Lynette Washington

Lynette Washington

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lynette Washington



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Origin = flagicon|USA New York, USA
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Genre = Jazz, R&B
Occupation = Vocalist
Years_active = 1990s – Present
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URL = [http://www.guavajamm.net/Guava_Artists.htm Lynette Washington bio]
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Lynette Washington (born in New York) is an American jazz vocalist.

Ms. Washington was the 1st Place Winner in the Jazzmobile Anheuser-Busch Jazz Vocal Competition in 2005. [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=6589 Lynette Washington: 2005 Winner of the Jazzmobile/Anheuser Busch Jazz Vocalist Competition] ]

Biography

This phenomenal jazz vocalist is a native New Yorker and has had a career that has taken her across the globe. Her travel has also enabled her to learn to sing in quite a few international languages. Lynette's singing style is heavily rooted in the jazz, R&B, and gospel arenas, Lynette nurtured her early professional singing career performing in Russian nightclubs throughout New York City and Europe. She recorded on the early GRP releases of jazz trumpeter Tom Browne as well with her own R&B/Dance group Touché on Emergency Records.

She has worked with such well-known artists such as Aretha Franklin, U2, and Peter Gabriel and was featured lead singer in New Voices of Freedom appearing in U2's Rattle & Hum, BBC's One World, One Voice, and Lenny Kravitz's "Give Peace A Chance" on Virgin Records. Lynette has also recorded radio commercials and appeared in national TV commercials for Roy Rogers, Mercedes Benz, Boy’s Town, Nescafe and Pizza Hut. She has appeared with such jazz notables as drummers Buddy Williams & Anton Fig, saxophonists Clifford Jordan & Gerry Niewood and bassists Alex Blake and Cameron Brown.

Her New York City club appearances: Creole, The River Room, Sweet Rhythm, Azalea, Opa, The Lenox Lounge, and many more. In 1999, Lynette completed her first solo project entitled "Long, Long Ago (A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa" (1999)) featuring Chuck Mangione's reedman Gerry Niewood. Her second solo project, "Smoky Dawn" was in 2003, and she also joined forces with her Gold/Platinum Award winning producer, pianist Dennis Bell to release a double CD "LIVE! at Harlem's Kennedy Center".

elective discography

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=14240 Lynette Washington bio]
* [http://www.guavajamm.net/Guava_Artists.htm GuavaJamm: Lynette Washington]


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