Sarah Vaughan

She was called both “Sassy” and “The Divine One.” Sassy because she was mischievous and playful. And The Divine One because her voice seemed to have come from the Gods. She was the opera star of jazz, transforming songs into arias. For nearly 50 years, Sarah Vaughan was one of the dominant voices of American popular music. As part of the Peabody Award-winning documentary series “Jazz Profiles,” this episode about Sarah Vaughan was produced in 1999 by Joan Merrill and narrated by the show ho...