In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album)

In the Land of Hi-Fi
Studio album by Sarah Vaughan
Released	1955
Recorded	October 25–27, 1955
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	33:02
Label	EmArcy
Producer	Bob Shad
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955) Sassy (1956)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

In the Land of Hi-Fi is a 1955 studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. It was recorded October 25–27, 1955, in New York City. Alternate takes from these sessions, featuring a young Cannonball Adderley, were compiled on The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 1 - Great Jazz Years 1954-1956.

Track listing[]

1. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:30
2. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
3. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 2:32
4. "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 2:35
5. "Don't Be on the Outside" (George Kelly, Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:01
6. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 2:36
7. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 3:20
8. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:57
9. "Maybe" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:34
10. "An Occasional Man" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:33
11. "Why Can't I?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:54
12. "Oh My" (Joe Greene) – 2:21

Personnel[]

• Sarah Vaughan – vocals

The Ernie Wilkins orchestra

• Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow – trumpet
• Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson – trombones
• Cannonball Adderley, Sam Marowitz – alto saxophone
• Jerome Richardson – flute, tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Jones – piano
• Turk Van Lake – guitar
• Joe Benjamin – double bass
• Roy Haynes – drums
• Ernie Wilkins – arranger, conductor

Production

• Dennis Drake – remixing, remastering
• Ellie Hughes, Tom Hughes – artwork, design
• Seth Rothstein, Richard Seidel – preparation
• Bob Shad – producer

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