The versatile vocalist Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa Alabama on August 29th 1924. She grew up in Chicago where her family moved in 1928. Her mother was heavily involved in ...

Gwyneth Herbert joins Alyn Shipton to pick the essential recordings by the great jazz diva Dinah Washington, including her bluesy mid-1940s repertoire and American popular song. Show more Dinah ...

Fortunately, it is possible to do that, on a 21-CD series from Japanese Universal that collates ... Of the single-disc anthologies, “Queen: The Music of Dinah Washington” (Verve 000256102) is ...