VAUGHAN,SARAH – SASSY (VERVE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES) - LP •

UPC: 602465124767 Label: VERVE Format: LPRelease Date: September 20, 2024In stock items ship within 48 hours The power, range, and flexibility of her voice made Sarah Vaughan, known as "Sassy" or "The Divine One," one of the great singers in jazz. With her rich, controlled tone and vibrato, she could create astounding performances on jazz standards, often adding bop-oriented phrasing. She was a multiple Grammy Award winner, including a "Lifetime Achievement Award." The National Endowment for the Arts bestowed upon her its "highest honor in jazz, " the NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989. On Sassy, which she recorded with Hal Mooney and his orchestra, Vaughan offers full solid "Tubey Magic" sound — plus all-analog recordng and mastering — without which you have almost nothing. Vaughan's brilliant 1956 album for the Emarcy label captures a solid, palpable, real Sarah Vaughan singing seemly live in your listening room. Arrangements here are by Mooney, and Vaughan takes an approach that showca