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Lynette Washington 2005 Winner of the Jazzmobile/Anheuser Busch Jazz Vocalist Competition

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Lynette Washington 2005 1st Place Winner in the Jazzmobile Anheuser-Busch Jazz Vocal Competition

On Friday, June 17, jazz vocalist Ms. Lynette Washington was the 1st place winner in the 2005 Michelob Red Ribbon Jazz Vocal Competition sponsored by Jazzmobile & Anheuser-Busch, Inc. at the Sculpture Garden in Yonkers, New York.

Appearing with 5 other finalists, Ms. Washington topped the evening with her renditions of Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington) & Images/4 Women (Nina Simone).

This summer Ms. Washington will appear at Jazzmobile concerts and jazz festivals throughout New York City and the metropolitan area. For concert & events, log onto www.jazzmobile.org.

For your listening pleasure, Ms Washington’s CDs, Smoky Dawn, Live! At The Kennedy Center, and Long, Long Ago are available at GuavaJamm's Music Store for $9.99. To order, click on the link and experience a rare voice and a rare vocal talent!

Lynette will lift your spirits and make your heart soar. Share her musical gift as she continues to wow audiences in New York City and communities around the globe.

For bookings and other information: Write to City Slicker Productions/Guavajamm Entertainment P.O. Box L, Inwood Station, New York City 10034 (212) 567-0411; Email: [email protected]

News Release: June 18, 2005 (PDF)

REVIEWS

Lynette Washington Reviewed by George W. Carroll - “EJazz News"

“What an immaculate personification of our kindred ‘Black Culture’ as I perused and reviewed the (2) very animated CD projects that were sent to me, intoned by jazz chanteuse, Lynette Washington, I am an unapologetic Ellington-phile. So, I must bring attention to the impeccable rendtion Lynette & her sideman proffered, reinventing the eternal jazz ballad, ‘In A Sentimental Mood’.” Bellismo!! Washington’s search for purity in her craft is exemplified in her vocalise. She offers listenership the very essence of a cool laid back style. She possesses a vocal quality of the rarest sort, namely: control of her instrument, a sensuous vibrato, command of her ideas, and highly developed musical feeling. This project shows us that there’s always something ‘different’ that has that capacity to fascinate, which is also divergent & 180 degrees away a from the norm. Good Work Baby!!

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