The Legend Of Sarah Vaughan's Music

Sarah Vaughan is a singer that really inspired me to push the limits as an individual and is also someone I listen to almost every single day. She was one of the first African American woman to associate her sound to a music genre called bebop and came out with many well-known hits. She is not only considered a legend because of her music, but also because of the bravery she had to emit in order to survive a very segregated time. Vaughan was known for her wide range of pitch and her keen ear for sound. Vaughan would sing covers and get a good portion of people in the media complaining that she didn’t sing the songs right because of her unique voice and wide range of pitch. Although Vaughan is a legend in music there was a time period when she

Jazz itself was a very controversial genre of music at the time because many Christians believed it was a very sinful type of music. I relate to her in a sense that even though times have changed, it still is very hard to get out there if you have a different sound and tend to enjoy a different genre of music. I chose to research Sarah Vaughan because her story gives me hope that if I push through life and not care what others may say or think I could to be a legend in music and make a very big impact on my generation like she did. The more I read about all her achievements as a musician and an individual I realized I admired her constant persistent to be better at her craft. Both articles talk about how she kept up a very busy schedule that included many performances and recording

Although Vaughan had parents that were into music they were not her role models to become a jazz legend because as stated earlier they didn’t like the entire genre. When she first started her career, she was solo for a while and by her doing that I feel like she must be a born leader, especially for African American women jazz singers were very limited. The last thing I would like to add is the older generation had more people that were born leaders thus showed the great man theory and since she was part of the older generation I believe she fits perfectly into that leadership theory.

A couple of my strengths are bravery, social intelligence, kindness, and love and although not all of them could be good potential strengths for Vaughan I do believe we do have many similarities when it comes to our strengths. A perfect example of that is we both share bravery and can’t be discouraged so easily. The difference between Vaughan and I concerning this strength is she was brave when it came to music and as time progressed. In my situation I believe I am brave because I’m a very outgoing person that isn’t shy to show what I think or feel