Pinky Winters was the consummate jazz singer. She’s still with us today, but in the 1950s, when she began recording, she had a knockout voice right out of the gate. On ballads she was all heart; on mid-tempo ballads she had room to fool around tastefully with melodies; and on uptempo numbers she was a savvy swinger. [Photo above of Pinky Winters by Caro…
Pinky Winters: West Coast Songstress
The jazz vocalist had a beautiful sound in 1954 and '56—two albums on one Fresh Sound CD
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