Tracks
- September in the Rain
- Willow Weep for Me
- Just One of Those Things
- Be Anything (But Be Mine)
- Thou Swell
- Stairway to the Stars
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Just a Gigolo
- How High the Moon
At Mister Kelly's is a decent album. Sarah Vaughan has a beautiful voice and the jazz trio supporting her were superb enough that it would have been great to listen to on their own. Together, they are irresistible.
Despite that, there are a few gaffes on this album which and it's inexplicable how they got on the album. On Willow Weep for Me, the pianist starts off in the wrong key and later on in the piece Sarah or someone knocks over something. Then at the end of the piece, Sarah mentions that someone is motioning to her that the song is over, but the band is still playing.
Then, on How High the Moon, Sarah forgets the lyrics even though it's mentioned at the start of the recording that the audience should ignore the fact that she will be singing from a lyric sheet. it's really only the forgotten lyrics that's a real problem.
At the start of the album, the announcer mentions that Mercury Records was going to be recording Sarah over the next few nights. Also, in 1991, there was a reissue of the album with another ten tracks included. So, there seems to have been ample material to release a gaffe-free album. I suppose there was a good reason to release an album containing gaffes, but I haven't heard it explained.
Besides the problems, the pieces on this album are very good. No piece really stands out above any other. Although, it is interesting to hear her version of Just a Gigolo. It's a lot different from Louis Prima's. It's a very good example of how she can really make a song her own.
★★★★★★★★☆☆☆
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