Politics and Culture
Sarah Vaughan in 1988, still holding and bending those long notes, still with perfect control. Only a couple of years before her death in April 1990, aged 66. She's in Wellington, New Zealand – and isn't too keen on having some of the audience behind her.
With George Gaffney – Piano, Andy Simkins – Bass, Harold Jones – Drums.
Thank you for this – I didn’t know it was on YouTube. I was there, in the seats behind her. It was magic when she turned around to sing to us. Magic concert throughout, really.
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Superlative. I can never understand how the anodyne Ella Fitzgerald comes to be more highly regarded as a singer
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Mick Hartley 
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