To celebrate the centenary of the divine Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) here is the best double-CD survey available of her career during her golden heyday, displaying the full range of her phenomenal artistry in both jazz and popular settings. “The Divine One” (as she was known) was quite simply one of the great vocalists of the last century. As a jazz singer of the post-war era, Ella Fitzgerald was her only rival, yet she achieved even greater success when she breathed life into romantic ballads. With her wide vocal range, precise timing, perfect pitch, command of colour, effortless swing and ability to interpret a lyric she was indeed a phenomenon.


CD 1 (1944-1950)
1. Lover Man
2. Interlude (A Night in Tunisia)
3. Mean to Me
4. You Go to My Head
5. A Hundred Years From Today
6. I Can Make You Love Me
7. My Kinda Love
8. I’m Thru’ with Love
9. Body and Soul
10. Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
11. September Song
12. I Cover the Waterfront
13. Tenderly
14. The Man I Love
15. It’s Magic
16. What a Difference a Day Made
17. Nature Boy
18. Black Coffee
19. I Cried For You
20. Summertime
21. The Nearness of You
22. Ain’t Misbehavin’
23. It Might As Well Be Spring
24. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:33
25. East of the Sun
26. I Love the Guy
27. Perdido

CD 2 (1954-1962)
1. Shulie a Bop
2. Prelude to a Kiss
3. Old Devil Moon
4. Lullaby of Birdland
5. I’m Glad There is You
6. You’re Not the Kind
7. April in Paris
8. Whatever Lola Wants
9. It Never Entered My Mind
10. Poor Butterfly
11. All of Me
12. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – with Billy Eckstine
13. Passing Strangers – with Billy Eckstine
14. Broken-Hearted Melody
15. Misty
16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
17. Moonlight in Vermont
18. Smooth Operator
19. Eternally
20. Serenata
21. Sophisticated Lady
22. Every Time We Say Goodbye
23. Baubles, Bangles and Beads