Dedicated to You: Songs with a Beautiful Melody

Personnel: Billy Eckstine (vocals); Chuck Wayne, Freddie Green, Jimmy Smith , Art Ryerson, Al Caiola, Remo Palmieri, Tony Mottola, Mundell Lowe, Bill DeArango (guitar); Frederick Buldrini, Sylvan Shulman, Zelly Smirnoff, Howard Kay (violin); Isadore Zir (viola); Maurice Brown (cello); Felix Orlewitz, Samuel Rand, Jack Zayde, George Ricci (strings); Bernard Kaufman (flute, clarinet, saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Nuncio "Toots" Mondello (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone); Herbie Mann (flute); Al Gibson (clarinet, alto saxophone); Art Drellinger (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Aaron Sachs, Sam Musiker, Tony Scott , Buster Bailey (clarinet); Harry Terrill, Harold Feldman (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Paul Ricci, Thomas Parshley, Jimmy Abato, Bill Hitz, Al Klink (saxophone); Eddie de Verteuill, Stan Webb (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Scoville Brown, Rupert Cole, Russell Procope, Sid Cooper, Hymie Schertzer, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Flip Phillips, Georgie Auld, Lowell Hastings, Irving Horowitz, George Nicholas , Paul Quinichette, Budd Johnson, Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Chris Griffin , Andrew Ferretti, Carl Poole, Red Solomon, Dizzy Gillespie, Hal Mitchell, Ermet Perry, Bob Cusmano, George Treadwell, Roger Jones , John Carroll , Jimmy Milazzo, Miles Davis, Taft Jordan, Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Privin, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Billy Rauch, Edward Burke , John d'Agostino, Al Godlis, Jack Satterfield, Dickie Harris, Will Bradley, Bennie Green , Bill Pritchard, Buddy Morrow (trombone); Billy Rowland, Nicholas Tagg, Jimmy Jones , Al Haig, Leonard Feather, Lou Stein, Tadd Dameron, Billy Kyle , John Malachi, Bud Powell (piano); Cozy Cole, J.C. Heard , William Barker, Max Roach, Morey Feld, Roy Haynes, Big Sid Catlett, Terry Snyder, Bill Beason, Norris "Bunny" Shawker (drums).
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (1945-1954); New York, NY (1945-1954).
This budget-priced two-CD best-of contains 50 classics by the great 1940s and '50s singer, including her sumptuous version of "April in Paris," a swinging "They Can't Take That Away From Me," and the swooning "Embraceable You." Heard in a variety of settings, from orchestral to small jazz combo, Sarah Vaughan displays her dynamic swing and mastery of subtle nuance time and again.