I'm always a big fan of live albums that are this good. 4/5

Couldn’t find. Listened to other Sarah Vaughan album. It was good

Great tunes, great voice

Really good jazz vocals.

Enchanting! Great remaster of the album made me feel I was there. Would have stayed for the second and third and fourth show just to listen to it again

a beautiful example of the powerful and controlled vocals of sarah vaughan, and the talent of the trio behind her. i’m not personally a fan of live albums traditionally, but i thought this record demonstrates all the great parts of a live album, removing the perfection of the studio, and making it feel altogether more human. very little else to say, and i would definitely listen again.

Original sound.

A charming, pleasant listen.

I appreciate her beautiful voice but I am not a big fan of jazz.

This is generally one of my favorite styles of jazz. Just a singer, an excellent pianist, and some soft percussion. Her voice is just slightly off-putting for me though. And with this style being so stripped down, something as small as that makes a fairly big difference. Her scatting also is just not that impressive. Overall, it's a fine jazz album, but it's not particularly unique nor incredibly excellent. Favorite Song(s): Willow Weep for Me

Great stuff, good songs, perfect arrangements, Sarah Vaughan's voice is flawless, and the fun little "bloopers" throughout really tie it up with a bow.

Some albums are boring, some are just azz; this album is neither, this album is cash

Stunning voice

I'm normally not a big fan jazz or live albums, especially because live albums tend to have a bit too much extra noise interfering with the flow of the music. Also, the sound quality of live albums is usually not great. However, the sound quality of Sarah Vaughan's At Mister Kelly's is surprisingly quite good for the time. Also, as it is quite a laid back album, the crowd discussions actually add to the experience. You almost feel like you're there, laughing along to the jokes and listening to the music. I'd never give an old live album a full five stars, as that is reserved for the very best albums and I don't think live ones can ever reach that. It does deserve a high rating though. Sarah is a great singer, and the instrumentals are relaxing.

One of those where I appreciate it more than I like it. Not a genre I'm fond of, but this one makes me see the appeal. Loungey piano-bar jazz with an incredible vocal performance. What a voice! Warm, relaxed, commanding, casually virtuoso, hugely charismatic, her phrasing and cadence demands attention.

Lovely, lovely voice.

Just lovely easy listening

Den koncert gad jeg godt have været med til.

Lovely album. One of those perfect live recordings - fantastic! I really like the entire album, vocal, instrument and all around sound :)

I don't like live albums a ton. Most of the time I feel like they more so add noise to the tracks than anything else. I think I feel a bit different about this one specifically though. Sarah here very much evoke feelings of some kind of jazz-club-speakeasy-whiskey-in-hand-smokey-room-film-noir thing. Her voice is so smooth and comforting, and I think the "liveness" of the album almost makes the whole thing into more of an ambiance thing for me that almost transports me to this calm place. Something that a classic concert live album has never done for me which I find interesting. Standouts Just One Of Those Things Willow Weep For Me 3/5

2024-08-04...

I usually love a good vocal jazz record and there's something about the intimate and quiet nature of this album's performance that draws me in. The stark instrumentation with only a piano functioning as a melodic driver works well to spotlight Sarah's soft and loose, yet impactful vocal performance. I don't know anything about Mister Kelly's but even the audience applause makes it seem like a very small, restrained venue. While it was nice to be lulled into this album's warmth, I didn't find much to hold onto aside from the boilerplate enjoyability of a performance like this. I did enjoy the piano solo and funny little stumble on the otherwise melancholic 'Willow Weep for Me'. I enjoy 'How High The Moon' for similar reasons - despite Sarah resorting to scatting out the entire song. My favorite piano solo has to be on 'Honeysuckle Rose', maybe my favorite song on here in general. While I may not revisit this one as often as other vocal jazz records on here, I can always admire an album like this upon a first listen.

started off neutral but then i started really hating this by the middle nonsensical lyrics, average vocals with off-key medioce moments, boring instrumentals entire album sounds like a down-tempo vibrato exercise. fucking boring! NNN

Fun, really interesting jazz concepts

I absolutely adore Sarah Vaughan. This is just beautiful stuff. If you don't like it, there's no hope for your eternal soul.

It would appear that there are many things of which I am not a fan. This is one of those.

