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Sarah Vaughan - The Sassy One

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Description:	For more great Sarah, check out: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=214-MD-CD Jazz critic Leonard Feather called her "the most important singer to emerge from the bop era." Ella Fitzgerald called her the worlds "greatest singing talent." During the course of a career that spanned nearly fifty years, she was the singers singer, influencing everyone from Mel Torme to Anita Baker. She was among the musical elite identified by their first names. She was Sarah, Sassy -- the incomparable Sarah Vaughan. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1924, Vaughan was immediately surrounded by music: her carpenter father was an amateur guitarist and her laundress mother was a church vocalist. Young Sarah studied piano from the age of seven, and before entering her teens had become an organist and choir soloist at the Mount Zion Baptist Church. When she was eighteen, friends dared her to enter the famed Wednesday Night Amateur Contest at Harlems Apollo Theater. She gave a sizzling rendition of "Body and Soul," and won first prize. In the audience that night was the singer Billy Eckstine. Six months later, she had joined Eckstine in Earl Hiness big band along with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. When Eckstine formed his own band soon after, Vaughan went with him. Others including Miles Davis and Art Blakey, were eventually to join the band as well. Within a year, however, Vaughan wanted to give a solo career a try. By late 1947, she had topped the charts with "Tenderly," and as the 1940s gave way to the 1950s, Vaughan expanded her jazz repertoire to include pop music. As a result, she enlarged her audience, gained increased attention for her formidable talent, and compiled additional hits, including the Broadway show tunes "Whatever Lola Wants" and "Mr. Wonderful." While jazz purists balked at these efforts, no one could deny that in any genre, Vaughan had one of the greatest voices in the business. In the late 1960s, Vaughan returned to jazz music, performing and making regular recordings. Throughout the 1970s and '80s she recorded with such jazz notables as Oscar Peterson, Louie Bellson, Zoot Sims, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Don Cherry, and J.J. Johnson. Her recordings of the "Duke Ellington Song Book (1 and 2)" are considered some of the finest recordings of the time. While for many years her signature song had been "Misty," by the mid-70s, she was closing every show with Sondheims "Bring In The Clowns." In 1982, while in her late fifties, Vaughan won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocalist for her album, "Gershwin Live"! While she continued to work without the massive commercial success enjoyed by colleagues such as Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, and Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan consistently retained a special place in the hearts of fellow musicians and audiences alike. She continually performed at top venues, playing to adoring sell-out crowds well into her sixties. Remarkably, unlike many singers, she lost none of her extraordinary talent as time went on. Her multi-octave range, with its swooping highs and sensual lows, and the youthful suppleness of her voice shaded by a luscious timbre and executed with fierce control, all remained intact. In 1990, at the age sixty-six, Sarah Vaughan passed away. Shortly after her death, Mel Torme summed up the feelings of all who had seen her, saying "She had the single best vocal instrument of any singer working in the popular field."
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1:16 I like how excited she is to perform live. She seems like a little schoolgirl here.

@Bnosrettaptrebor ROFL!

@PuuMastaFunk For real... such a wonderful smile.

@makelovenotstupidity Yeah. People had to have talent then to perform. She had talent, big time!

She's so pretty and happy-looking. So much unlike our "popular" singers that so many people idolize.

@Bnosrettaptrebor hahahahahahaha

Who cares about the drummer & what he`s wearing? this is`nt a fashion video. Enjoy the vocal by a real artist with a Capital "A "

If you have any soul in you at all ,this should send shivers up your spine,Terrific.

Can anyone tell me why the drummer is upset ???????

@Bnosrettaptrebor Is he a black Puerto Rican? Ha ha.

LMAO @ the drummer!!!

Absolute perfection and so elegant and classy. This was a time when a singer had to depend on her vocal ability to make it. Lip syncers and autotune chicks wouldn't stand a chance in the era of Sarah and Ella. I could listen to the Divine Sarah all day.

I'm so glad my music teacher made me watch this xD

@roxieheart100 Haha, i would have never guessed xD

@mayelaine2 hehe it's perdido and torido.

her voice was insane. so inspiring! she makes me want to really sing.

@levar1979 Pardon me, I meant, "greatest singing talent". :)))

Sarah, just gave me the chills. Perhaps Ella was right. Sarah was the "great singing talent"...and Ella was no slouch herself.

They had interesting mics back then. If the is a mic....

drummer not enjoying the silly getup.

So gorgeous and her singing ability is/was off the chain. Bless her heart. May she rest in peace.

So I see many comments on the drummer's shirt. That was the style back then so drop the crappy comments. This is a woman who had such talent and charisma, a movie would do her justice! She personified what it meant to grow up in a segregated environment, and come out on top! "Sassy" was that much more and then some!

SHE LOOKS HOT AND VERY STRONG 'IE' ARMS VERY CLASSY THOUGH LOVE THE VOICE .PEACE.

My Goodness she's good!!!

I like how the drummer shows little to no happiness...Shit I would to if I had to wear that ridiculous outfit...

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