[Rarebooks] FS: Jazz Singer Sarah Vaughan's Personal Travel Diaries

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VAUGHAN, SARAH. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY IN FOUR JOURNALS. 
Four small journals containing amongst them approximately 36 pages 
filled out in the great jazz singer's hand recording information about 
various places including New York, London, Warsaw, Los Angeles, and 
Japan, from September 1969 to March 1984. Vaughan was by no means a 
dedicated diarist, but she does give a sense of what her travel 
conditions were like and whether or not the shows were successful. The 
most detailed of the journals is the earliest, which contains entries 
from her 1969 Japan tour, her 1975 tour of Warsaw and London ("F-ck 
Warsaw, on to Freedom" she writes after that concert), and her 1984 
return trip to Japan. Vaughan mentions her meetings with the legendary 
promoter George Wein and performing with the Newport All Stars 
including Dizzy Gillespie. She describes a club in Kyoto as "Lousey 
really a hoar house--noisy as hell--nasty back stage gorgeous out 
front.... Did show walked off--No [?] evil as a M.F. Went to bed 
evil." Writing about an upcoming trip to Africa, Vaughan says, "I am 
tired I need a vacation badly so I can be normal & happy again." 
Another entry: "Doing an album with Mandy Patinkin.... Harry is 
gone--Oh happy Day--He quit--I did it again--God is good." Most pages 
blank in all journals, including one that has only one page filled in 
giving Vaughan's name, address, birthdate and physical features, and 
religion (Baptist). One wishes she had written more as the diva's 
remarks are straightforward and personal. Near Fine    $500

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