When Sarah Vaughan sang a George Gershwin medley midway through her performance Tuesday night at Ravinia, it might have been the thousandth time she did the tunes. But it was as if it were the first.

Sassy. Most of the 12 songs portray true love as hopeless, women as doormats, and romance as fantasy and idealizing. Of course, this was before our more enlightened–and also cynical–age, pre-dating ...

The majority of the CDs I review are either new releases or recordings that reflect the current trends in popular music. These trends had their genesis in the amalgamation of African American music ...

Sarah Vaughan was affectionately known as both "Sassy" and "The Divine One," nicknames that reflect the remarkable variety she brought to her singing. Vaughan's inimitable vocal abilities included an ...