[MRL 412] Sarah Vaughan - Send In The Clowns

1974


1. Send in the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)
2. Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Robert McCoy / Reddington)
3. That'll Be Johnny (H.Miller / Robert McCoy)
4. Right in the Next Room (H.Miller / Robert McCoy)
5. I Need You More (Than Ever Now) (H.Miller / Robert McCoy/Holley)
6. On Thinking It Over (Brian Auger / J.Mullen)
7. Do Away With April (H.Miller / H.Greenfield)
8. Wave (A.C. Jobim)
9. Got to Go See If I Can't Get Daddy to Come Back Home (H.Miller / Robert McCoy)
10. Frasier (The Sensuous Lion) (Johnny Mercer / Jimmy Rowles)

Produced by Bob Shad
Arranger on 2-5, 7, 9: Gene Page
Arranger on 1 : P.Griffin
Arranger on 6 : Ernie Wilkins
Arranger on 8 : Michel Legrand
Arranger on 10 : Wade Marcus


I Need You More (Than Ever Now) hit #80 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart in 1974

Reissued by Sony Columbia/Legacy imprint in 1995 cat # 64610

Not to be confused with the album of the same name on Pablo where she is backed by the Count Basie Orchestra



AMG Review
by Scott Yanow

This CD reissue brings back one of Sarah Vaughan's worst recordings, a former LP made for Mainstream. The brilliant singer sticks mostly to dated pop tunes that even in the mid-'70s were somewhat obscure. Other than "Wave" (which she has done much better elsewhere), Jimmy Rowles' "Frasier the Sensuous Lion" (ditto) and "Send in the Clowns," the songs are long forgotten. The string arrangements (some by Michel Legrand) are insipid and Sassy's attempts to jazz up a few of the inferior material are a dismal flop. Those listeners who are forced to hear this often-embarrasing date will be grateful that the entire program lasts less than 33 minutes.