{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie Gourse\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday: The Story of Joe Williams, Unforgettable: The Life and Mystique of Nat King Cole\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLouis' Children: American Jazz Singers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410061725970,"sku":"9780306805783","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_609bb3a6-572d-488d-b0bf-70b44ee6d3d2.jpg?v=1729300787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sassy-pb-9780306805783","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}