I just was looking at her perform and I just kept wandering who does she remind me of and I figured it out she reminds me of the woman I call mom because she raised me to be the person I am today, them two look identical, what a wonderful discovery, and now that my mother has passed on and so has Ms. Vaughan now them two are some of the brightest stars and I have been honored to have been able to have been my moms child and I feel privileged to have been able to hear such wonderful music.
Ms. Sarah Vaughn seems to be filled with a spark of something divine, and so serious, her voice is not from here, and how deep and poetic, and smooth, it could only be that she is truly a gift to us from god the sweet divine.
@TheDivinesass I agree ....Sarah Vaughan was amazing.....i re visit this song often.....Streisand just remade this song and i thought to myself..."now that is hubris of epic proportion"
Nothing comes close to this version! This arrangement sounds very much like it was by either Dori Caymmi (check out his "Hurricane Country" and see the similarity) or Sergio Mendes - or both. Can anyone confirm this?
Sarah Vaughan is the greatest singer of all time and from any genre. She could sing absolutely anything, had a huge, operatic range, world-class musicianship, a range of vocal timbres like an orchestra, profound emotional depth, and a visionary ability to find music from all over the world. The day she died was like a death in my own family - thank God we have her work with us.
I saw this originally on TV -- I teared up then and I tear up now EVERYTIME I see and hear it !! There will never be another star like the Magnificent one!! yjazzs3590
I saw this originally on TV -- I teared up then and I tear up now EVERYTIME I see and hear it !! There will never be another star like the Magnificent one!!
i never will forget the advice she gave to me at show she did in Fullerton CA at a small supper club on Harbor Blvd and she held the audience spellbound with her version of Stephen Sondheim's "Send Un The Clowns" {in the audience was the jazz great Harry "Sweets" Edison whom she introduced} after the show she was signing autographs and i handed my demo to her and told her my style was like Nat Cole and she replied " get your own style"....
Both she and this clip are wonderful. I like all of the great stylists of the past, but must their energy so often be tainted by tawdriness?. Vaughan was above them all and very special.
Sarah was such a great singer that all of her live recordings and performances are actually better than most of her studio versions of the same songs. She just couldn't sing bad. Listen to all her live performances here on youtube. She didn't need studio gimics to sound good. She was the real deal. Also I love Ella, and nobody could scat like her, but if you listen to her in her later years her vocal quality was diminishing. Not Sarah's. She sounded great all the way up til she died.
I love her for the rest of my life. I thank my mom for playing her music as I was growing up. This was music and that is why I'm the choreographer that I am now. This woman is my idol. She is classy, and was loved by many. It hurts that I never got a chance to met her she died when I was ten.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! I saw the actual broadcast , from a presentation of the Grammy's I think. She along with two other artist were being honored. You can see their silhouettes behind her in the background. As I remember her performance out of the three was the most well received. I believe one of the honorees was an opera singer...but my memory fails me. Anyways, I have been wanting to hear this performance again. ))
She was just simply the best jazz singer who ever lived. She had it all, voice, vibrato, intonation, phrasing, presentation, all was there when she first began singing. I am pleased to have counted her as a friend. The greatest talent.....
There are three performances that stand out in my memory from when I was a kid, constantly watching TV, back when parents didn't care about that kind of thing. One of them was this. Another was Marlene Dietrich singing Lili Marlene in London. Another was Bruce Springsteen in a Harry Chapin salute.
She really cradled the low notes. Gave them all her attention. A full, long, throaty breath. Whereas many female singers keep them as short as possible or ignore them.
..from the " I Love Brazil" LP....i wish someone would post the song " I Live To Love You" from this incredible LP....such an amazing song...you can't believe how good it is and the lyrics are so beautiful, not to mention the sheer skill of this woman..
@dirtyedna nope - from the "Brazillian Romance" album, her 3rd Brasillian LP. "I Love Brazil", a different record, is her first of 3... and I agree, it is essential!
@ColmOSullivanRed ...RATS ...i hate it when someone else is right!!! I must have this song on the CD I bought, but i do have (amoungst hundreds of others) O SOM BRASILEIRO DE SARAH VAUGHN( a Brazilian Print made in 1978) and I Love Brazil(on Pablo) 1979; both of these LP's have similar material and duplications but not the same....anyway, they both have THE DEEPEST AND MOST MEANINGFUL song on them which is " I LIVE TO LOVE YOU" I wish someone would put it up ..thanks
such a beautiful voice \woman ...and her daughter..so beautiuful too..one of three musicians i would like to have met...sarah, maynard and teena marie....their love for music...such beauty....and reflection of the humancondition
...does anyone know where the PBS special with her singing "someone to watch over me" can be purchased?? It had been up on youtube for awhile but has been taken down for some reason...what an amazing performance...I Love Brazil is my fav.Sarah LP.....
