Dinah Washington: Swing Era

Some fascinating material has been unearthed from the vaults for this profile of sultry jazz singer Dinah Washington. The footage illustrates great depths to her talents, showing how she could tackle R&B as well as jazz, while keeping an audience fully under her spell with some incredible onstage charisma. Most of the material was captured at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, providing a historically important memento of a hugely talented singer.