Sun, Mar 21
|NJPAC/Center St.
The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Finals
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Time & Location
Mar 21, 2021, 3:00 PM
NJPAC/Center St., Newark, NJ 07102, USA
About the Event
On a Wednesday night in 1942, Newark teenager Sarah Vaughan went to the Apollo Theater to compete in an amateur singing contest. It was the chance to win $10 and a weeklong engagement performing on the Apollo stage. Instead, Vaughan’s win launched a career that would transform America’s original art form and an icon who elevated the craft of jazz vocal music and garnered the respect and adoration of millions. Now, it’s time for history to repeat itself.