Sassy Jazz Songs
Title | Sassy Jazz Songs PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Vaughan |
Publisher | Creative Concepts |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Jazz |
ISBN | 9781569220832 |
A great memorial to the divine voice of Sarah Vaughan, complete with 48 songs, a bio and photos. Songs include: After You've Gone * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * Broken-Hearted Melody * Hey There * I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter * My Man (Mon Homme) * Play a Simple Melody * Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) * You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) * You're My Everything * and more.
SongCite
Title | SongCite PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Goodfellow |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2014-02-04 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1135681171 |
First Published in 1999. This is the first supplement to the initial SongCite publication and serves as an index to recently published collections of popular songs. 201 music books have been included, with over 6,500 different compositions listed. The vast majority of the collections is comprised entirely of vocal music, although, on occasion, instrumental works have been included.
Notable American Women
Title | Notable American Women PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Ware |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 784 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780674014886 |
This latest volume brings the project up to date, with entries on almost 500 women whose death dates fall between 1976 and 1999. You will find here stars of the golden ages of radio, film, dance, and television; scientists and scholars; civil rights activists and religious leaders; Native American craftspeople and world-renowned artists. For each subject, the volume offers a biographical essay by a distinguished authority that integrates the woman's personal life with her professional achievements set in the context of larger historical developments.
At Her Sassy Best Volume 1
Title | At Her Sassy Best Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Clifford Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Jazz |
ISBN |
Sassy
Title | Sassy PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Gourse |
Publisher | Da Capo Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2009-08-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0786751142 |
Sarah Vaughan possessed the most spectacular voice in jazz history. In Sassy, Leslie Gourse, the acclaimed biographer of Nat King Cole and Joe Williams, defines and celebrates Vaughan’s vital musical legacy and offers a detailed portrait of the woman as well as the singer. Revealed here is ”The Divine One” as only her closest friends and musical associates knew her. By her early twenties Sarah Vaughan was singining with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Billy Eckstine, helping them invent bebop. For forty-five years thereafter, she reigned supreme in both pop and jazz, with several million-selling hits (among them ”Broken Hearted Melody,” ”Make Yourself Comfortable,” and ”Misty”).But life offstage was never smooth for Sarah Vaughan. Her voluptuous voice was matched by her exuberant appetite for excess: three failed marriages, financial difficulties through many changes in management, late-night jam sessions, liquor, and cocaine. In Sassy, though, we also see the feisty and unpretentious woman who worked hard all her life to support her parents and adopted daughter, and who came to savor the hard-won independence and worldwide acclaim she achieved as the greatest jazz singer of her generation.
Queen of Bebop
Title | Queen of Bebop PDF eBook |
Author | Elaine M. Hayes |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2017-07-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0062364707 |
“The early years of Sarah Vaughan’s career coincided with the waning of the swing era, and this biography shows how the change both fuelled and limited her career.” — The New Yorker “Queen of Bebop explores the hard choices of many a jazz singer when rock ‘n roll began stealing audience focus, relying on a variety of performers to shed light on Vaughan’s mindset. A welcome and well-researched accounting of Vaughan’s life story. ” — NPR.org “Necessary and exciting. . . . Queen of Bebop models a way of understanding the lives and artistry of jazz musicians — one that establishes their importance and centrality in creating the best that America has offered the world.” — Washington Post “Elaine Hayes’ vivid portrait of Sarah Vaughan’s life, times, and indelible musical legacy reveals why she was indeed called The Divine One.” — New York Journal of Books “As a biographer, Hayes strikes a difficult balance between discussing Vaughan’s art and illuminating the tumultuous relationships of which Vaughan rarely spoke.” — Women’s Review of Books “A lively and moving portrait of the passionate and tenacious jazz singer. Hayes gracefully narrates Vaughan’s life… a detailed look at a fearless singer who constantly moved into new musical territories and left a legacy for younger musicians.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Hayes’ interviews with musicians, meticulous jazz history, incisive coverage of the ridiculous publicity campaigns the performer endured, and frank coverage of Vaughan’s emotionally and financially disastrous marriages and her repeated rising from the ashes cohere in a deeply illuminating and unforgettable biography of a true American master.” — Booklist, Starred Review “ an informative, meticulously researched biography. . . . a fine homage.” — emissourian.com “Inspiring. . . . traces Vaughan’s life and its intersection of music with race and gender.” — Library Journal “You may think you know Sarah Vaughan, but this book reveals how much you don’t. Queen of Bebop is a much-needed addition to music scholarship.” — Tammy Kernodle, author of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams “A richly contextualized and beautifully researched listening guide for the career of Sarah Vaughn. In respectfully treating Vaughn’s unflagging artistry, drive, and the social justice stakes involved in working within and against the new kinds of hit-making strategies and technologies, Hayes’ treatment lifts us beyond the bop/pop divide.” — Sherrie Tucker, author of Dance Floor Democracy “With an eye for detail and an ear for nuance, Elaine M. Hayes takes us on Vaughan’s journey from shy church girl to the sassy, masterful “musician’s singer” she became. This book is a must read for fans and scholars of the ‘Divine One’s’ singular contribution to American music.” — Guthrie P. Ramsey, author of The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop and African American Music “Hayes brings to life the story of one of America’s most musically gifted, creative, intelligent, and productive women. An enticing and essential read for anyone drawn to the sounds of the inimitable Sarah Vaughan and what it meant to be strong, talented, beautiful, and black in 20th century America.” — Carol Ann Muller, author of Musical Echoes: South African Women Thinking in Jazz
Show Music
Title | Show Music PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Musicals |
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