Lullaby of Birdland

Possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) ranked with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday in the very top echelon of female jazz singers. 'Lullaby of Birdland' fnds her in the company of the great trumpeter Clifford Brown, who would tragically die in a car accident in 1956 at the age of 25. AllMusic writer Scott Yanow stated that "everything works" on this album, making it an "essential acquisition."