Words can't describe what a sublime singer she was. There simply is/was no better vocalist. She had the perfect marriage of emotion and technique and had more surprises without going into a Betty Carter abstraction. She didn't stray so far from the melody yet what she did with it was extract the essence of the music and interpret it in the dreamy part of the brain called the unconscious. Sarah fans will know what I'm talkin' about. ;-)
Her ear is focused on the piano because she is a fantastic piano player herself. The piano player better be with her--I have heard that she will dismiss them and play the remaining concert accompaning herself. There is a recent release of her in the former Czech Republic singing/playing "once in a while". You'll cry over that one, believe me!!
This LADY always gave me goose bumps and always will. I was lucky to see her live in San Diego many, many years ago with Count Basie. The Count had to be helped on stage, but he played SO beautifully and Sarah sang like - no word can describe it.
I can't get enough of this!! The frist time I saw this, I started crying!!! One of the few regrets in my life, is that I didn't get to see her LIVE!! The quintissential, the glorious, the DIVINE!! Like her and John Coltrane, the world is a much better place knowing that they were here. I feel humbled and in awe.
@cawiseguy .....Here's one for you......I HAD TWO tickets for her concert here in Boston at Boston Symphony Hall.......and like a jackass, because I had a party to go to, I gave them AWAY......she died 6 months later! AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHH!!!
I think I remember this performance at an award show many years ago. A bunch of musicians were full of themselves and performed some crap. And then Sarah Vaughan sang So Many Stars.
Greatest miss SARAH VAUGHAN traspassing her own human limits. Holiday, Fitzgerald and Vaughan fulfilled a musically lucky century with three different complementary, unrepeatable, unequalizable greatest talents. Thanks God and thanks Them.
According to her biography she found out she was ill in November of 1989. This was at the Grammy's here, so probably March of 1989. But I agree her expressions seem to indicate she knew this would be one of her last performances
Hey there RED who let you on to Youtube?I've always loved this song since i first herd it by S.Mendes & Brizal '66.Just looking at your home page,Nice one,You got there before me with M.Alexander at Montreux.
Hey shjakes, please do not post any coment,because they will know you can´t listen at all. The bassist is right, that is the way the arranger wrote. And I agree that Sarah is , was and will always be the Divine.
Só a título de informação, tô espalhando este vídeo aos 7 mares virtuais. Já está no Multiply que fiz pra Sarah, num dos meus 26 perfis dOrkut e no grupo que abri pra ela no facebook.
Her rich tones, the perfect diction and superb artistry make her unforgettable to us who appreciate wonderful musicianship and performances. Where have they all gone?
Stevie Wonder in the front row standing ovation for the great Sarah Vaughan at the end of this performance. Sarah was actually planning to record Stevie Wonder tunes. Sadly, it was meant to be.....
To those of you who can hear and recognize the unique beauty of this musician who is so much more than just a great singer: I don't have to say anything. Actually, there are no words that could fit the infinitely loving vibration of her artistry. But we can experience it. Music like this has literally kept me alive. Sincere thanks, gratitude, praise and appreciation to jazzyvocalfan for participating in the divinity that sustains us all.
I saw this performance live, and still have the vhs copy I made. I've treasured that for the past 18 years, and was delighted to see it shared here. The original Brasil '66 version is nice, and I just saw Mendes' current band perform it beautifully a few weeks ago, but... nobody could sing it like Sarah.
This woman is a TREASURE in my eys only next to Ella. Which awards program was this? I would like to thank you for posting because this is one of my favorite songs by Sassy.
linda!!! vc eh a estrela!!! you´re the STAR!! from a brazilian that loves your music, your voice and your love for the universal music, in special brazilian music and musicians!!
With a calibre like that of Sarah Vaughan and having received only 2 Grammy's is a big joke. Sometimes you wonder why people get it so wrong at times !!!
One of the most underrated singers of the 20th century. She had such range and, harmonically, no one could touch her. It's truly a shame that she never achieved the status of Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holliday, whome she clearly overshadowed. I hope time will right this wrong and place the Divine One in her rightful place in pop music history.
I wouldn't say she overshadowed either Billie or Ella. I love all three of the "Holy Trinity" if you will because they all rule over different areas of music. Billie ruled emotion, Ella owned swing and vocal purity, and Sarah defined beauty in music, period. Common mortals serve no purpose trying to rank and compare Divinity. We best serve these legends by never letting their legacies be lost to time, but rather introducing them to the next generation to appreciate and be ameliorated by.
I am so happy to see this video of Sarah Vaughn and that song is beautiful her rendition of the Sergio Mendes singer Lani Hall is wonderful also. Sarah is a classy gal. She's singing with the Angels.
i was like 5 years old when i remembered listening to sarah vaughn not just because my parents loved her and my aunt used to sing her songs, but because i am amazed by the soul she puts in her every song. Ive always kept our long playing albums of sarah, and i listen to her especially when i need to recharge she is definitely divine. I wish we have talents like her. truly irreplaceable.
