European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Ken franckling United press internationals Arah Vaughan stands in the wings wringing her hands dabbing her brow. She is As lottery As a schoolgirl asked to recite her first Book report. After All these years 46 glorious years of vocal artistry _ Vaughan still gets nervous every time she goes on stage out it has t kept her from the limelight. Vaughan. The first jazz Singer with a vocal Range equal to thai of an opera Singer is still going Strong with a steady mix of club and jazz festival Dales. She appears with her Trio big bands and symphony orchestras her dark contralto brought a new sound to the Art of azz singing and her ability to change that sound in the  diverse ways continues to stun audiences she darts and swoops up and Down the Register. Still singing Sassy after 46 years embellishing on the Way. Her lower Register has. Richener and deepened Over the years but her false remains effortless and pure. Her voice implies so much More that listeners writers tend to exaggerate about her Range. The say four octaves but it s not True. Two octaves and fifth maybe Vaughan says. Maybe a Little  her concept of the vocal Art is tied closely to the improvisational ideas of the Bop and Post Bop play with whom she played Early in her career. Vaughan sometimes forgets the lyrics of a Partick song because she is thinking of the notes and the phrasings. Like a Horn player. I listen to the musicians the Horn players More anything that s where i get my stud. I steal a lot. I j big chief. I jus do it different so i Don t get  dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Freddie Webster. Dexter Gordon. Miles Davis. I was in the b with these Guys. I was 18.1 started at the right time was just a baby Vaughan said. Now you Start 01 and there s no bands kids have to got their own groups together " she is a stickler Lor the right Tempo on each song breathing for Coni Lort Lor expression. She reworks melodies and builds on them. Her voice will jump a octave then slide Back Down smoothly like a trombone s portamento Vaughan was Horn March 27, 1924, into a Musica family in Newark n j her Carpenter lather asbury., played guitar and Sang Lolk songs. Sarah joined her Mother Ada. In the Church choir and continued her education in piano and voice at a local High school to the arts j her Bice break  Al age 16 when she entered Amateur show Al the Apollo theater in Harlem. She Sang body and soul stunning singers Billy Ecksl inf and Ella Fitzgerald who were in the audience. Before the Day was out Fitzgerald was advising her on agents and managers and Eckstine recommended that Earl fatha Hines hire her As c vocalist for his band she joined As vocalist and Sec pianist. When the Hines band broke up a year later Ecks me formed his own band hiring Vaughan As h co vocalist Vaughan. Nicknamed  has recorded her share of azz classics including Don t blame me an cover the waterfront her first hit. It s magic sold or than 2 million records though she has won countless awards As a jazz vocalist Vaughan says As tar As she s concerned there s no Uch thing As a jazz Singer. That s a till they give us All titles she says they be got so or lilies i Don t know which music is which. Jazz jazz f Rock jazz pop blues rhythm and blues jazz blues and on. People tend to categorize. I just sing. I sing whatever i  f she said she adds songs to her repertoire when something Clicks " j if the Lyric is Good if the Melody is Good and if the person singing it catches my ear. If an artist knocks met i listen if i hear a song and it s Nice. I listen. I can l stand screaming voices when you can t hear the  Vaughan is a line piano player but does Little ? song Ling j. Of wrote one the Only one i be Ever written. There no lyrics yet. I can l write lyrics i m still a hip cat. The Don t write lyrics. The song is called / / wait til tomorrow i had Sam Nestico do about eight arrangements to called it Sarah s song. I m just go to sing it As is calling and humming until 1 somebody does the lyrics " her latest album the planet is alive. Lei in live jazz Ettor records is a stunning achieve that was spurned by every major record company in Europe and America its foundation is six poems Fri by Pope John Paul ii when he was a Young priest in Poland. Translated into English and set to scores written by italian composers in was recorded live in Germany two years ago. It was very interesting. I could t turn it Down Ore saw the  Vaughan said. Vaughan has t been in a recording studio in Aba four years but her manager is working out contracts three separate albums she wants to do one album with Quincy Jones another with Sergio Mendes. I i want a contract for one or two albums not for of rest of my Lite i Don t want to be bound to anything Vaughan said. I want hits but i want Good music. I j want a hit out of my kind of music not Lei s Roll j tonight baby. J Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday october 15,1986