But for the most of the rest of album, Sings for Lovers presents the Dinah Washington so focused on refinement that she distills the blues completely out of her repertoire. Lover Man; For All We Know; ...

This essay is one in a series celebrating women whose major contributions in recording occurred before the time frame of NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women. What a Diff'rence a ...

And given that everything was recorded live in the studio, listening to the album feels like a Dinah Washington show with a big band behind her. An electric vitality charges the dramatic ...

In 1955 singer Dinah ... Washington with top-rate jazz talent of the time, and which led to further Washington-Jones collaborations. While the musicians and Jones' arrangements helped elevate the ...

Singer Deborah Cox's new album, Destination Moon, pays tribute to the late jazz singer Dinah Washington. She talks about her leap from R&B to jazz. Deborah Cox is versatile. Her hits range from ...