I miss Miss Sarah too..saw her one year before she passed on....at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco....that was the first time I saw her live...she was absolute.....she was funny...witty....shy...sweet....what a glorious, melodius sassy and divine songstress she was...no one weaves sounds like her....she is singing now I hope for other crowds....may her voice never rest...I say that because everyone in this world needs to hear her...and know her like we all have..
Weaving her vocal magic like only she could, Sarah Vaughan was a real natural wonder in the music world and this is an example of the magnificence of her incredible voice that was so wonderful to experience and enjoy...Sassy you are truly missed by many who marveled at your unique and wondrous talent and, oh! what a heavenly voice.
She bopped down the aisle at the Circle Star theater in San Carlos CA - she was amazing and when she sang Send in the Clowns, her range was even higher than ever before. We were stunned and thrilled.
Thanks so much for this post. What a beautiful, rich voice. It's hard to believe that she was dead within a year of this performance. I have always loved her, and like some of the others, this song and her voice bring tears to my eyes. There will never be another singer who comes close to her talent. A true legend.
What a sensational performance and so near to her end ... it moves me to tears. How I could have overlooked this clip for all these months is beyond me.
I heard So Many Stars on her CD and I played it nonstop. It's such a beautiful song. To have found this clip and to watch her perform it makes it even more special for me. Sassy was a true master at what she did. She will always be my favorite vocalist.
Yep, this was 1989. And to think, she was ill when she performed this. What a pro, what a talent. Haunting song...superb performance. Many, many thanks for this post.
Class is in session whenever Sarah Vaughn performs. The depth. The ease. The rich tones. All magnificent. If you like her take on this Brazilian classic, search for her version of "Wave". It's on youtube and it's magnificent. Prepare to be amazed.
This performance was on the Grammy awards that year. Also on the stage with her recieving lifetime achievement awards were Leontyne Price and Dizzy Gillespie. What a night.....
me too...i sometimes wondered if it was just me...Im so emotional whenever it comes to her. I remember when she died, my family was so concerened about me as if I knew her personally, they all met me that day and asked me to sit down...I LOVED THIS WOMAN!
I still do love her. She has brought so much beauty to my life. Her genius, so warm and brilliant, gives me so much insight to my emotions and to the world around me, plus more than I could ever hope to include in only one comment. I hope kids continue to seek her out and discover her for a shining example of vocal artistry and musical excellence.
Simillarly, I'll never forget that awful day in 1990. It was such a shock to me...She had no business dying; but, and this is crucial: she got greater as she got older, so this performance is especially precious.
Simply, beautiful.
cesarsaldanha 2 days ago
Amazing. Sarah st the very end of her life and it's my favorite performance of hers.
filmmekker 1 month ago
Saw Sarah live at The Bluenote a couple of months before she passed. She was in marvelous voice.
MrMcPhersonification 2 months ago
This one of my favorites by Sara Vaughan. The CD is awesome. It is a timeless piece. This lady is incredible.
ewhitebrit 3 months ago
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rodneytubetied 3 months ago
I had to log in, JUST so I could post. I love this video. It seems Sarah Vaughan was a bit weak/ tired here. She still sang beautifully. Amazing.
rodneytubetied 3 months ago
I just was looking at her perform and I just kept wandering who does she remind me of and I figured it out she reminds me of the woman I call mom because she raised me to be the person I am today, them two look identical, what a wonderful discovery, and now that my mother has passed on and so has Ms. Vaughan now them two are some of the brightest stars and I have been honored to have been able to have been my moms child and I feel privileged to have been able to hear such wonderful music.
TPdaShit 3 months ago
Ms. Sarah Vaughn seems to be filled with a spark of something divine, and so serious, her voice is not from here, and how deep and poetic, and smooth, it could only be that she is truly a gift to us from god the sweet divine.
TPdaShit 3 months ago
IMHO the greatest vocalist who ever lived !!!
TheDivinesass 5 months ago
@TheDivinesass I agree ....Sarah Vaughan was amazing.....i re visit this song often.....Streisand just remade this song and i thought to myself..."now that is hubris of epic proportion"
centervilletn 4 months ago
the last presentation in open TV...
dOtrukdOrkut 5 months ago
Oh, how I love this song by Ms. Vaughan. Her voice is so beautiful.
RoxyRockbox 6 months ago
Oh, how I love this song. Ms. Vaghan the jazz diva.
RoxyRockbox 6 months ago
Love me some Sarah!: )
billyboylb 6 months ago
Nothing comes close to this version! This arrangement sounds very much like it was by either Dori Caymmi (check out his "Hurricane Country" and see the similarity) or Sergio Mendes - or both. Can anyone confirm this?
MrRea112 7 months ago
Sarah Vaughan is the greatest singer of all time and from any genre. She could sing absolutely anything, had a huge, operatic range, world-class musicianship, a range of vocal timbres like an orchestra, profound emotional depth, and a visionary ability to find music from all over the world. The day she died was like a death in my own family - thank God we have her work with us.
