Great Women Of Song - Dinah Washington: Vinyl LP O&O3465 5 That Roy feat

5    That Roy feat

Frank's Tune (AKA "De'Jeff's Tune)

and charting his own path through the 1970s fusion movement

The program keeps moving from there through the intricate post-bop lines of “Suicide City” and “Cunning Lee” to the joyful “Soulita” and finally to the easy mid-tempo swing of “Helen’s Ritual

At the time

Great Women Of Song - Dinah Washington: Vinyl LP O&O3465 5 That Roy featAs Duke Ellington would have said, DINAH WASHINGTON was beyond category. Subtle and inventive enough to hold an honored place in the jazz pantheon yet tough and forceful enough to command the attention of blues, R&B and rock & roll audiences. Equally at ease performing Broadway songs, pop tunes or jazz material, Washington combined urbane finesse with down home grit to make music that reflected her strong willed, larger than life personality.