Freddie Washington (pianist) explained

Freddie Washington
Birth Date:c. 1900
Birth Place:Houston, Texas, United States
Death Date:Unknown
Death Place:Unknown
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Pianist
Instrument:Piano
Label:Capitol
Associated Acts:Kid Ory, Ed Garland, Paul Howard, Zutty Singleton

Freddie Washington (c. 1900 in Houston – Unknown) was an American jazz pianist.

Washington moved to California around the year 1918, where he joined Kid Ory's band in 1921. He recorded with Ory's band, and it is for his role in these sessions that he is primarily known. He led his own band in the 1920s and 1930s, in addition to playing with Ed Garland and Paul Howard. In 1941, he was a pallbearer at the funeral of Jelly Roll Morton in Los Angeles.[1] He recorded on Capitol Records in 1944 with Zutty Singleton, and performed with Kid Ory's band on a live broadcast of the wartime variety show The Orson Welles Almanac (July 12, 1944).[2] [3] Washington continued playing into the 1960s.

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Notes and References

  1. Bury Jelly Roll Morton on Coast . . August 1, 1941 . 8 . 15 . 13 . 13 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Radio Almanac . RadioGOLDINdex . 2014-02-09 . 2018-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915215501/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Radio%20Almanac . dead .
  3. Web site: Orson Welles Almanac—Part 2 . . 2014-02-10.