{"product_id":"sassy-pb-9780306805783","title":"Sassy PB","description":"\"A deeply felt portrait of an artist whose influence on a generation of vocalists was profound.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sarah Vaughan possessed the most spectacular voice in jazz history. In \u003ci\u003eSassy\u003c\/i\u003e, Leslie Gourse, the acclaimed biographer of Nat King Cole and Joe Williams, defines and celebrates Vaughan's vital musical legacy and offers a detailed portrait of the woman as well as the singer. Revealed here is \"The Divine One\" as only her closest friends and musical associates knew her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By her early twenties Sarah Vaughan was singining with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Billy Eckstine, helping them invent bebop. For forty-five years thereafter, she reigned supreme in both pop and jazz, with several million-selling hits (among them \"Broken Hearted Melody,\" \"Make Yourself Comfortable,\" and \"Misty\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But life offstage was never smooth for Sarah Vaughan. Her voluptuous voice was matched by her exuberant appetite for excess: three failed marriages, financial difficulties through many changes in management, late-night jam sessions, liquor, and cocaine. In \u003ci\u003eSassy\u003c\/i\u003e, though, we also see the feisty and unpretentious woman who worked hard all her life to support her parents and adopted daughter, and who came to savor the hard-won independence and worldwide acclaim she achieved as the greatest jazz singer of her generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306805783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.12w x 0.88d","brand":"Leslie Gourse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635519287452,"sku":"9780306805783","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_74c3beee-d7ec-4d37-a429-803010c8486e.jpg?v=1603839783","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sassy-pb-9780306805783","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}