Sarah Vaughan
Singer known as 'Sassy' and 'The Divine One', whose wide range and horn-like phrasing were shaped in the bebop-era bands of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine.
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About Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan grew up in Newark, New Jersey, singing in church and playing piano before winning an amateur night at Harlem's Apollo Theater in 1942. That win led her into the big-band world, where she worked alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker as bebop was taking shape.
Her solo career ran from the mid-1940s until her death in 1990. She recorded with Clifford Brown in the 1950s, had pop success with 'Broken-Hearted Melody', and made 'Misty' one of her signature songs. Later records took in Brazilian material, and she kept revisiting standards with a contralto that could drop low and then leap far above it within a single phrase.
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Is Sarah Vaughan playing any festivals?
No festival LineupScout tracks has Sarah Vaughan on the bill right now.
What kind of music does Sarah Vaughan play?
Sarah Vaughan plays jazz, bebop and bossa nova.
What was Sarah Vaughan's first album?
Sarah Vaughan's first album was Sarah Vaughan (1950). The latest is Great Women of Song: Sarah Vaughan (2023).