Sarah Vaughan
American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)
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- Born
- 1924-03-27
- Died
- 1990-04-03
- Works
- 30
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- D'Autopsie D'Un Drame
- How to Cope with Stress in Different Areas of Your Life
- Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism
- Hodder The Farm At The Edge Of The World
- Anatomia d'un engany
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Acting · Newark, New Jersey, USA
She began studying music when she was seven, taking eight years of piano lessons and two years of organ. As a child she sang in the choir at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark and played piano and organ in high school productions at Arts High School. She entered an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in New York's Harlem area, singing "Body and Soul", and won the $10 prize and a week's…
Known for
- Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self (archive footage)2025
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure — Self (archive footage)2018
- Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 — Self2014
- Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas — Self (archive footage)2013
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Sarah Lois Vaughan (/vɔːn/, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".
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1924 births1990 deaths20th-century African-American women singers20th-century American pianists20th-century American singers20th-century American women pianists20th-century American women singers20th-century BaptistsAfrican-American pianistsAmerican contraltosAmerican jazz pianistsAmerican jazz singers