Sarah Vaughan
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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was
Vaughan, c. 1946
At Café Society, September 1946
Vaughan in 1955
Dizzy Gillespie and Vaughan perform at the White House in honor of the Shah of Iran on November 15, 1977.
George Treadwell
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George McKinley Treadwell was an American jazz musician and later the manager of the Drifters. Treadwell, an African-American, managed national recording artists in the 1940s and 1950s during a time w
Sarah Vaughan
…regularly at Café Society Downtown, an integrated club in New York's Sheridan Square. While at Café Society, Vaughan became friends with trumpeter George Treadwell, who became her manager. She delegated to him most of the musical director responsibilities for her recording sessions, allowing her to concentrate on…
Sarah Vaughan I Cover the Waterfront with George Treadwell's Orchestra.