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Lynette Washington was born on December 11th in Brooklyn, New York and as a child listened to jazz, R&B and gospel of which can be heard in her vocal style. She began her early professional singing career performing in Russian nightclubs throughout New York City and Europe.
She has appeared with jazz drummers Buddy Williams and Anton Fig, and with Clifford Jordan, Gerry Neiwood, Alex Blake and Cameron Brown and recorded on the early GRP releases of jazz trumpeter Tom Browne. Lynette has taken her talent into the R&B/Dance world with her group Touche as well as working with Aretha Franklin, U2, Peter Gabriel, Lenny Kravitz. She has also lent her voice to national commercials for Roy Rogers, Mercedes Benz, Boy’s Town, Nescafeand Pizza Hut.
She has four projects under her belt beginning with her1999 debut solo project entitled Long, Long Ago (A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa, Smoky Dawn, Kaleidoscope and a double CDLIVE! at Harlem’s Kennedy Center.Vocalist Lynette Washington sings in several international languages including Russian, Yiddish, French, Italian, Hebrew and Portuguese as she continues to perform, tour and record.
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