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 lushly orchestrated pop ballads. It was this ...

Her most memorable jazz recording is with Clifford Brown; the classic Dinah Jams from 1955. After the unexpected commercial success of "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes," in 1959, which marked Washington ...

Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson are two of jazz’s most iconic voices—but can you hear what sets them apart? In this video, ...

Keter Betts, 77, a jazz bassist heard on more than 200 recordings, notably with guitarist Charlie Byrd and singers Dinah Washington and ... "There's an art to playing behind the singer," he ...

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, released in 1959, was her biggest record, and not a single person who knew Dinah ... of Washington's trajectory — rural to urban — gospel to blues, jazz to ...

After a distinguished career as a musician and educator, Priester’s focus now is teaching people the art of listening ... and with jazz legends like Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington, Philly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...