After Hours | ||||
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Studio album by Sarah Vaughan | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | July 18, 1961, RKO-Pathe Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 35:22 | |||
Label | Roulette | |||
Producer | Michael Cuscuna, Teddy Reig | |||
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After Hours is a 1961 studio album by American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.
This was Vaughan's first album with just guitar and double bass accompaniment, it was followed by 1963's Sarah + 2 in a similar vein.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded After Hours three stars and said that "the emphasis throughout is exclusively on Sassy's magnificent voice. The program mostly sticks to ballads, with a couple of exceptions...and is a quiet and intimate affair, with Vaughan more subtle than she sometimes was. Despite a lightweight version of "My Favorite Things" that will not remind listeners of John Coltrane, this is an excellent if brief set (34-and-a-half minutes) with some fine jazz singing".