Sarah Vaughan
Day 32
#52 – Sarah Lois Vaughan (1924–1990). American jazz singer. Nicknamed ‘Sailor’, ‘Sassy’ and ‘The Divine One’. Recordings include: How Important Can It Be (1954), Broken Hearted Melody (1958) and the albums Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) and Sassy Swings the Tivoli (1963).
I decided to work with Vaughan’s nickname ‘Sassy’ as that was distinctive. After playing with the letterforms and looking at lots of different typefaces I noticed the heart shape in the ‘S’. By flipping the third ‘S’ this completed the heart. I felt the pink colour went with Sassy so kept it really simple with just a nice rich dark background to give it some sophistication.
1 hour
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘How Important Can It Be’.