Great Women Of Song: Dinah Washington (Vinyl) AwaitingStock The visual counterpart comes courtesy

The visual counterpart comes courtesy of longtime collaborator and neo-Victorian romantic Glenn Arthur

Steaming of delicate and large garments is made easy with the vertical steam feature

A landmark tribute to Roger Désormière

Holding nothing back

Great Women Of Song: Dinah Washington (Vinyl) AwaitingStock The visual counterpart comes courtesyAs Duke Ellington would have said Dinah Washington was beyond category. Subtle and inventive enough to hold an honoured 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.