She died of cancer in 1990 at 66. Musicologist Gunther Schuller once called Sarah Vaughan the greatest vocal artist of the 20th century. Well, art shouldn't be a competition. Enough to say - she ...

Along with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan is part ... the communities that most valued the art form. Furthermore, as Hayes notes, when Vaughan crossed over, she broadened ...

Whatever else you want to say about Sarah Vaughan, she was an artist of extremes, and often of contradictions. She was born with a voice that, if not for the color of her skin in her generation, would ...

When an artist inspires you ... shared similar sentiments stating that Sarah Vaughan was “one of the best singers in the world.” And, many of the musicians and notable guests who performed ...

After all, how much of a difference could there be between seeing a Charlie Parker or Sarah Vaughan performance and hearing a beautifully remastered CD today? Actually, quite a bit. As good as ...

In July 1958, Sarah Vaughan was in Paris on tour with her trio when she took ... with Ronnell Bright (piano), Richard Davis (bass) and Art Morgan (drums) ...

The music of Sarah Vaughan has not worn as well as the work ... N.J.-bred vocalist is only the second one about an artist who died 27 years ago. (The first was by Leslie Gourse, about which ...

This is FRESH AIR. A concert performance by singer Sarah Vaughan from 1969 has been newly released. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says Vaughan resisted stylistic labels that might limit her options.