Thesongspirit1 7 months ago 3
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I saw this originally on TV -- I teared up then and I tear up now EVERYTIME I see and hear it !! There will never be another star like the Magnificent one!! yjazzs3590
yevettesph 7 months ago
I saw this originally on TV -- I teared up then and I tear up now EVERYTIME I see and hear it !! There will never be another star like the Magnificent one!!
yevettesph 7 months ago
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MY FAVORIT SONG
luvmifro 9 months ago
I'm crying...
romeropablo 1 year ago
One of the greatest voices of all time!! The one and only...Sarah!
sofianoitijazz 1 year ago
i never will forget the advice she gave to me at show she did in Fullerton CA at a small supper club on Harbor Blvd and she held the audience spellbound with her version of Stephen Sondheim's "Send Un The Clowns" {in the audience was the jazz great Harry "Sweets" Edison whom she introduced} after the show she was signing autographs and i handed my demo to her and told her my style was like Nat Cole and she replied " get your own style"....
keithchanner 1 year ago
@keithchanner
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Wow!
She was right of course!
Her voice is unique, it's not trying to be anyone else.
jazzx251 1 year ago
@jazzx251 Absolutely
keithchanner 1 year ago
what class!!!
keithcookstv 1 year ago
Both she and this clip are wonderful. I like all of the great stylists of the past, but must their energy so often be tainted by tawdriness?. Vaughan was above them all and very special.
ChristophePhilippe 1 year ago
This is Sarah's song, no one can ever come close!
zhigirl 1 year ago
Sarah was such a great singer that all of her live recordings and performances are actually better than most of her studio versions of the same songs. She just couldn't sing bad. Listen to all her live performances here on youtube. She didn't need studio gimics to sound good. She was the real deal. Also I love Ella, and nobody could scat like her, but if you listen to her in her later years her vocal quality was diminishing. Not Sarah's. She sounded great all the way up til she died.
paytonfit 1 year ago
I love her for the rest of my life. I thank my mom for playing her music as I was growing up. This was music and that is why I'm the choreographer that I am now. This woman is my idol. She is classy, and was loved by many. It hurts that I never got a chance to met her she died when I was ten.
VisionQuestImages 1 year ago
Beautiful... Sarah is amazing. Should you wish to hear another version of this song, google Naomi Taylor Bahamas, So Many Stars. Also amazing.
rhirwin 1 year ago
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! I saw the actual broadcast , from a presentation of the Grammy's I think. She along with two other artist were being honored. You can see their silhouettes behind her in the background. As I remember her performance out of the three was the most well received. I believe one of the honorees was an opera singer...but my memory fails me. Anyways, I have been wanting to hear this performance again. ))
MikeySaysJazz 1 year ago
@MikeySaysJazz probably the opera singer was Leontyne Price and the other artist Dizzy Gillespie.
buffalmacco76 1 year ago
She was just simply the best jazz singer who ever lived. She had it all, voice, vibrato, intonation, phrasing, presentation, all was there when she first began singing. I am pleased to have counted her as a friend. The greatest talent.....
ocnoreen 1 year ago
A Masterpiece.
downrightman 1 year ago
There are three performances that stand out in my memory from when I was a kid, constantly watching TV, back when parents didn't care about that kind of thing. One of them was this. Another was Marlene Dietrich singing Lili Marlene in London. Another was Bruce Springsteen in a Harry Chapin salute.
brelfan 1 year ago
Brings tears to my eyes.
kirkbp1965 1 year ago
There was nothing she couldn't do with that tremendous voice of hers,nothing.
loulou2lou 1 year ago
Muy Bonita. Marvelhosa. Bohot Acchhaa.
TheMokohya 1 year ago
Wannabes out there, this is how it's done. You don't have to belt out a tune to sing it. Sassy is just all class:)
TheDivinesass 1 year ago
mina mazzini
sconcerto76 1 year ago
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buffalmacco76 1 year ago
@TheDivinesass
So VERY true!
1joker88 1 year ago
She really cradled the low notes. Gave them all her attention. A full, long, throaty breath. Whereas many female singers keep them as short as possible or ignore them.
brelfan 1 year ago
It's been 20 yrs now since she left us.
822003 2 years ago
Sarah Vaughan elevated the art of singing
everytime she opened her mouth. She was the Best of the Best!!
Oaktownrob 2 years ago 3
so many stars,melting in her shining voice
erotica008 2 years ago
Repeating comment: so many stars... none like hers...
claudioferreiramk 2 years ago
It's been 20 years since this performance. Time really flies.
