At age 15, enamored by Billie Holiday, she started playing and singing the blues in local clubs and ... In this episode we celebrate some heavyweight jazz birthdays --Dinah Washington, Teri Thornton ...

With Chicago pianist Corky McClerkin’s fine jazz trio accompanying ... and a windfall for anyone who treasures Washington’s music. “Sasha Sings Dinah” runs through Dec. 22 at the ETA ...

Many jazz horn ... musicians, singing became so essential to their performances that many fans forgot their beginnings as instrumentalists. Singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, and ...

Even though we have parks, buildings and streets named in her honor, it occurs to me that most of us don't know what Dinah Washington looked ... rectified by viewing "Jazz On a Summer's Day ...

But the multitalented star has another persona as well--one in which she portrays the great jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington ... found that her acting and singing interact in a particularly ...

In the mid ’50s, Dinah cut a number of essential albums, surrounded by some of the best musicians in jazz. Although Dinah ... an inherently sappy song. She sings to a dried-up flower “pressed ...

THIS excellent boxed four-CD set collates almost all Dinah Washington's early recordings ... BOBBY Hackett, one of jazz's most tasteful trumpeters, is caught in sparky form alongside trombonist ...

“Aretha deeply resented the remarks and thought Dinah was acting like a diva,” Ritz wrote. In the movie “Respect,” it’s Jennifer Hudson’s Franklin who starts singing one of Washington ...

"Newport Jazz Festival", Newport, RI, 6 Jul 1958. (NB also found on the Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury set.) Sings Bessie Smith. Fresh Sound. 577. Composer: Schwartz / Fields Performers ...

THIS excellent boxed four-CD set collates almost all Dinah Washington's early recordings ... BOBBY Hackett, one of jazz's most tasteful trumpeters, is caught in sparky form alongside trombonist ...

Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues". Despite ...