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 ...

The Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (CAC) is located in the former ... Dinah Washington was a jazz and blues vocalist and pianist born in Tuscaloosa. Nicknamed the "Queen of Blues ...

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 ...

On Aug. 29, 2024, 11 years since the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center opened ... onward into a career in not just blues, but jazz, R&B, pop, torch songs, so-called "dirty blues," and even ...

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 ...

the hard-forged swing of Dinah Washington or the hearty exuberance of Big Maybelle, or even, amazingly, the funky fury of Chuck Berry (who, doing “Sweet Little Sixteen” with a jazz group that ...

Singer Dinah Washington, the Grammy-winning "Queen of the Jukeboxes," left her turbulent life behind at the tender age of 39. In that short period, a volatile mix of undeniable talent and deep ...

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 ...

Of all the many female jazz singers, Dinah Washington remains the most contemporary. Her voice was always cocked and loaded, her phrasing was akin to the sound of a getaway car, and her attitude told ...