No Count Sarah is a studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan released in August 1959.
The title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie. Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Scott Yanow gave it a four-and-a-half stars rating and called it "one of the best of all Sarah Vaughan recordings. Highly recommended". It features "astounding vocalese""Sarah Vaughan Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958 On Verve Select", All About Jazz, July 3, 2013. from Vaughan on tracks including "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "No 'Count Blues".
Track listing "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:58 "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 4:34 "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:43 "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:31 "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:19 "No 'Count Blues" (Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan) – 5:27 "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 5:09 "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:17 "Missing You" (Ronnell Bright) – 3:28
Personnel Sarah Vaughan - vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young & Joe Newman - trumpet Henry Coker, Al Grey & Benny Powell - trombone Marshal Royal & Frank Wess - alto sax Frank Foster & Billy Mitchell - tenor sax Charlie Fowlkes - baritone sax Ronnell Bright - piano Freddie Green - guitar Richard Davis - double bass Sonny Payne - drums Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones & Frank Foster - arrangers
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