Latest Release
- JAN 17, 2024
- 19 Songs
- America's #1 Band · 1941
- Vanguard Visionaries: Jimmy Rushing · 2007
- Vocal Encounters · 1955
- Blue Skies (Remastered) - Single · 2011
- Jazz Suite for Xmas · 1937
- Five Feet of Soul · 1963
- Jazz Instrumentals · 1999
- Vocal Encounters · 1955
- Jimmy Rushing Sings the Blues and All That Jazz · 1955
- The Complete Decca Recordings · 1992
Live Albums
Compilations
- 2021
- 1999
Appears On
- Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra & Jimmy Rushing
- Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Jimmy Rushing
About Jimmy Rushing
After studying music, Jimmy Rushing became a full-time professional singer in 1923. In the mid-20s, he joined Bennie Moten, and, by 1935, was a core member of the Count Basie band. He remained with Basie until 1948, then worked as a solo, and sometimes led a small band himself. During these later years, he regularly worked with leading jazz artists such as Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, and Basie himself. Rushing’s tenor voice has a slightly nasal quality that carried comfortably over the sound of a big band, giving his performances a keening, plaintive quality. He continued to tour and record into the early-'70s. Although his voice showed signs of wear and tear, he retained his unflagging swing.
- HOMETOWN
- Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- BORN
- August 26, 1901
- GENRE
- Jazz