The Newport Jazz Festival might have started in 1954 and held in Newport, Rhode Island before moving to New York City in 1972 and then becoming a two-site festival in 1981. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, this fest was “brought” to Belgrade and the Newport Jazz Festival in Belgrade started in 1970, where, according to Europe Jazz Network, “this festival hosted almost everyone who’s important in jazz history.”
The ’60s weren’t very good years for Sarah Vaughan but she managed to stage a comeback in the early ’70s. She had just recorded Live In Japan (September 24), an album that would be honoured by the US Library of Congress, and fans who treasure Live In Japan should welcome this Belgrade 1973 set as a companion set.
Vaughan has an affinity with the songs she covers and she certainly knows her way around popular tunes such as The Summer Knows (Theme from Summer Of ‘42), On A Clear Day You Can See Forever and even offers a melancholic Rainy Days And Mondays. Meanwhile, she gives a command performance of some of the songs she also sang in Japan - A Foggy Day, Round Midnight, I’ll Remember April and the show stopper, Misty.
Thanks to joerg, who taped and shared the show when The Newport Jazz Festival In Belgrade was re-broadcast.
Live at the Union Hall, Belgrade, Serbia (the former Yugoslavia). November 5, 1973. Very good radio broadcast.
Personnel:
Jimmy Cobb (drums)
John Giannelli (bass)
Carl Schroeder (piano)
Sarah Vaughan (vocals)
Tracklist:
01. Blue Monk 8:34
02. A Foggy Day 1:56
03. The Summer Knows 5:22
04. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 1:40
05. Round Midnight 7:07
06. I’ll Remember April 4:54
07. Misty 3:54
08. I Cried For You 2:10
09. Rainy Days And Monday 6:20
10. Scat Blues + band introduction 7:02
11. Summertime 2:07
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