We remember Sarah Vaughan. ‘Define The Divine’

This day (April 3, 1990), in Hidden Hills, California, died Sarah Lois Vaughan a.k.a. Sarah Vaughan, an American singer, nicknamed 'Sailor Sassy' and 'The Divine One'

Tracklist :

1 . George Gershwin Medley

2 . On A Clear Day (1990)

3 . Round Midnight (1987)

4 . Chelsea Bridge (1983)

5 . Send In The Clowns (1981)

6 . Once In A While ( 1978)

7 . w/ Bill Bailey – Won’T You Please Come Home (1964)

8 . Lover Man & September In The Rain (1958)

9 . w/ Wilson Simonal – Oh Happy Day

10 . Live From Monterey (1984)

Tracklist :

Summertime . Lullaby Of Birdland . Misty . Lover Man . Whatever Lola Wants . Embraceable You . Black Coffee . September Song . Stormy Weather . Body And Soul .

This week In Jazz Legends 52/52

Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Freddie Hubbard, Weather Report, Duke Ellington

Americans in Paris

From 'Made You Love Paris' to 'Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysees' , we have mixed 20 'Pure Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'American Jazzmen in (and about) Paris'. It has Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, The Ray Draper Quintet, Cal Tjader and many more.

Let’s Rock

From 'Buddy's Rock' to 'I Want To Rock' , we have mixed 16 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Rock'. It has Buddy Rich, Bradley Leighton, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington and many more.

Much Ado About Nuthing

From 'Salt Peanuts' to 'Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)' , we have mixed 13 'Jazz, Funk, Latin & Reggae' tunes around the theme of 'Peanuts'. It has Oscar Peterson, Meschiya Lake And The Little Big Horns, Tommy Mccook & The Skatalites, Georgia White and many more.

Neal Hefti

From 'Song of India' to 'Little Pony', we have mixed 20 'Jazz' tunes written or co-written by 'Neal Hefti'. It has Alan Hawkshaw, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Neal Hefti & His Orchestra and many more.

Jazz In The Cities

From 'Calcutta' to 'Nostalgia De Mexico', we have mixed 20 'Pure Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Worldwide Cities'. It has Nina Simone, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Astor Piazzolla - Gerry Mulligan and many more.