Sarah Vaughan
By Nick Castro
Sarah Vaughan was one of the most famous jazz singers to ever grace the stage and studio. Her influence on the genre can be felt strongly to this day. Vaughan was born in 1924 in Newark, NJ and by age 8 was taking piano lessons. Both of her parents were amateur musicians themselves, her father playing guitar and piano and her mother singing with a baptist church. Vaughan soon began singing with her mother's choir as well and quickly excelled at all things musical as Vaughan possessed the rare ability of perfect pitch making difficult phrasings come naturally to her. She was soon playing with the church as a piano player as well as attending pop concerts at the many local venues in Newark such as the Adams Theatre,... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Genre:
- Jazz, Jazz Vocal
- Birthdate:
- 03/27/1924
- Death date:
- 04/03/1990