822003 2 years ago
Now that's the way that song should be sung. Period. She is not just singing, for these few moments, she is living it. Rare.
lisadotdash 2 years ago
..from the " I Love Brazil" LP....i wish someone would post the song " I Live To Love You" from this incredible LP....such an amazing song...you can't believe how good it is and the lyrics are so beautiful, not to mention the sheer skill of this woman..
dirtyedna 2 years ago
@dirtyedna nope - from the "Brazillian Romance" album, her 3rd Brasillian LP. "I Love Brazil", a different record, is her first of 3... and I agree, it is essential!
ColmOSullivanRed 1 year ago
@ColmOSullivanRed ...RATS ...i hate it when someone else is right!!! I must have this song on the CD I bought, but i do have (amoungst hundreds of others) O SOM BRASILEIRO DE SARAH VAUGHN( a Brazilian Print made in 1978) and I Love Brazil(on Pablo) 1979; both of these LP's have similar material and duplications but not the same....anyway, they both have THE DEEPEST AND MOST MEANINGFUL song on them which is " I LIVE TO LOVE YOU" I wish someone would put it up ..thanks
dirtyedna 1 year ago
Her swan song.
gator915 2 years ago
Of so many stars, Sarah shown the brightest. She was so incredibly talented.
paytonfit 2 years ago 3
lovely singer for a lovely song!!!!
bettigranati 2 years ago
such a beautiful voice \woman ...and her daughter..so beautiuful too..one of three musicians i would like to have met...sarah, maynard and teena marie....their love for music...such beauty....and reflection of the humancondition
centervilletn 2 years ago
...does anyone know where the PBS special with her singing "someone to watch over me" can be purchased?? It had been up on youtube for awhile but has been taken down for some reason...what an amazing performance...I Love Brazil is my fav.Sarah LP.....
dirtyedna 2 years ago
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buffalmacco76 2 years ago
@buffalmacco76 Nope. Different performance entirely (from about 1977) - conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas - on the dvd documentary...
ColmOSullivanRed 1 year ago
the day it rained...i love that song its so beautiful...i agree...
centervilletn 2 years ago
Words can't describe what a sublime singer she was. There simply is/was no better vocalist. She had the perfect marriage of emotion and technique and had more surprises without going into a Betty Carter abstraction. She didn't stray so far from the melody yet what she did with it was extract the essence of the music and interpret it in the dreamy part of the brain called the unconscious. Sarah fans will know what I'm talkin' about. ;-)
sobrietysings 2 years ago 7
so many stars...and none like hers...........
centervilletn 2 years ago 19
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B4inSF 2 years ago
Her ear is focused on the piano because she is a fantastic piano player herself. The piano player better be with her--I have heard that she will dismiss them and play the remaining concert accompaning herself. There is a recent release of her in the former Czech Republic singing/playing "once in a while". You'll cry over that one, believe me!!
cawiseguy 2 years ago
This LADY always gave me goose bumps and always will. I was lucky to see her live in San Diego many, many years ago with Count Basie. The Count had to be helped on stage, but he played SO beautifully and Sarah sang like - no word can describe it.
toveeggertsen 2 years ago 4
I feel like she is singing that song to me! The nice thing is, anyone else watching this would feel the same way.
cawiseguy 2 years ago
I can't get enough of this!! The frist time I saw this, I started crying!!! One of the few regrets in my life, is that I didn't get to see her LIVE!! The quintissential, the glorious, the DIVINE!! Like her and John Coltrane, the world is a much better place knowing that they were here. I feel humbled and in awe.
cawiseguy 2 years ago 22
What a good comment!! I think like you at all: the world is a much better place knowing that they were here.
Jorge-Argentina.
nochemusical 2 years ago
thank you. We don't know each other, but we have something in common-an appreciation for beautiful people. Thank You.
cawiseguy 2 years ago
@cawiseguy .....Here's one for you......I HAD TWO tickets for her concert here in Boston at Boston Symphony Hall.......and like a jackass, because I had a party to go to, I gave them AWAY......she died 6 months later! AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHH!!!
KarinParkerBiz 1 month ago
what a lovely hymn to the beauty of life sung with the depth of a true artist.
bluesborn 2 years ago 5
I love how even when the video has problems the audio is still wonderful. This is beautiful.
JerseyGirl4Melinda 2 years ago 5
Dedicated to Beatrice Arthur 1922-2009
1joker88 2 years ago
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Beautiful performance, she is so good. But check out the Stacey Kent version of this song - even better, I think.
ro141 2 years ago
Sarah Vaughn represents a true "artist" and talent. Wow...this was a perfect and timeless
stanfiad 2 years ago 5
This is from the Grammy Awards. Everybody download it before it they force youtube to take it down. The song is her swan song.
gator915 2 years ago 7
I think I remember this performance at an award show many years ago. A bunch of musicians were full of themselves and performed some crap. And then Sarah Vaughan sang So Many Stars.
She died shortly thereafter.
brelfan 3 years ago 4
Priceless!!!
ikettes 3 years ago 3
very very nice, incomparable tsuptsupppp
benignobaladad 3 years ago
genius!!!!....sergio mendes theme + sarah vaughan vocals = the perfection. teh best music in the world!...thanks sarah. RIP.
