Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan

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Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan
Unmarked Van.jpg
Studio album by
Ran Blake
Released1994
RecordedDecember 14, 15 and 17, 1994
GenreJazz
Length67:39
LabelSoul Note
Ran Blake chronology

(1994) 		Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan
(1994) 		A Memory of Vienna
(1997)

Unmarked Van (Subtitled A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan) is an album of material associated with Sarah Vaughan by the American jazz pianist Ran Blake recorded in 1994 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is certainly an off-the-wall tribute... This moody and melancholy yet strangely celebratory set will stay in one's memory long after the CD has been played".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Ran Blake except as indicated
  1. "Sarah" 3:02
  2. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton) - 3:45
  3. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 2:57
  4. "Tenderly" [Take 1] (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:01
  5. "Make Yourself Comfortable" (Bob Merrill) - 2:23
  6. "Tenderly" [Take 2] (Gross, Lawrence) - 1:51
  7. "Solitary Sunday" - 3:02
  8. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:54
  9. "Old Devil Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) - 2:45
  10. "A Portrait of Roy Haynes" - 2:34
  11. "Whatever Lola Wants" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:27
  12. "Wallflower Waltz" (Jack Segal, ) - 2:19
  13. "Tenderly" [Take 3] (Gross, Lawrence) - 3:10
  14. "April" [Take 1] () - 2:38
  15. "April" [Take 2] (Kellem) - 2:36
  16. "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) - 2:16
  17. "Moonlight on the Ganges" (, ) - 3:09
  18. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 3:56
  19. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson) - 3:38
  20. "A Little Tear" (Eumir Deodato) - 2:57
  21. "Septembre" - 2:53
  22. "The Unmarked Van" - 4:20
  23. "Tenderly" [Take 4] (Gross, Lawrence) - 3:00
  • Recorded at Murec Studio in Milano, Italy on December 14, 15 and 17, 1994

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Soul Note discography accessed July 14, 2011
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 14, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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