Genres Jazz Instruments Piano Genre Jazz | Occupation(s) Pianist Labels Capitol Record label Capitol Records | |
Associated acts Ed Garland, Kid Ory, Zutty Singleton, Paul Howard Similar Kid Ory, Mutt Carey, Barry Eastmond | ||
Freddie Washington (born c. 1900, Houston - date of death 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. 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). Washington continued playing into the 1960s.
Songs
Society's Blues
Maybe Some Day
Krooked Blues
References
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