Ledisi was captivating in her special concert tribute to the late great jazz and blues legend Dinah Washington at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, presented by LA Phil. On Friday, October 3rd, 2025, ...
The album brought her rich, blues-informed style into the world of lush orchestral pop.
August 25, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — Some songs don’t just land—they arrive with a little starlight on their shoulders. Ledisi’s radiant take on “What a Dif or.ference a Day Made” is one of ...
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 was ...
Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from ...
There is no short and painless way to sample the Queen at her best; you have to rush out and buy the entire works. Fortunately, it is possible to do that, on a 21-CD series from Japanese Universal ...
The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz. We do this in three segments, each an ...
Tuscaloosa, 1900-1928 -- Lift every voice, 1929-July 1942 -- Is there anyone finer? -- August-December 1942 -- The "find" of the year, January-July 1943 -- I know how to do it, August 1943-November ...
No one knows exactly what made the celebrated Lionel Hampton go down the street after a gig to check out an 18-year-old singer named Ruth Jones. Hampton was playing Chicago's Regal Theater. Jones was ...
On Aug. 29, 2024, 11 years since the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center opened, and 100 years since the "Queen of the Blues" was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, an exhibit of photos and ...