The versatile vocalist Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa Alabama ... She never was strictly a jazz singer but did record number of jazz sessions with some of the most influential ...

As a child, Chicago jazz singer Dee Alexander learned to love the music of Dinah Washington, which her mother liked to play on Sundays as she did the ironing. Credit: Raymond Mays Dinah Washington ...

Known as the Queen of the Blues or Queen of the Juke Boxes, Dinah Washington rode her voice from her gospel roots through the blues, jazz and into ... a 23-year-old blues singer in 1947.

The Dinah Washington recordings, some with vocals and others spotlighting ... Arranged by none other than Quincy Jones, it remains a classic of cool vocal jazz. The Singers Sessions: The EmArcy Master ...

But the multitalented star has another persona as well--one in which she portrays the great jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington. Playing the lead in the musical “Dinah Was,” Freeman was so ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A stretch of a Chicago street is now named for jazz singer Dinah Washington. Friday would have been her 90th birthday. She died in 1963 at the age of 39. Musicians and other fans ...

blues singer Dinah Washington. “Her whole style was similar to Ella’s,” said Birmingham jazz musician J.L. Lowe. Washington left her career in the 1950s to return to Birmingham and raise a ...

Jimmy Scott, the revered jazz vocalist known for his ... His vocals influenced a generation of diverse singers, ranging from Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington to Marvin Gaye and Madonna.

Can you tell the difference between these iconic jazz vocalists? Let's listen very carefully and notice the subtle nuances as well as major stylistic choices that put each of these singers in a ...

No singer since has had Washington's particular combination of talent, sass and pluck. December 3, 2010 • Fresh Air jazz critic Kevin Whitehead picks CDs, books and a DVD for the jazz lover on ...