by Scott Yanow
Sarah Vaughan's final Roulette session before going back to Mercury was one of her best. Some of the tunes (such as &A Taste of Honey,& &What Kind of Fool Am I& and &The Good Life&) do not look all that promising but Sassy was near the peak of her powers during this era. Plus her renditions of &I Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry,& &Sermonette,& &Gravy Waltz,& &Moanin',& &'Round Midnight& and &Midnight Sun& are classics. Assisted by a sextet arranged by Gerald Wilson and including organist Ernie Freeman, trumpeter Carmell Jones and the tenor of Teddy Edwards, Vaughan is brilliant throughout this highly enjoyable CD reissue.