Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet

{{Infobox album

| name = Sarah Vaughan and the Jimmy Rowles Quintet

| type = live

| artist = Sarah Vaughan

| cover = jimmysarah.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1975

| recorded = 1974

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 54:43

| label = Mainstream

| producer =

| chronology = Sarah Vaughan

| prev_title = Send in the Clowns

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = I Love Brazil!

| next_year = 1977

}}

Sarah Vaughan and the Jimmy Rowles Quintet is a 1974 live album by Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by pianist Jimmy Rowles and his quintet.{{Allmusic|class=album|id=sarah-vaughan--jimmy-rowles-quintet-r149432|label=Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet}}

The song "Morning Star" was mistakenly attributed in the liner notes of the album to W. C. Handy, but was actually written by Rowles and lyricist Johnny Mercer.Leslie Gourse Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan 2009 - Page 276 0786751142 "Of the songs that were released, "Morning Star" was written by Jimmy Rowles with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, though W. C. Handy was given credit — apparently by accident — for the composition. This information comes directly from Jimmy "

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated that Rowles proves himself to be "a consummate accompanist," and Vaughan is "in her usual outstanding form."

Track listing

  1. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:50
  2. "That Face" (Alan Bergman, Lew Spence) - 7:55
  3. "That Sunday, That Summer" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss) - 4:33
  4. "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:10
  5. "Frasier (The Sensuous Lion)" (Jimmy Rowles, Johnny Mercer) - 4:20
  6. "Morning Star" (Rowles, Mercer) - 6:43

Personnel

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