Gandul70 3 years ago
Monumento a la magia de la musica:
bella composicion+sensible y afinadisima interpretacion+excelente arreglo...que mas pedir? Esto es la gloria en la tierra
tzolo 3 years ago
MESMERIZING!!!! Andy Williams said it right: "The INCOMPARABLE Sarah Vaughn"
pianojazzman 3 years ago
I cant believe that there is no one who can sing nearly breathtaking than her today....
She was a Jazz-goddess and mayshe RIP
Thanks for the unforgettable moving hours Sarah....
Divine6 3 years ago 3
Everybody sucessful now counts her as their muse: Jane Monheit, Diane Reeves, even Kathleen Battle...
Surlamontaigne 3 years ago
So many stars, but Sarah was the brightest!
paytonfit 3 years ago 5
As a trumpet player, some people ask me "who were you influences?" and I don't give them a straight answer because I don't know.
I would say, bizarrely, that this lady has been one of the greatest influences on my trumpet playing.
Sarah Vaughan is so beautiful to listen to.
jazzx251 3 years ago 3
Beautiful, touching...This is a Jazz singer!
kamaleoah 3 years ago 2
Wow! :)
LoveLotusHa 3 years ago
There will never be another sassy Sarah Vaughan...amazing.
ber4844 3 years ago
What A Great Musician She Was !!
DNatural 3 years ago
WHO DID THE INTRO BEFORE SHE SANG??
millsbrothers 3 years ago
Andy Williams
jazzyvocalfan 3 years ago
@millsbrothers are you sure it wasn't Quincy Jones?
MsJollycholly 7 months ago
A beautiful musical composition with a superb arrangement can only be enhanced by our beloved Sassy. I miss her so much. God rest your soul Sarah.
amtrakatsfnyc 3 years ago 2
Great woman, great voice, beautiful song.
amolosnoventa 3 years ago
Greatest miss SARAH VAUGHAN traspassing her own human limits. Holiday, Fitzgerald and Vaughan fulfilled a musically lucky century with three different complementary, unrepeatable, unequalizable greatest talents. Thanks God and thanks Them.
oysterpippo 3 years ago 3
This was one of her last performances! She was aware at the time that she had lung cancer. Isn't she wonderful?
Blueskywatcher 3 years ago
According to her biography she found out she was ill in November of 1989. This was at the Grammy's here, so probably March of 1989. But I agree her expressions seem to indicate she knew this would be one of her last performances
NeosoulATL 3 years ago
I loved her so.
Blueskywatcher 3 years ago
The incomparable sassy Sarah Vaughn .
MANILABOY6631 3 years ago
Wonderful! Although Sarah Vaughan's version is so beautiful, you should listen to Lani Hall, Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66's one. Simply AWESOME!
zyx52 3 years ago
Hey there RED who let you on to Youtube?I've always loved this song since i first herd it by S.Mendes & Brizal '66.Just looking at your home page,Nice one,You got there before me with M.Alexander at Montreux.
Guess who This is!
mikebuddy1 3 years ago
love her voice. completely perfect and controlled. also love her interpretation of songs. always spectacular
rommyisme 3 years ago
Que maravilha!!!!!
jorgesantori 3 years ago
Hey shjakes, please do not post any coment,because they will know you can´t listen at all. The bassist is right, that is the way the arranger wrote. And I agree that Sarah is , was and will always be the Divine.
cupurro 4 years ago
Traduzindo pra todos os "Sérgios Mendes" (hehehe...): Esta foi a última aparição da divina Sarah num programa da TV aberta.
Cheguei a ter esta gravação em VHS...assim fiquei muuuuito satisfeito ao reencontrá-la aqui no youtube. Thanks jazzvocalfan!
dOtruk 4 years ago
Só a título de informação, tô espalhando este vídeo aos 7 mares virtuais. Já está no Multiply que fiz pra Sarah, num dos meus 26 perfis dOrkut e no grupo que abri pra ela no facebook.
dOtruk 4 years ago
This was the last "Sassy" appearance in a program of the open tv.
dOtruk 4 years ago
True1!! I totally taped this!
Blueskywatcher 3 years ago
Sarah certainly knew how to work her magic into a song.She was a master of voice control & improvisation.
mchsiboy 4 years ago 2
The best singer, period!
ChuckMonsey 4 years ago
Her rich tones, the perfect diction and superb artistry make her unforgettable to us who appreciate wonderful musicianship and performances. Where have they all gone?
keepthemusicplaying0 4 years ago 2
Stevie Wonder in the front row standing ovation for the great Sarah Vaughan at the end of this performance. Sarah was actually planning to record Stevie Wonder tunes. Sadly, it was meant to be.....