Not my favourite jazz but not my least favourite

This album gradually wore me down song by song until I was resigned to give it just one star. I was bored out of my mind. Then in the last song she didn’t know how to sing it and talked about Ella Fitzgerald singing it in a crazy way which made me laugh. Don’t say I didn’t give it a chance

I enjoyed this. Very easy to listen to. Sarah Vaughan’s voice is great. I also like these live jazz records that are like 30-40 minutes. A breezy way to start my day.

Very good 50s/60s jazz album

Lovely lovely voice :)

perfectly fine jazz album, once again doesn't feel indispensable

elegant, swinging classic jazz trio with the wonderful Roy Haynes on drums.

That's not my taste in musik. But some pleasant songs - relaxing

Hyggelig afslappende jazz Vibe

The scat song kinda made me hate this, but there is something to jazz lounge that feels nice. Idk, I’m torn

groovy

Kind of an annoying voice

I have to admit that I have never listened to Sarah Vaughan until today cause I thought “ oh that sort of music isn’t really for me” Boy I was wrong, I loved it. As soon as the MC did his introduction I was hooked in, then she forgets the words and it’s all kept in as a true depiction of what the concert was like. The only mistake I made was listening to this while on a walk. This really should have been listened to late at night, in a wingback chair with a nice glass of whiskey.

nice voice but dull as fuck

Ya like jazz?

Her voice is amazing. Utterly beautiful. It felt like listening to Christmas. Grateful to have been introduced.

Beautiful singing and masterful jazz drumming from the legendary Roy Haynes

What absolute trash. Live albums just shouldn't exist

I don't like live albums a ton. Most of the time I feel like they more so add noise to the tracks than anything else. I think I feel a bit different about this one specifically though. Sarah here very much evoke feelings of some kind of jazz-club-speakeasy-whiskey-in-hand-smokey-room-film-noir thing. Her voice is so smooth and comforting, and I think the "liveness" of the album almost makes the whole thing into more of an ambiance thing for me that almost transports me to this calm place. Something that a classic concert live album has never done for me which I find interesting Standouts Just One Of Those Things Willow Weep For Me 3/5

Hella good voice. Hella boring concert

She had some pipes ngl

yeah she’s a good singer with a great voice. but i don’t give a fuck

Sounds like bad karaoke night at the jazz lounge. I like the lounge vibe, but these tracks are all about the vocals, and she’s not a good vocalist. Her range is limited, her style is abrupt rather than sultry, she has a weird cadence, and she seems to be searching for her notes. Not sure how this makes the list or why it’s special. Hard pass in a genre I normally enjoy.

I really liked this. Never listened to Sarah Vaughn before. This is the kind of album I was hoping to find on this list.

Not much to say really. Yeah she’s got a great voice, and it’s nice to have some more upbeat jazz backing, but ultimately the songs are just OK.

Bit too trad jazzy for me.... Sure it would be great listening in a smoke filled bar.

Old jazz type or wtv. Very nice.

Background music for sure. Jazzy

Æðisleg rödd, flott hljómsveit, góð lög. What's not to like?

Not my thing, but very nice.

Never listened to this before. This is a great-sounding live album which really showcases Sarah Vaughan's voice. It makes for good listening but can be a little repetitive by the end. The inclusion of songs she didn't know the lyrics to and some of the other interplay makes it memorable.

I listen to Vaughan all the time on KCCK, but have never listened to a complete album. Maybe the best live, vocal jazz album ever. Seriously!!

A great and sparse piece of live vocal jazz.

Yes, I listened to the entire album and I don't really know why. The music is relentlessly boring. I'm really wondering if I'm going to be 'sung' to death. It seems absolutely impossible to spend such a lovely evening. The whole set seems to have no real highlights. With a little alcohol and an equally bored accompaniment, I would definitely have fallen asleep. Zero points, I can't even give a point for the album cover, it's just as uninspired. "at Mister Kelly's" wow, does anyone really care, or are there really good drinks there? Let's wash our ears out and hope for the next album.

It was ok

Wonderful to hear the live performance captured organically. Sarah Vaughan is maybe my favorite vocalist from this era, her voice is so bright and she seems to be truly having a great time.

What a lovely voice. This album is so much fun and relaxing. I was in the perfect mood for this. Sarah Vaughan got some of the best pipes I've ever heard yet I rarely hear her name mention in the world of great vocalists

This was great - the final song cemented the 5 🌟 rating.

