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Title information

Lullaby of Birdland

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan: Compact Jazz

Date of recording

16.12.1954, New York City, NY.

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Performers

Sarah Vaughan (Soloist) (vocals)

27.3.1924Newark, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 3.4.1990Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Clifford Brown (trumpet)

30.10.1930Wilmington, Delaware (DE), United States

† 26.6.1956Bedford, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Herbie Mann (flute)

16.4.1930Brooklyn, New York (NY), United States

† 1.7.2003Santa Fe, New Mexico (NM), United States

Paul Quinichette (tenor sax)

17.5.1916Denver, Colorado (CO), United States

† 25.5.1983New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Jones (piano)

30.12.1918Memphis, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 29.4.1982Burbank, California (CA), United States

Joseph Rupert "Joe" Benjamin (bass)

4.11.1919Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 26.1.1974Livingston, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Roy Haynes (drums)

13.3.1925Boston, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.11.2024

Ernie Wilkins (Conductor)

20.7.1922St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

† 5.6.1999Kopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Joe Benjamin

4.11.1919Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 26.1.1974Livingston, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Authors

George Shearing (Composer)

13.8.1919London, England, United Kingdom

† 14.2.2011New York City, New York (NY), United States

George David Weiss (Text author)

9.4.1921New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 23.8.2010Oldwick, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Ernie Wilkins (Arranger)

20.7.1922St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

† 5.6.1999Kopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

B. Y. Forster (Composer)

Album information

Sarah Vaughan: Compact Jazz

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan: Compact Jazz

Year of production

1987

Record Label

Mercury

Tracks

  • 1. Lullaby of Birdland
  • 2. My funny Valentine
  • 3. Lover man (oh, where can you be?)
  • 4. Cheek to cheek
  • 5. It never entered my mind
  • 6. Tenderly
  • 7. Sometimes I'm Happy
  • 8. Lush Life
  • 9. How high the moon
  • 10. Misty
  • 11. Take the 'A' train
  • 12. Summertime
  • 13. The sweetest sounds
  • 14. Poor Butterfly
  • 15. Shulie a bop
  • 16. Embraceable you