EmArcy · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Swingin' Easy

Sarah Vaughan And Her Trio

Recorded	Apr 2, 1954
Label	EmArcy
Released	1954
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 306737

The record

Jones and Malachi split piano duties on this trio-scaled EmArcy date, Haynes keeping the pulse light while the vocal handles all the ornamentation. No orchestra, no padding -- just the trio letting her phrasing set the pace.

Session personnel

Richard Davis — bass
Joe Benjamin — contrabass
Roy Haynes — drums
Jimmy Jones — piano
John Malachi — piano
Sarah Vaughan — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

The earliest pressing on file here is a 1957 Netherlands EmArcy of MG 36109, with a UK Pye EJL 1273 from the same year. Note what is absent: every US MG 36109 we list is flagged a reissue, so we hold no American original. Later options are a numbered 2024 Supper Club 045 and a 2025 DOL1274FC on violet vinyl, both reissues with no mastering credit on file.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 30 pressings on file.

1957	Emarcy · MG 36109 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1957	EmArcy — MONO
1957	Pye Records · EJL 1273 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1958	EmArcy · EP-1-6544 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1958	Emarcy · EP-1-6001 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1958	Mercury Emarcy Jazz · MG 36109 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1958	Emarcy · MG 36109 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1989	Emarcy · EJD-1025 — CD, Album, Reissue
1992	EmArcy · 514 072-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1992	EmArcy · 314 514 072-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1992	EmArcy · 314 514 072-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1992	EmArcy · 514 072-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2001	Folio · EFVEi-006 — CD, Album, Reissue
2022	Emarcy · UCCU-5916 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD