Bibliograph

Queen of bebop, the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan, Elaine M. Hayes

Type

Label

Queen of bebop, the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan, Elaine M. Hayes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-401) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Queen of bebop

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

992118662

Responsibility statement

Elaine M. Hayes

Sub title

the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan

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

Table Of 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"

Target audience

adult

Classification