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Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts) Sat Dec 28, 2013, 10:07 PM Dec 2013

One of my favorite Sarah Vaughan songs

The lyrics are nonsense, but just listen to her voice!

During the song, she mentions her fellow musicians:

John Malachi - piano

Joe Benjamin – bass

Roy Haynes – drums

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One of my favorite Sarah Vaughan songs (Original Post) Lionel Mandrake Dec 2013 OP

Very nice, my dear Lionel Mandrake! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2013 #1

My dear CP, Lionel Mandrake Dec 2013 #2

Okay, you 47 lurkers Lionel Mandrake Dec 2013 #3

I adored Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2013 #4

I agree with everything you say about "Sassy". Lionel Mandrake Dec 2013 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,640 posts)

1. Very nice, my dear Lionel Mandrake!

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 10:18 PM

Dec 2013

Ah, she sure could sing...

Not a false note in the bunch. And she was obviously having a great time doing it.

Lucky us to have these recordings!

Thank you!

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)

2. My dear CP,

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 10:33 PM

Dec 2013

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)

3. Okay, you 47 lurkers

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 11:48 PM

Dec 2013

who viewed this thread but didn't reply ...

If you listened carefully, you might have noticed a quotation, i.e., part of another song slipped in when you least expected it.

What was the other song?

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

4. I adored Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 12:21 AM

Dec 2013

but to me Sarah Vaughan was and always will be the very greatest of the jazz singers. There will never be another like "Sassy", as they called her. What a voice.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)

5. I agree with everything you say about "Sassy".

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 08:07 PM

Dec 2013

By the way, it was John Malachi, the pianist on the OP, who gave Sarah Vaughan the nickname "Sassy". Malachi was well known among musicians, but not so much among the public, since he chose not to go on the road.

According to Wikipedia, "Malachi was fond of categorizing jazz pianists into acrobats and poets."

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Malachi

I'd say that Art Tatum was the greatest acrobat, and Bill Evans was one of the greatest poets. Just my opinion.

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