I used to study jazz vocals with the late great Gery Scott. I had to audition for a spot, of course, and before I could audition, there was a sort of screening interview. In the usual way I was asked for my influences, and she told me later that it was naming Dinah Washington that got me the audition. "Never sang a word she hadn't lived", said Gery, who had known her.
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I used to study jazz vocals with the late great Gery Scott. I had to audition for a spot, of course, and before I could audition, there was a sort of screening interview. In the usual way I was asked for my influences, and she told me later that it was naming Dinah Washington that got me the audition. "Never sang a word she hadn't lived", said Gery, who had known her.