Sassy's years on the Roulette label (1960-64) have been called the legendary singer's finest hour, a time when her musicality merged exquisitely with her unbridled vocal ardor to achieve the sublime. Sarah Sings Soulfully, recorded at the close of that period, stands as a stunning testament to this claim, a divine collection of tracks that reveals an artist staking her soul on the rendering of each and every note, as well as the silences between them. Seductively spare, luxuriously poignant, and achingly honest all at the same time, Vaughan's vocals careen incandescently through the 12 standards presented here, swooping, sighing and soaring with an intensity that remains unparalleled to this day.
Sarah Vaughan Sarah Sings Soulfully Track Listing
1. A Taste of Honey
2. What Kind of Fool Am I?
3. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
4. Sermonette
5. In Love in Vain
6. Gravy Waltz
7. The Good Life
8. Moanin'
9. 'Round Midnight
10. Easy Street
11. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
12. Midnight Sun
2. What Kind of Fool Am I?
3. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
4. Sermonette
5. In Love in Vain
6. Gravy Waltz
7. The Good Life
8. Moanin'
9. 'Round Midnight
10. Easy Street
11. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
12. Midnight Sun