Celebrate the artistry of Sarah Vaughan with vocalists Patti Austin, Lisa Fischer, and Tyreek McDole performing alongside trumpeter Randy Brecker, Shelly Berg, and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. Scott Flavin, conductor. This concerts opens the 2024-2025 season of JazzRoots at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

This celebration of the versatile and widely influential jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, whose nicknames included Sassy and the Divine Sarah, will find talented admirers performing her music in front of a full orchestra. “Among the singers of her generation, only Ella Fitzgerald enjoyed comparable stature,” The New York Times wrote of Vaughan, whose hits included “It’s Magic,” “What Lola Wants” and “Make Yourself Comfortable.”