SASSMATAZZ 4 years ago
Beautiful perfomance except in the end that bass man messed up. Learn to listen and change your chords accordingly brother!!!
shjakes 4 years ago
I didn't hear where the bassist screwed up on the change in chords. At what point, in terms of the digital counter, did he mess up?
Arron413 3 years ago
To those of you who can hear and recognize the unique beauty of this musician who is so much more than just a great singer: I don't have to say anything. Actually, there are no words that could fit the infinitely loving vibration of her artistry. But we can experience it. Music like this has literally kept me alive. Sincere thanks, gratitude, praise and appreciation to jazzyvocalfan for participating in the divinity that sustains us all.
lljtam1960 4 years ago
I saw this performance live, and still have the vhs copy I made. I've treasured that for the past 18 years, and was delighted to see it shared here. The original Brasil '66 version is nice, and I just saw Mendes' current band perform it beautifully a few weeks ago, but... nobody could sing it like Sarah.
JimR56 4 years ago 4
This woman is a TREASURE in my eys only next to Ella. Which awards program was this? I would like to thank you for posting because this is one of my favorite songs by Sassy.
kirkbp1965 4 years ago
kirk, it was the Grammy award show.
JimR56 4 years ago
yeah, I like her Last Album (I'm not sure if it was the last)The Brazilian Album.
They should've achieved her long time ago.
residentflea 4 years ago
linda!!! vc eh a estrela!!! you´re the STAR!! from a brazilian that loves your music, your voice and your love for the universal music, in special brazilian music and musicians!!
edubastosbh 4 years ago
PLEASE don't ever remove this!
1joker88 4 years ago 4
Sassy was stunning.
deb6sbcglobal 4 years ago
When I saw this video, I really "saw" Sarah Vaughn for the first time. What a singer - what a woman - what a STAR!
Chocklad 4 years ago
I loved this CD since day one. I get a lump in my throat listening to this every time.
ATS68 4 years ago 4
With a calibre like that of Sarah Vaughan and having received only 2 Grammy's is a big joke. Sometimes you wonder why people get it so wrong at times !!!
SASSMATAZZ 4 years ago 3
Sadly she has only 2 Grammys- Live at Gershwin & LifeTime Achievement....
loniaz 4 years ago
The greatest vocal artist in the whole universe !!! A treasure that comes once in a lifetime. Sassy, you are a STAR !!!
SASSMATAZZ 4 years ago
delicioussssssss
Irimari 4 years ago
One of the most underrated singers of the 20th century. She had such range and, harmonically, no one could touch her. It's truly a shame that she never achieved the status of Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holliday, whome she clearly overshadowed. I hope time will right this wrong and place the Divine One in her rightful place in pop music history.
barztool 4 years ago
I wouldn't say she overshadowed either Billie or Ella. I love all three of the "Holy Trinity" if you will because they all rule over different areas of music. Billie ruled emotion, Ella owned swing and vocal purity, and Sarah defined beauty in music, period. Common mortals serve no purpose trying to rank and compare Divinity. We best serve these legends by never letting their legacies be lost to time, but rather introducing them to the next generation to appreciate and be ameliorated by.
direfranchement 4 years ago
YOU SAID IT!!!
michaelmishaw 3 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG ....and sassy sings like an angel
SCMETTERLING 4 years ago 2
Sarah Vaughn had absolutely no business dying so so young!
Her mother Ada Vaughn is still alive. I miss her terribly, and as if she just died, recently.
Adieu Sass
kele agi
keleagi 4 years ago
Is sarah's mother still actually living ? If Sarah were still around, she would be 83 years old.
mchsiboy 4 years ago
I am so happy to see this video of Sarah Vaughn and that song is beautiful her rendition of the Sergio Mendes singer Lani Hall is wonderful also. Sarah is a classy gal. She's singing with the Angels.
Odor1o1 4 years ago
i was like 5 years old when i remembered listening to sarah vaughn not just because my parents loved her and my aunt used to sing her songs, but because i am amazed by the soul she puts in her every song. Ive always kept our long playing albums of sarah, and i listen to her especially when i need to recharge she is definitely divine. I wish we have talents like her. truly irreplaceable.
edjievidal 4 years ago
Maravilhosa interpretação de Sarah Vaughan da música So Manny Stars (Sergio Mendes - M. & M. Bergmann)
vivabossa 4 years ago
I miss Miss Sarah too..saw her one year before she passed on....at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco....that was the first time I saw her live...she was absolute.....she was funny...witty....shy...sweet....what a glorious, melodius sassy and divine songstress she was...no one weaves sounds like her....she is singing now I hope for other crowds....may her voice never rest...I say that because everyone in this world needs to hear her...and know her like we all have..
chuckiebaby2000 4 years ago
Weaving her vocal magic like only she could, Sarah Vaughan was a real natural wonder in the music world and this is an example of the magnificence of her incredible voice that was so wonderful to experience and enjoy...Sassy you are truly missed by many who marveled at your unique and wondrous talent and, oh! what a heavenly voice.
bradly2007 4 years ago
She bopped down the aisle at the Circle Star theater in San Carlos CA - she was amazing and when she sang Send in the Clowns, her range was even higher than ever before. We were stunned and thrilled.
deb6sbcglobal 4 years ago
Thanks so much for this post. What a beautiful, rich voice. It's hard to believe that she was dead within a year of this performance. I have always loved her, and like some of the others, this song and her voice bring tears to my eyes. There will never be another singer who comes close to her talent. A true legend.
barztool 4 years ago
What a sensational performance and so near to her end ... it moves me to tears. How I could have overlooked this clip for all these months is beyond me.
