Washington, Dinah - Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
Nicolas Pothier & Frederik Salsedo
In a few short years Dinah Washington enjoyed several different careers. Her cultural background, which embraced Church and Cabaret, plus her sweet-and-sour voice "moving from a cry to a confidential whisper", her tumultuous career and extreme professionalism, all contributed to her singing the blues like no-one else. She made legions of rhythm and blues fans happy by topping the the hit-parades, and jazz fans regurarly delighted in her feats alongside musicians who were heroes: Clifford Brown, Wynton Kelly, Clark Terry, Ben Webster and a hundred others. Whatever the domain, however, Dinah, along with a few, rare, other vocalists, will always be remembered as the singer who caused a myth to tremble: the Holy Trinity of Billie, Ella-Sarah.