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James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 [2] – June 8, 1972) [3] was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
Byas recorded "Harvard Blues" with the Basie orchestra on November 17, 1941, on Jimmy Rushing's vocal version of George Frazier's tune. He was part of a small group session on July 24, 1942, with Buck Clayton, Count Basie, and his rhythm section (Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones) recording "Royal Garden Blues" and "Sugar Blues".
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album five stars and said that "At the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, the music was consistently inspired and often historic. . Count Basie welcomed back tenor great Lester Young and singer Jimmy Rushing for part of a very memorable set...Young plays beautifully throughout and Rushing is in prime
"Mr. Five by Five" is a 1942 popular song by Don Raye and Gene DePaul, that describes a heavyset man who is "five feet tall and five feet wide". The person highlighted by the song was Jimmy Rushing, the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
Jimmy Buffett‘s cause of death has been revealed. According to an obituary for the “Margaritaville” singer, he had been privately “fighting Merkel cell skin cancer for four years.”
2000: Jazz Casual: Jimmy Witherspoon & Ben Webster, from a 1962 Jazz Casual appearance (Jazz Casual/Idem) [14] reissued in: Jazz Casual: Jimmy Witherspoon/Jimmy Rushing [2003] 2003: 20th Century Jazz Masters: Mel Tormé/Jimmy Witherspoon/Carmen McRae/Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan; 2009: Jimmy Witherspoon: Goin' Down Blues with Marshal Royal and ...
Jimmy Buffett's cause of death has been revealed. An official obituary posted on his website, shared that the "Margaritaville" singer died after four year battle with Merkel cell carcinoma -- a ...