Lynette Washington - Amina Figarova Quartet - Swinging (and Singing) In The Holiday at Deer Head Inn

Lynette has recorded national radio and television commercials for Roy Rogers, Pizza Hut, Nabisco, and Toyota. In 2002, Lynette completed her first solo project entitled Long, Long Ago: A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa, and released her second album, Smoky Dawn, in 2004. In 2010 she released her third album Kaleidoscope. The album received 5 pre-nominations for Grammy recognition. Her last album, released in November of 2011, was a featured release at the NYC Apple Store and in the US, Japan, Canadian iTunes stores and was a joint effort with her producer Dennis Bell. Recorded live at ArtsWestchester LIVE at the X!! The album picked up play on 33 domestic and int'l radio stations. She recently released a single cover of Sir Paul McCarney's "My Valentine" on GuavaJamm....

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Lynette has recorded national radio and television commercials for Roy Rogers, Pizza Hut, Nabisco, and Toyota. In 2002, Lynette completed her first solo project entitled Long, Long Ago: A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa, and released her second album, Smoky Dawn, in 2004. In 2010 she released her third album Kaleidoscope. The album received 5 pre-nominations for Grammy recognition. Her last album, released in November of 2011, was a featured release at the NYC Apple Store and in the US, Japan, Canadian iTunes stores and was a joint effort with her producer Dennis Bell. Recorded live at ArtsWestchester LIVE at the X!! The album picked up play on 33 domestic and int'l radio stations. She recently released a single cover of Sir Paul McCarney's "My Valentine" on GuavaJamm.

"In 1998, having a blast playing with a big band made up of students from Thelonius Monk’s Institute of Jazz, outdoors, surrounded by the gorgeous mountains of Aspen Snow Mass, I was thinking how much I wanted to create a smaller band that would have the same power of a big band, but with so much more room in it for each musician to shine. Little did I know this was the beginning of a beautiful journey, one that continues to this day, in which every concert, every recording is another beginning, another thrill, another joy.
I conceived of the band as a septet 20 years ago, and later refined it to a sextet in 2005. And many of the most incredible musicians in the world have been a part of this band and of my band family. It is so much fun writing for them, trying out different directions, different unknowns; this continuous journey an exquisite adventure: enlightening, illuminating, beautiful, easy and challenging at the same time." - Amina Figarova

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