This broadcast presents new releases from pianist Jeryl Johnston and DOMi & JD Beck, with birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Parker (I Wished On the Moon, How Am I To Know), Dinah Washington, ...

Dinah Washington appears on the cover of a posthumous ... Though trained as a gospel vocalist and pianist (she landed an early job accompanying gospel singer Sallie Martin), she defied her pious ...

quickly making a name for herself as a gospel singer and pianist, according to Nadine Cohodas's vital but vexing biography, Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington. Influenced by radio ...

Brash, bold and, later, sometimes blonde Dinah Washington packed heat ... Going through eight or nine husbands and just as many piano players the difficult Dinah lived large, worked hard, and ...

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

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, released in 1959, was her biggest record, and not a single person who knew Dinah Washington could ... who also played piano, toured with the Sallie Martin Singers ...

Dinah Washington- vocals; Jimmy Sigler- organ, background vocals; Jack Wilson, Patti Brown- piano; Milt Hinton, George Duvivier- bass; Jimmy Thomas- drums, solo vocal on "Where Are You," background ...

Junior Mance, a jazz pianist who worked alongside countless ... had fruitful musical partnerships in the 1950s with singer Dinah Washington, saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and trumpeter Dizzy ...

Dinah Washington was a jazz and blues vocalist and pianist born in Tuscaloosa. Nicknamed the "Queen of Blues," Washington has often been cited as the most popular black female recording artist of ...

Dinah Washington Day. Wilson, himself a pianist and singer, spoke of the privilege of making the presentation on behalf of the council, and Mayor Walt Maddox, honoring Washington's ...

Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson are two of jazz’s most iconic voices—but can you hear what sets them apart? In this video, we listen closely to both vocalists and explore the subtle and ...

Jazz pianist Chris Anderson, whose sophisticated harmonies earned him prestige in his field, has died in New York at the age of 81. Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963 ...