2.55

Not really my cup of tea but did give me a lovely cosy old-timey feeling and I enjoyed it for what it was.

All right, but not my favorite

What a voice. Sarah Vaughn could play her instrument like the finest virtuoso. This performance captures her in such subtle charismatic way. The little mistakes with song lyrics turn into happy, even magical, accidents. Her command of the audience is apparent, they are soaking up every curve of word she accentuates. The instrumentation is gentle and sparse enough to allow her voice to float up front undeterred. A great moment of raw talent captured in prime form.

Pretty good!!! Not what I would usually listen to, but good!

I'm sure I'd like this if I was musically educated but my plebeian ears find this style of jazz to be irritating. It just sounds like everybody has to show off their chops instead of working cohesively. If you want to vamp wait until you get a space and remember you are the singer's backing band. Sarah has a great voice but I'm not a fan of her phrasing.

A nice relaxing album for a Sunday evening. Enjoyable

Não é meu tipo de música, mas nem eu posso negar que ela tem uma voz incrível.

Great singer but obviously quite dated material

You can hear the charisma through the microphone. I adored everything about this

I thought this was lovely

Lovely. Playful lyrics with a silky smooth voice.

Eugh a live album Clearly good to an extent. I didn't like it

Very good! The candid recording about her never singing some of the songs is giving. Almost like being at Mr. Kelly's.

3.5 really. I enjoyed this, and it had a good sense of humour!

Utterly lovely

Mesmo que ela discordasse de ser categorizada assim, é inegável que a Sarah Vaughan é uma das 3 maiores cantoras femininas de jazz da história, junto com Ella Fitzgerald e Billie Holiday. Nesse álbum ao vivo no lendário clube de Chicago Mister Kelly, talvez seja o mais descontraído e leve que ela chegou, levando as músicas com uma leveza, espirituosidade e até mesmo improvisação (ela fazendo quase um scat enquanto diz que não sabe a letra de algumas músicas é muito engraçado e só melhora a experiencia) , enquanto faz parecer casual uma performance vocal de fazer inveja a qualquer um. Muito bom.

like a feather dancing between the rain drops the pavement shall crack beneath the weight of the sins made by all the citizens of the kingdom under the reign of veil everyone is by themselves everyone is by themselves alone

Love this style of music. Great voice and feel. Back when singing took real talent and charisma.

What a beautiful, charming performance, she really is divine

I do not listen to live albums because I do not enjoy having cheering and clapping throughout the songs, however this album is full of really cozy piano music, and as piano is my favorite instrument, I am rather biased towards it. The singing sometimes gets loud but that could be due to it being a live setting.

What a beautiful voice she has, albeit not my favorite work of hers but nonetheless incredible range and melodies. In general, live albums to me are higher ranked because of how difficult it is to perform live vs in a studio.

yeah i mean what can you say the lady can sing

It was fine

This is a classy specimen of music that I will enjoy in a bar, but will never take home with me. The off-the-peg nature of the songs plays on my mind, though I know good artists make others’ work their own. The drumming is softly exquisite.

Really captures the mood of the performance. Not my style but good nonetheless [EDIT - downgraded 2nd time around, quite a bit blander than I remember; I guess the moral is never listen to the bonus tracks]

I appreciate the beauty of her voice, though not the music type. I can easily see this being a 5 for many, but for me, a 3.

What a voice! Interesting to hear a live album from that time. Some of the songs are not great, lyrics are sometimes subpar.

If I was in the room when this was being recorded I would simply melt into the floor

Smooth like a finely aged bourbon.

This thing was perfectly good, and honestly will probably make my "Sunday morning reading albums" list (the full version is 73 minutes, so great for background listening). Like I said with Dusty Springfield a few days ago, this list is a bit light on early female vocalists, so I appreciate that this was included. This is a '50s live jazz recording at Mister Kelly's in Chicago. One thing that really stood out to me is how good the audio quality is for a live recording in 1957. The early live rock albums from the '60s can be rough to listen to, and it makes sense that a jazz club recording would be better quality, but I was impressed by just how good this was. It's really clear throughout and her voice is wonderful. While I enjoyed it all perfectly well, there wasn't a whole lot that brought it above "nice" for me. She's clearly talented and it's an enjoyable listen, but I didn't find it particularly groundbreaking or memorable. Seeing this live with a few cocktails would make for a great Friday evening, but that's about it for me. Favorite song: September In The Rain Other: Will Weep For Me, Be Anything But Darling Be Mine, Stairway To The Stars, Honeysuckle Rose, Embraceable You 6/21/24

Jazz. Canta muy bien. Un 3.

