Sarah Vaughan (1924 – 1990) was one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century. With rich vibrato and an incredible range, the singer known as "Sassy" recorded critically acclaimed interpretations ...

Some long-ago forgotten jazz magazine once went out on a limb to name the most important figures in jazz history. It went something like this (chronologically): Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, ...

This June, we celebrate the legendary vocalist Sarah Vaughan - who was a mainstay on the global stage from the '40s all the way up until her passing in 1990. One of Vaughan's defining traits was that ...

"The records don't do 'em justice," is a line I hear frequently from musicians today who had the privilege of playing with jazz greats from the 1940s and 1950s. The point being that what you hear on ...

This is FRESH AIR. Jazz and pop and classical singer Sarah Vaughan was born 100 years ago today in Newark, N.J. As a girl, she sang in church in Newark before breaking into show business at New York's ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan By Elaine M. Hayes Ecco Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan Along with Billie Holiday and ...

It's somehow fitting that a biography of Sarah Vaughan would emerge during the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald. That's been Vaughan's story from the get go. The brilliance of her instrument was, is and ...

Sarah Vaughan possessed one of the legendary voices in jazz. In this program from 1986, Vaughan's lively and sassy personality is on display, as... Sarah Vaughan On Piano Jazz Sarah Vaughan (1924 – ...