No Count Sarah

No Count Sarah is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.

No Count Sarah
Studio album by Sarah Vaughan
Released	1959
Recorded	1958
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	35:26
Label	EmArcy
Producer	Jack Tracy
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958) No Count Sarah (1959) After Hours at the London House (1958)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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".[1] It features "astounding vocalese"[2] from Vaughan on tracks including "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "No 'Count Blues".

Track listing

1. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:58
2. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 4:34
3. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:43
4. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:31
5. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:19
6. "No 'Count Blues" (Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan) – 5:27
7. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 5:09
8. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:17
9. "Missing You" (Ronnell Bright) – 3:28

Recorded

5 January 1958 (2, 3, 8) 15 December 1958 (1) 23 December 1958 (4, 5, 6, 7, 9)

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Sarah Vaughan Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958 On Verve Select", All About Jazz, July 3, 2013.