Swingin' Easy

The initial Billboard review from November 1957 said the album was a "commentary on Miss Vaughan's high level of professionalism and ease in jazz environment. Relaxed quality is keynote here as the singer makes the difficult sound easy."^[3] The Billboard review highlighted "Words Can't Describe", which noted that it was given an "especially cogent reading".^[3] Mentioning “Shulie a Bop”, “Lover Man”, and “Linger Awhile” as particular highlights, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings says that, backed by only a rhythm section, “Vaughan is at her freest and most good-humoured.”^[2]

1. "Shulie a Bop" (George Treadwell, Sarah Vaughan) – 2:42
2. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 3:19
3. "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 1:42
4. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:36
5. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:18
6. "Words Can't Describe" (Bill Tennyson) – 4:35
7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 2:48
8. "You Hit the Spot" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:03
9. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 3:07
10. "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)" (Eddie Howard, Dick Jurgens) – 2:33
11. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 3:15
12. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:44
13. "Linger Awhile" (Harry Owens, Vincent Rose) – 1:00 (Bonus track not on the original LP.)

Recorded April, 1954 and February, 1957, in New York City, United States:

• Sarah Vaughan – vocals
• Jimmy Jones – piano, tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, and 13
• John Malachi – piano, tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12
• Richard Davis – double bass, tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, and 13
• Joe Benjamin – double bass, tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12
• Roy Haynes – drums