The sticker on the cover proclaims that this LP is “180-gram Colored Virgin Vinyl”. Nonetheless, this is a beautifully packaged product, not least for the characteristically perspicacious notes by Brian Morton. Morton and/or Richard Cook gave this self-titled album (originally issued on EmArcy as just “Sarah Vaughan”) a coveted five-star plus “crown” rating in the Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD. It has a warmth and intimacy that is intensified by the acoustic, well suited to the predominantly slow and medium tempi. Brown is, of course, superb, Quinichette contributes some fine solos and Mann, years before his commercially successful eclectic work in the hippy era, acquits himself well too.