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Queen of bebop : the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan
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Queen of bebop : the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan
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Edition:
First Edition.
Physical Description:
x, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile, photographs ; 24 cm.
Summary:
An account of the life of the influential jazz singer and civil rights advocate shares insights into her contributions as an African-American artist, drawing on inside sources to discuss her creative process and challenge misperceptions about her character.
Contents:
Part I: An artist is born, 1924-1947. "There was no sign of any kind of voice" ; "Ah mon vieux, this chick is groovy!" ; "I'm not singing other people's ideas" ; "The most talked about voice in America" -- Part II: A star is born, 1948-1958. "The girl with the magic voice" ; "She's vaughanderful. She's marvelous" ; "Sarah Vaughan and her Pygmalion" ; "Sarah Vaughan is finally on the way to the pot of gold" ; "The high priestess of jazz" -- Part III: A career is reborn, 1959-1990. "They say you can't teach new tricks to old dogs--so get new dogs!" ; "The no. 1 singer of a decade ago" ; "I'm not a jazz singer. I'm a singer" ; "Here I go again" ; "The Marian Anderson of modern jazz" ; "I'm just coming into my prime" -- Epilogue: "The greatest vocal artist of our century".
Publication Info:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
Subject:
Jazz singers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
Vaughan, Sassie, 1924-1990
Vaughan, Sassy, 1924-1990
Divine One, 1924-1990
Afro-American women
Women, African American
Women, Negro
SAILS ISBN:
9780062364685