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Dinah Washington is singing a song that Bessie Smith used to sing. She and Aretha Franklin are the two female singers to come after Bessie who match or surpass her talents on blues-based tunes. Early in her career, Aretha modeled herself on Dinah. Here we have a video capture of a televion program and an audio track to compare. The video let's you see directly the way Dinah could act a song, how wonderful and precise her diction was, how humorous she was, and how she t... MORE
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CodyB started up our Jazz 101; check it out if you are interested in picking up a bit of the jazz tip. That would be the real jazz, not some electronic, hip-hopped, beat-out, played out loops of jazz crunched up and danced to. Not that you can't dance to real jazz, and not that I am against electronic, hip-hopped, beat-out jazz loops. On the contrary. I would just hate for anyone to not get to the actual stuff because somebody's sample was in the way. Especially when it co... MORE
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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. Another song I adore. Beautiful song, beautiful timeless voice. What a difference a day madeTwenty-four little hoursBrought the sun and the flowersWhere there used to be rain My yesterday was blue, dearToday I'm part of you, dearMy lonely nights are through, dearSince you said you were mine ... MORE
continues to blow me away and amaze me.
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This very Friday evening, I shall be in the company of the delightful Ms Winehouse at the Empire Theatre in Shepherds Bush, London. Oh boyoboyoboyoboy!!!! Hot diggity! Looking forward to hearing live renditions of the wonderful songs from Back To Black and Frank, but also keeping my fingers crossed for the occasional curveball cover version. Here's an early-ish clip, in which she takes on Teach Me Tonight, one of Dinah Washington's best, from a BBC show, Jools Holland'... MORE