Many thanks for sharing this,
Lucas
luctuin 4 years ago
I heard So Many Stars on her CD and I played it nonstop. It's such a beautiful song. To have found this clip and to watch her perform it makes it even more special for me. Sassy was a true master at what she did. She will always be my favorite vocalist.
nylajoey 4 years ago
great clip..the cd is just as good
lilpea2 4 years ago
Stunning. I remember seeing this and have never forgotten it.
I'd like to get the whole 1989 Grammy Awards Show (there were several amazing performance) can anyone direct me?
ritter1808 4 years ago
Absolutley beautiful. Thank you for posting.
queenbighair 4 years ago
It's hard not to cry when you hear this and watch the pictures.
jay leonhart
JayLeonhart 4 years ago
Yep, this was 1989. And to think, she was ill when she performed this. What a pro, what a talent. Haunting song...superb performance. Many, many thanks for this post.
newbeet 4 years ago
There just arent words.
There just arent words.
We love you Sarah!
Xone7 4 years ago
In 1990 she found her star. Every night I gaze at the sky and pray to her. I will always adore her.
PADREPETI 4 years ago
Yes. I had that impression too.
She certainly had the feeling she was not going to last much longer.
Notice the way she sings the last phrases. The look on her face.
That really moved me.
beltranodetal 4 years ago
the best as ever!
edjievidal 4 years ago
Aprox ONE year before her death just in Time for recognition! Still able to do what she does best till the ver end
loniaz 4 years ago
thanks for posting
arr2ssr 4 years ago
Class is in session whenever Sarah Vaughn performs. The depth. The ease. The rich tones. All magnificent. If you like her take on this Brazilian classic, search for her version of "Wave". It's on youtube and it's magnificent. Prepare to be amazed.
CHRYS1001 4 years ago
There ARE so many stars, but for me this one shines brightest by far.
freeeeeeedy 4 years ago
And as usual the music is Brazilian.... Brazil rules!
globrazilcom 4 years ago
Well... as letras sao dos Bergmans(americanos)...Brazil does rule though
zu0832 3 years ago 2
Thanks so much for posting this. I saw it when it aired! and that was the last time. Thought I would never see it again
davidhazard71 4 years ago
This performance was on the Grammy awards that year. Also on the stage with her recieving lifetime achievement awards were Leontyne Price and Dizzy Gillespie. What a night.....
marcelklee 4 years ago
yes I saw it when it aired live. Is it just me, or did she seem as though she knew she was going to pass on???
davidhazard71 4 years ago
I don't know, but there was a certen seriousness about her performance that you has not seen before.
marcelklee 4 years ago
Truly one and only! Thanks for sharing...
danielliag 5 years ago
A rare gem!
puertoeddi 5 years ago
she makes me cry...everytime I hear and see her...GOD, I miss her!!!
ronjazz69 5 years ago
me too...i sometimes wondered if it was just me...Im so emotional whenever it comes to her. I remember when she died, my family was so concerened about me as if I knew her personally, they all met me that day and asked me to sit down...I LOVED THIS WOMAN!
izzymalik 4 years ago
I still do love her. She has brought so much beauty to my life. Her genius, so warm and brilliant, gives me so much insight to my emotions and to the world around me, plus more than I could ever hope to include in only one comment. I hope kids continue to seek her out and discover her for a shining example of vocal artistry and musical excellence.
dagarrat 4 years ago
Dagarat: You're hip!
ColmOSullivanRed 4 years ago
Simillarly, I'll never forget that awful day in 1990. It was such a shock to me...She had no business dying; but, and this is crucial: she got greater as she got older, so this performance is especially precious.
ColmOSullivanRed 4 years ago
I wish she lived long enough to do the album she planned with Qunicy Jones
davidhazard71 4 years ago
I am in AWE !! No one can interpret songs like she can! I loev how at the end she got a stadning ovation
stacynewyork 5 years ago
I love it...it was 1988?
stevelovesjazz 5 years ago
so sad and hard to believe by the sound of that voice that she died in 1990. thankfuly we can still hear see and feel sarah. my absolute favorite.
bigassbob 5 years ago
I love it, this is sarah in 1988?
stevelovesjazz 5 years ago
sarah in 1989
stevelovesjazz 5 years ago