Its always fun With Sarah . When she had the feeling to bring a good concert she jokes with everybody and plays the piano here here version of Once In A While . Great Clip Enjoy it .
I sang at Sarah Vaughan's funeral when she passed. I was a student at Arts High school, on 14 years old, and Ms Vaughan put in her will, that she wanted an alumni from her former school to sing at her funeral. And so, they picked me
YES AND..... Raw talent, and decades and decades of work, practice, building skills, technique, learning and more learning. Music is lots of work, layers and layers and more layers, of work.. Bach: "I have achieved what success I have achieved by much hard work. Others wanting the same success only need to do the work." (translated from the German) Mozart studied with his Dad, who was a great teacher of music and violin (He wrote books on them), starting at age 3. His ambitious Dad toured Wolfgang and his sister, as prodigies, from early childhood. Promoted them like crazy, Little Mozart performed, composed, practiced, violin, piano and composition all this time. By the time he was in his late teens his music was very very good. He only had til 35, that's when he left us. But take these stories of genius and "heaven-sent," God-given talent too seriously. People are mostly the same. Work at something a long time and you will do it well. Pepper, sorry to throw all this wisdom at you, it's meant for all of us. So, thanks for your indulgence. Enjoy! Yes, raw talent, and lots of practice and work.
A fine piano player with perfect comic timing. That's surely enough talent for a normal person to have. Then she has to go and start singing...........
Her magnificent range continued to extend itself in both registers. Her deep resonant low notes made some male baritones dumbfounded with astonishment. Her ability to utilize the magical properties of her instrument were unparrelled. She was a brilliant musician. A pianist, arranger, drummer and guitarist who was blessed the greatest voice of any singer who ever lived. There will never be another like her. She was the greatest of all time who did things no other singer could ever hope to do.
So wonderfully put ___ so true___ when ever I talk to other enthusiasts and proclaim her greatness as you have I simply point to IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW as proof . Her music is so special. I recall a documentary where Mr B state that we as vocalist fans all have our favorites. B then said she was mine. __ he then said if there was any better I'd like to know who. Like Mr B I'd like to know who.
Sarah Vaughan, had a voice that could only be imitated, but never duplicated . Her Rich silky sultry buttery tone was her, and hers alone. My Mom and Grandma were very jazzy ladies. So I grew Up listening to these women who lead the way for our JAZZ to continue on until this day, music of today is questionable to say the least. And there's no comparison to the music of yesteryear. Thank you so much for sharing this with me this beautiful lady once more.🙋
Exactly. Guess that commenter got carried away? Lol. 😊 To a non-musician, perhaps it does sound like “5 octaves.?” 😉 But no human being really ever had that many, let’s face it! Ms. Sarah V., Divine Sassy one, Ultra-Relaxed, joyful Showman ( Lady) extraordinaire: : your 3 octaves sure worked enough magic for 9 octaves! 🙏🏼 💜 ♥️
They were all professionals, respecting each other's talent, each tested by the great jazz standards they sang and which jazz instrumentalists played. (Billie in her autobiography had a few negative things to say about Sass, which could have been a reflection more on Billie's failing health than on Sarah's towering talent.)
There was only ONE Sarah Vaughn, they called her Sassy. Her vocal ability was so smooth and clear. I still play her songs to this very day. She was in a Class by herself.
I had the good fortune to see Sarah in concert not long before she passed. It was wonderful. She was funny and down to earth but when she sang I was mesmerized. I’ve seen Ella a few times also. These two will never be replaced. They were the epitome of jazz singers.
Wow!!! I had no idea she could play the piano, or had such a great sense of humor. This is so cool. And her voice is like a dimly lit room filled with wafting cigarette smoke and the effervescence of fine cologne and oaky cask filled scotch. No one could deliver a song like sassy Sarah, she was the best. She is loved and missed. Peace and love.🎶🎶🎶
I always knew of the sense of humor. She came to Montreal late 70s and open with a old classic of hers. After the applause, she said she sang that oldie to feel out the age of the audience 😂.
Playful, wonderful, funny, gifted Sarah. I honestly think I would have fainted had I ever been to one of her performances like this. She continues to take my breath away.
Like Rosemary Clooney, Sassy's voice grew richer, deeper, and even more mellow as she grew older. More power to them...and more joyful listening to us. Sass went from a violin to cello, bless her heart.
Dee Dee still sounds amazing at 66!! Rosemary lost a much of the lustre along with the range though her phrasing, like Maxine Sullivan, remained powerful.
I am fortunate to have attended two of Sarah's live performances in the mid-'80's, one in a large auditorium and the other in an intimate jazz club. As sublime as recordings of Sarah's singing are, they really do not capture the full grandeur, power, and beauty of her live performances. Yet I am very grateful that we have these reminders of her transcendent talent. I also want to say a word about the comments going back and forth about which jazz singer is the best, as if these goddesses of jazz were lowly participants in some inane singing competition. As for me, my world would be poorer if there had been no Sarah or Ella or Billie or Carmen or Anita or Dinah or ... and the list goes on and on. They have all contributed to the art of jazz singing and enriched the world by doing so. Let's hear it for the Ladies of Jazz - Thank You.
