Sarah Vaughan was the final missing piece of the WWII/Post WWII modern jazz movement. The movement had already had its own musicians, composers, and arrangers (Parker, Gillespie, Monk, "Klook-Mop", Tadd Dameron, etc) and its own male singer (Billy Eckstine). What it lacked was its own matching female singer. She arrived with an Oct 1943 Amateur Night win at the Apollo Theater. Her very first recording: December 5, 1944, "I'll Wait and Pray," a song written expressly for her career launch with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra. The song drew on ubiquitous WWII sentiments and became a personal favorite of fledgling saxophonist John Coltrane.
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Lovely Lady and Incredible vocalist! These interviews are rare and wonderful. Thank you Sassy.
Everything that Sarah sings IS special.
I’ve always wanted to see interviews with her.
More interviews of Sarah please
Damn, I LOVE HER
Sarah Vaughan was the final missing piece of the WWII/Post WWII modern jazz movement. The movement had already had its own musicians, composers, and arrangers (Parker, Gillespie, Monk, "Klook-Mop", Tadd Dameron, etc) and its own male singer (Billy Eckstine). What it lacked was its own matching female singer. She arrived with an Oct 1943 Amateur Night win at the Apollo Theater. Her very first recording: December 5, 1944, "I'll Wait and Pray," a song written expressly for her career launch with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra. The song drew on ubiquitous WWII sentiments and became a personal favorite of fledgling saxophonist John Coltrane.