Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. She was described by jazz writer Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".[1] She had a contralto (alto) vocal range.[2]
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 Sarah Vaughan, possibly at Cafe Society, NYC, ~August 1946, by William P. Gottlieb. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sarah Lois Vaughan |
| Also known as | "Sassy" "The Divine One" |
| Born | March 27, 1924 |
| Died | April 3, 1990 (aged 66) |
| Genres | Vocal jazz, bebop, cool jazz, traditional pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Voice |
| Years active | 1942–1989 |
| Labels | Columbia, Mercury, Roulette, Pablo |
Vaghan had the nicknames "Sassy" and "The Divine One", and she was a Grammy Award winner.[3] The National Endowment for the Arts gave her its "highest honor in jazz," the NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989.[4]
Sarah Vaughan Media
Sarah Vaughan at Cafe Society, NYC, ca. September 1946. Photography by William P. Gottlieb. Gottlieb took several photographs of Vaughan around the same time; the numbering is arbitrary.
Photo of singer Sarah Vaughan.
Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan perform at the White House in honor of the Shah of Iran on November 15, 1977.
Optreden Sarah Vaughan, 1978
Vaughan and Billy Eckstine at Monterey Jazz Festival in 1981
Other websites
- ↑ Allmusic.com
- ↑ Concord music group: Sarah Vaughan.
- ↑ Grammy Award Database
- ↑ Entry Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine at NEA Jazz Masters website
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