My dad LOVED Sarah Vaughan. As a kid growing up near her hometown of Newark, NJ...her music was a constant in our home. Miss you dad and miss you Sarah Vaughan....
My namesake=) When she was in Bermuda my dad played bass in the band she sang with at the princess, i believe (don't quote me on that, id need to double check the location with my dad but I'm almost sure anyway) and my dad got to know her during that time and was just so enamored with her that soon after when i came along, he named me after her as a tribute to her. He says she was just so lovely and funny and amazingly talented and so much more. I'm proud to be named after her♥️
Sarah Lewis That's some history in your family. Do you have footage and did you meet her before she passed? I don't know anyone that can sing like her.
I had the pleasure of opening for Ms. Vaughn when she visited Hawaii several years ago! Talk about nervous!! I was awestruck! We met in the Ladies Room, and she paid me the biggest compliment I've ever received! She was, and remains, one of a kind!
Ms. Sarah Vaughan was a Diamond in the Rough. So musical. So talented. So very lovely a Woman and a Person as any two. God bless this dear Lady of Jazz, Soul and Blues. Amen.
I was an usher in a theater (when theaters still had users in tuxes) when I was 19. One of the movies I saw a couple hundred time was Cactus Flower. Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn. To me, Sarah Vaughan was the ancker sound that identified the movie. Never having heard good jaz before, I was sucked in. After that she was the sound I measured all other Jazz, of the times, by. Her voice still sticks in my head and brings back a plethora of memories. That's what good entertainers do. They live forever.
I actually saw Sarah Vaughan in concert; in my hometown of Cincinnati. She was there as part of a jazz festival. I had always loved an album of hers in my parent's record collection, which is what got me to purchase tickets for her show. She was extraordinary - unbelievable really; so intimate, lush and wonderful. And even though I have seen some other great stars over the years, that evening will be remembered most fondly.
Wow! I can remember from a very young child, hearing Sarah Vaughan's voice ebbing, flowing, and wafting through our home. One of my father's favorite artists. Just beautiful seeing her live.
Sarah Vaughan was awesomely magnificent, she was pure talent, a gift to the world. I hope all tuned into her beauty in song, she and Aretha Franklin tops in vocals and main stream in truth in wonderful vocals with soul and display to touch all in the most soulful way.
Amazingly gifted. Her ability tk transfer and interpret the song touches the emotions and thrill the soul. Once in a while an artist comes along that you can forego sleep and listen to with amazing satisfaction. God is good.
I will never understand the trolls who "thumbs down" a performance like this. They should have just stayed under their respective bridges. Brava, Sarah! You really were divine!
Larry Gott - You must be a liberal - everybody who doesn't agree with your point of view is a troll, racist, misogynist, etc. That's just as stupid as sending compliments to a dead person.
Heard her live in Sydney about 1973, with an all star band, about 7 pieces, of whom she was very proud. She introduced them formally and very nicely, one by one, in her demure, little-girlish voice, almost a whisper. Finally, she said, "And for those of you who don't know who I am...". I was so disappointed, to think I was going to hear mock humilty from this great musician, who has been a musical backdrop to my long life. "For those of you who don't know who I am..." and here she let rip in fruity Southern tones, "Ah'm Doris Day." It was the cue for the drummer to launch into an exhilarating concert which I have never forgotten.
She moves,she groves and always has. I first heard her in 1957 and with the numerous other talent out there her voice rode the Crest of excellence.one love sarah
All of you have such good taste and much class for being able to appreciate a classic, talented and beautiful voiced Ms. Vaughn. What a classic relic God made.
This is fantastic! Such personality and Stage presence! Not just coming on, sing the songs, and clear off, like it's a job!.. I love her.. music, Well, Jazz is my oxygen..♥♥♥🎶🎶
Sunday morning gratitude...Thanks to my big sister, ilene who wouldn't stop playing Broken Hearted Melody...I fell in love with Sarah Vaughn...Ilene and I went to hear "The Divine One" in concert, and then I saw her every time I could after that, even her very last performance in NY....I miss both of them. Each stretched me with their unique perfection.
I’ve always loved Sarah most. More than Ella more than Carmen. More than even Flora. Almost more than Shirley Horn! At one San Francisco concert, I reached out in the front row for her hand during a standing ovation, and was lucky enough to have her take mine. I told her, “we love 💕 you Sarah,“ and she said, “ bless you, sweetheart “ and my year was complete. When she died, years later, I felt as if my sister had died. I was crushed and could hardly breathe all week.
OMG when you said "almost as much as Shirley" I nearly cried! Shirley Horn is my all time favorite. Her Here's To Life" album belongs in the Smithsonian 😊
When the audience wouldn't let her get off the stage, so quieten them down, she sat at the piano and played Ravel's "Sonatine pour piano". I was at that concert in Milano - one of the musical moments of my life. She was a very good pianist.
Thank you for this channel. It is pure gold. The last song I have been listening to was Misty ,when she was very young. I am not of this era, but my parents were, and my love of music is from as early as I remember..Thank God! Sarah had a very long career obviously, her brilliance lasted the test of time...That talent still does in 2020...The greats. I just wish the current African American's and any others who have Jazz in their veins now days, would sing Jazz like it was in these times. It;s iconic and like a historic building..It needs to be restored and valued for the rest of time. Wonderful!!
