Live in Japan (Sarah Vaughan album)

Live in Japan
Live album by Sarah Vaughan
Released	1973
Recorded	September 24, 1973, Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	57:33 (reissue CD 1) 56:14 (reissue CD 2)
Label	Mainstream, Legacy (reissue)
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Feelin' Good (1972) Live in Japan (1973) Send in the Clowns (1974)

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Live in Japan is a 1973 live album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.

Originally two LPs (vols. 1 and 2) were released separately. Two-CDs set was reissued in 1993.

In 2006, the Library of Congress honored the album by adding it to the United States National Recording Registry.

Track listing

Vol.1 / CD 1

1. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 1:21
2. "Poor Butterfly" - 5:04
3. "The Lamp Is Low" - 1:37
4. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:37
5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) - 3:00
6. "There Will Never Be Another You" - 1:34
7. "Misty" - 3:12
8. "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 7:03
9. "Like Someone in Love" - 2:29
10. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:32
11. "All of Me" - 1:56
12. "Where Do I Begin" (Francis Lai) - 5:05
13. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 7:01
14. "I Could Write a Book" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:15

Vol. 2 / CD 2

1. "The Nearness of You" - 6:58
2. "I'll Remember April" - 3:33
3. "Watch What Happens" - 3:04
4. "I Cried for You" - 1:33
5. "Summertime" - 4:01
6. "The Blues" - 7:32
7. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 5:09
8. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Syms) - 4:03
9. "Rainy Days and Mondays" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) - 6:11
10. "On a Clear Day" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 1:54
11. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 7:39
12. "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 1:12
13. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:27

Personnel

• Sarah Vaughan - vocals, piano on "The Nearness of You"
• Carl Shroeder - piano
• John Giannelli - double bass
• Jimmy Cobb - drums