Sassy Swings Again

Sassy Swings Again is a 1967 studio album by Sarah Vaughan. This was Vaughan's last album for Mercury Records, and her last studio recording for four years.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album four stars and said that Vaughan was in her "autumnal prime" and the album was "an often overlooked but essential session from that most divine of jazz chanteuses".

Track listing

"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 1:50

"Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 2:39

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 4:06

"S'posin'" (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) - 3:08

"Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) - 4:22

"I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 2:19

"All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 2:19

"The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) - 4:30

"On the Other Side of the Tracks" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 3:35

"I Had a Ball" (Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman) - 2:17

Personnel

Sarah Vaughan - vocals

Manny Albam - arranger

Thad Jones - arranger

Bob James - arranger, piano

J.J. Johnson - arranger, trombone

Malcolm Little - liner notes

Phil Woods - Reeds (Multiple), alto saxophone

Benny Golson - Reeds (Multiple), saxophone

Kai Winding - trombone

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet

Joe Newman

Charlie Shavers

Clark Terry

References

Mercury Records albums

Sarah Vaughan albums

1967 albums

Albums produced by Hal Mooney

Albums arranged by Thad Jones