Sarah Vaughan

This March, Flushing Town Hall will present a Women's History Month series featuring four, unique performances celebrating iconic women of music history — women whose talent, boldness, and originality overcame barriers in the male-dominated spaces of their time. “The month will be jam-packed with extraordinary women, past and present!...

Sarah Vaughan: Sarah L. Vaughan, 1924 - 1990, was a jazz singer and pianist born in Newark. Billy Eckstine discovered her in 1942 at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre during amateur night. Vaughan also sang at the Garden State Arts Center, the Hollywood Bowl, and Brussels World’s Fair. Her first million dollar sale record was called “Broken Heart Melody.” She died of lung cancer in California, and her funeral was held at Newark’s Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She is buried in Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield.

NEWARK, NJ — At a star-studded, sold-out performance held Nov. 14 on the New Jersey Performing Arts Center stage, G. Thomas Allen, of Chicago, Ill., was announced the winner of the 10th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. This marks the first time a male vocalist has won the contest. Hosted by NJPAC’s jazz adviser and Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride, “The SASSY Awards” featured performances by the competition’s five finalists as well as a special appearance by one of today’s top jazz vocalists, Dianne Reeves.

As part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival, Tony Award and Daytime Emmy Award winner Lillias White will bring her talents to the New Jersey Performing Art Center (NJPAC) for "Divine Sass: Lillias White Sings Sarah Vaughan Live on Stage" on November 12 at 7:30pm. WBGO Journal host Doug...

The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition has announced the five finalists for its 2021 edition. Andrea Miller of Costa Mesa, California; April May Webb of Edison, New Jersey; Arta Jēkabsone of Jersey City, New Jersey; G. Thomas Allen of Chicago, Illinois; and Viktoria “Vik” Gečytė of Paris, France will compete for the “Sassy Award” at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on November 14.

Sarah Vaughan (1924-90) had one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century. Her wide range, impeccable phrasing, improvising talents, and golden tone were impossible to equal although many have tried. She was among the very first singers to incorporate bebop phrasing as a natural part of her style. After stints with the big bands of Earl Hines (1943) and Billy Eckstine (1944), and a brief period with the John Kirby Sextet, she was a solo star for the rest of her career. Whether singing freewheeling jazz with her trio and all-star groups or performing more pop-oriented material with studio orchestras, Sassy was at the top of her field for many decades.

A new three-part series of long-lost interviews, The Lost Tapes, starts on Jazz FM on Sunday 25 July at 9pm hosted by popular presenter Helen Mayhew. The three hour-long programmes feature interviews with drummer Art Blakey, pianist Oscar Peterson and singer Sarah Vaughan originally recorded when they toured the UK in the late 1950s/early1960s by journalist Les Tomkins, who wrote for Melody Maker, Jazz News and Crescendo. The interview tapes were bequeathed to the National Jazz Archive by Tomkins, who died in 2020, as part of a library of recordings and the NJA has partnered with Jazz FM for the series.

Sarah Vaughan – Live at The Berlin Philharmonie 1969. (The Lost Recordings TLR 2004037. Album review by Lauren Bush) This double disc release of Sarah Vaughan at the 1969 Berliner Jazztage combines two concerts from that day – one previously televised and released on CD with another set of never before heard content on disc 2.

Berklee presented the inaugural Berklee Legacy Awards, established to recognize extraordinary Black performing artists throughout history, to jazz icons Duke Ellington; Sarah Vaughan; Joseph Douglass, groundbreaking concert violinist and grandson of Frederick Douglass; and legendary dancer, choreographer, and actress Carmen de Lavallade. The Legacy Awards honor outstanding figures who have received an honorary doctorate from Berklee and/or devoted time, wisdom, and mentorship to members of the Berklee community.

Being on stage can be stressful. Even more so when singing for a live audience and you forget the words to the song. When you have the improvisation skills of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, though, you can turn lemons into lemonade. KNKX jazz host Abe Beeson digs deeper into...

(WEAA) - Sarah Vaughan was an American jazz vocalist and pianist in the early 1940s. She plays a role in jazz history, being known for the versatility of her vocal ability. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Sarah Vaughan was the daughter of amateur musicians. She developed a love...

——— What would you do if one of your dear, trusted friends was suspected of harming her baby?. Liz, a pediatrician who went through birth classes with Jess, knows what a great mother she is to her two children. But when Jess shows up with little Betsy in the ER with life-threatening signs that point to child abuse, plus a questionable story as to how Betsy was hurt, suddenly friendship takes a back seat. Liz, as required by law, notifies authorities, and the nightmare begins.

What would you do if one of your dear, trusted friends was suspected of harming her baby?. Liz, a pediatrician who went through birth classes with Jess, knows what a great mother she is to her two children. But when Jess shows up with little Betsy in the ER with life-threatening signs that point to child abuse, plus a questionable story as to how Betsy was hurt, suddenly friendship takes a back seat. Liz, as required by law, notifies authorities, and the nightmare begins.

Casey Bishop may be just 15 years old, but her music taste might say otherwise. During her American Idol audition on Sunday (Feb. 21), the Florida native named classics like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime and "blues like Ella Fitzgerald" as her favorite artists. She admitted to the judges...

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Roughcut TV, the BAFTA-winning British producer behind Stath Lets Flats and People Just Do Nothing, has swooped for the rights to adapt Sarah Vaughan’s fourth novel into a television series. The company, spearheaded by The Office producer Ash Atalla, considers the deal for Little Disasters...

For Mikki Taylor, Take Your Daughter to Work Day meant accompanying her mother, Modina Davis, to “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1959. Except Davis, stylist and assistant to Newark music legend Sarah Vaughan, didn’t need a designated day for that. She constantly stood as an example of what was possible.