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Autographed Sarah Vaughan program 1979

Autographed Sarah Vaughan program 1979

$ 68.11

Availability: 84 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Like new
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    This one covers all bases:  Eight-page program for the dedication of the Paul Robeson Campus Center Addition at Rutgers-Newark, signed on the cover by Newark's own, Sarah Vaughan and her then-husband, trumpeter Waymon Read. The five-day program for Paul Robeson Week in Newark, declared by Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson, included muiscal entertainment by Sarah and the Waymon Read Trio;  Woody Shaw, another Newark jazz great, pianist Mary Lou Williams and the Gene Phipps Jazz Group. Participants also included  Newark playwright Richard Wesley, artist Ben Jones, poet Betty Neals and the Elmwoord Presbyterian Church Children's Choir, directed by Jean James. During the week,  two paintings and a bust of Robeson were unveiled.
    One of Sarah's rare autographs signed at an event in her hometown.  Near mint! Good buy!