Absolutely amazing, felt as I was there

-this is very very smooth… I’ve never really listened to much vocal jazz other than Billie Holiday but it’s captivating -Live albums are a lost art, I felt like I was there listening to her sing at a fancy cafe surrounded by rich 50s geezers -Favorites are Just One Of Those Things, Honeysuckle Rose, and How High The Moon

This is what i was expecting this list to be, things Ive never heard but that are cool. Jazzy live album, maybe her voice is too prevalent and the music hard to hear clearly. Nice though

Nice album, but was too short and the lyrics were alright at best. All of the other parts sounded okay though.

If you can’t enjoy this, there is no hope for you. You don’t have to love it, but by all that is good, you should be able to enjoy the beauty in that voice. I’m gonna listen to it again now.

Pretty nice vocals but the background piano and percussion is soft. Song lyrics were bad and cringy. Good for background music

I liked her voice and the instruments, but the background was too quiet for me and many of the songs felt the same. Many of the lyrics were cheap as well.

115/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

A pretty enjoyable listen. I like jazz singers, so this was a win for me.

I was kind of into it. This type of music isn't really my favorite jazz has just never done it for me.

The extra comments from it being live made it a bit more special

Real strong vibe, enjoyed it thoroughly and the live aspect only enhanced it

Septembers in the Rain - 3/5 Willow Weep For Me - 2/5 Just one of those things - 2.5/5 Be Anything - 2.5/5 Thou Sell - 1.5/5 Stairway to The Stars - 1.5/2 Honeysuckle Rose - 2/5 - Couldn't be arsed to finish - mid album repetitive as fuck Overall - Mid/5

Feels like it would be used for rap samples nowadays. Great voice

This is certainly a 1957 live album by American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, recorded at Mister Kelly's jazz club in Chicago.

good jazz

This album is like the smoothest cup of coffee and the warmest blanket on the coldest day.

I'm not a fan of jazz music from that era, it's just a firm no.

Repetitief

Perfectly good album, nothing spectacular or overly enjoyable but it was good nothing more nothing less

Enjoyable I feel like hosting a cocktail party now LOL

A pleasant little listen

This was fine. None of the songs stood out from another. I do not understand why it made this list.

Goddamn, I loved this one.

Live performances is one of the best ways for someone to understand the power and beauty of music. The way a musician can completely elevate their own art in so many ways just through the setting and even the restrictions of a live show is so amazing. Such is the case with this record. I’ve never heard any of Sarah Vaughan’s music. But it became immediately apparent from the first song that this performance was going to feel more intimate than the average live jazz album. Every song is so delicate and simple. This definitely has something to do with Sarah herself. Or more specifically her voice. There is also something about how quiet the crowd is. Crowd noises can kill a live album for me. Especially if they are too loud. But when they are just subtle enough that they only appear as background noise, they add so much to the recording. On the second song here, it sounds like someone drops something, and people start laughing. It’s little things like that which make the performance actually feel alive. Although I’ll admit, as much as I love the vibe of this album, and the music itself is good, it’s so simple to the point it becomes repetitive. Once you’ve heard one song, you have basically heard about the rest of the album. Doesn’t mean it isn’t necessarily a worthwhile listening experience. Because Sarah and the backing band are great. It just didn’t blow my mind in any place. But it felt like a really chill and warm way to start my morning. Maybe not as essential as some jazz giants, but a solid live performance either way. Rating: 6/10

Not my usual, but this was warm and cozy and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Bit repetitive. Great voice

Objectively good but not my vibe

This is a great album and I'd never heard of Sarah Vaughn before. Will be adding her to the rotation for sure.

Absolutely stunning. Wasn't sure what to expect but this left me awestruck, tight three piece drum, piano and bass jazz band and Sarah has the range, good lord does she have the range.

ok

Great live set

Too Jazzzy