In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album)
{{Short description|1955 studio album by jazz singer Sarah Vaughan}}
{{distinguish|Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = In the Land of Hi-Fi
| type = studio
| artist = Sarah Vaughan
| cover = inthelandofhifi.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1955
| recorded = October 25–27, 1955
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 33:02
| label = EmArcy
| producer = Bob Shad
| prev_title = Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
| prev_year = 1954
| next_title = Sassy
| next_year = 1956
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149397|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=735}}
}}
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
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:30
- "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
- "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 2:32
- "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 2:35
- "Don't Be on the Outside" (George Kelly, Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:01
- "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 2:36
- "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 3:20
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:57
- "Maybe" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:34
- "An Occasional Man" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:33
- "Why Can't I?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:54
- "Oh My" (Joe Greene) – 2:21
Personnel
;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
References
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Category:Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins
Category:EmArcy Records albums