Sassy in a rare form.....

http://www.youtube.com/wa...yl3HOwRe1Y

Sara Vaughn underated?
by whose staNdards? the org..HMMPH!

She's clearly the role for allthe femme jazz singers out there nowadays line Diana Krall, CassANDRA wILSON, jANE mONHEIT,ETC ETC

nOT LIKE SHE WAS A POP DIVA OR SOME SUCH STRIPPER-TYPE

PFunkjazz said:

That too

But I still think that she didn't get the full credit for her influence, somehow her mention gets overshadowed when you throw Lady Day and Ella's name into the discussion.

BTW, Dinah Washington is TOO underrated.

Harlepolis said:

Both are entirely non-issues with anyone who's knowledgeable. If you're expecting fans of Fergie, Janet or Mariah to cheer, then you're wasting your time.

you think she's underrated.....

Maybe so


She was my moms fav singer. I was raised on this woman's voice.


smooth like velvet.

I prefer Sarah over Ella anyday.


my funny valentine.....lawd. I love to hear chaka try to sing this just like Sarah.

Rhondab said:

Well, I think her mention is not that exclusive. Her influence made an impact but I think the youngster(and some of the elders too) are not hipped to her than she deserves.

Am I representing my ideas THAT hardly?

I was too introduced to Sassy's world by mother,,,,this is the MOST famous record around my household back in the day:


Her version of "They Can't Take That Away" is the ultimate IMO.

Harlepolis said:

Dinah was most definately underrated.

Harlepolis said:

Yeah, Dinah Washington really doesn't get her props, She was very Influential! And she had that stylistic range - She would do Jazz , R&B, Blues and Pop!

I was just writing in another thread about Weather Report's Joe Zawinul, and one of his first gigs in the US was playing piano for Dinah Washington. He always mentions how much he learned playing with her...But that made me remember Quincy Jones on TV telling a funny story about Zawinul being in her band...he's originally from Austria...anyway, one day, Dinah had everyone over to eat, and she had cooked some greens, some down-home Greens! and Joe had some...and Quincy said that Joe came back and announced, "Man, that's the best Spinach I ever had in My Life!!!"





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Goddamn

Dinah helped Quincy when he was going through depression in Europe back in 1956, he commited failed-suicide and she did what she could to pull him off from that period. That whole period made him AWARE of the biz side of the industry(which he took for granted untill he went bankrupt).

Patti Austin was one of Dinah's young protegees. I realized this lately.

Harlepolis said:

Wow, I didn't know That about Quincy! and You're right about Patti, I forgot, she's got both Dinah and Quincy as Godparents!!



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