Vaughan, Sarah. (1924–1990). "Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown" - Signed LP.
Signed LP from the innovative "Divine" jazz singer who has signed boldly on the cover of a later Japanese pressing of her 1955 album Sarah Vaughan [with Clifford Brown]. Label: MERCURY BT-1324; Cover, record and Obi strip all in very fine condition. Autograph obtained 26 April, 1975 according to note in the collector's hand, lower edge.
Album includes the original obi strip (spine card), the piece of paper wrapped around the spine of Japanese LPs, the term obi designating the sash around a kimono (Kimono no obi). Japanese pressings generally feature very high quality vinyl.
Sarah Vaughan, as it is here titled, though reissued later as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, is a 1955 jazz album and the only collaboration between the two musicians. Well received, the album was Vaughan's own favorite among her works through 1980. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
The support for jazz in Japan has long been immense and also, remarkably consistent. Even during a slump in the United States in the 70's that threatened to put many American jazz labels and musicians out of business, American jazz artists flocked to Japan to perform, with many releasing "Live in Japan" albums, including Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Sarah Vaughan. ''Japan almost singlehandedly kept the jazz record business going during the late 1970's,'' said a producer with Blue Note Records, Michael Cuscuna. ''Without the Japanese market, a lot of independent jazz labels probably would have folded, or at least stopped releasing new material.'' (NY Times "In Japan, Jazz Resurges As a National Passion," 1/7/88)
Vaughan, Sarah. (1924–1990). "Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown" - Signed LP.
Signed LP from the innovative "Divine" jazz singer who has signed boldly on the cover of a later Japanese pressing of her 1955 album Sarah Vaughan [with Clifford Brown]. Label: MERCURY BT-1324; Cover, record and Obi strip all in very fine condition. Autograph obtained 26 April, 1975 according to note in the collector's hand, lower edge.
Album includes the original obi strip (spine card), the piece of paper wrapped around the spine of Japanese LPs, the term obi designating the sash around a kimono (Kimono no obi). Japanese pressings generally feature very high quality vinyl.
Sarah Vaughan, as it is here titled, though reissued later as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, is a 1955 jazz album and the only collaboration between the two musicians. Well received, the album was Vaughan's own favorite among her works through 1980. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
The support for jazz in Japan has long been immense and also, remarkably consistent. Even during a slump in the United States in the 70's that threatened to put many American jazz labels and musicians out of business, American jazz artists flocked to Japan to perform, with many releasing "Live in Japan" albums, including Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Sarah Vaughan. ''Japan almost singlehandedly kept the jazz record business going during the late 1970's,'' said a producer with Blue Note Records, Michael Cuscuna. ''Without the Japanese market, a lot of independent jazz labels probably would have folded, or at least stopped releasing new material.'' (NY Times "In Japan, Jazz Resurges As a National Passion," 1/7/88)