Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1946–2009. The artist is connected with Bebop and Jazz, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Bebop and Jazz shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Mean to Me”, “Mean to Me”, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “Blues Serenade”. Then move to “The Divine Sarah Vaughan: The CBS Years 1949-1953” and “Slow & Sassy” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.