Featured In
ALBUMCount Basie Meets Jimmy RushingCount Basie & Jimmy Rushing
Albums by Jimmy Rushing
ALBUMBlues Rushing InJimmy Rushing
ALBUMA Night In Oxford StreetJimmy Rushing with Humphry Lyttelton and His Band
ALBUMThe Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band With Jimmy RushingHumphrey Lyttelton Big Band & Jimmy Rushing
ALBUMEvery DayJimmy Rushing
ALBUMThe Essential Jimmy RushingJimmy Rushing
ALBUMYou And Me That Used To BeJimmy Rushing
ALBUMEarl Hines & Jimmy Rushing: Blues & ThingsJimmy Rushing & Earl "Fatha" Hines
ALBUMEveryday I Have the BluesJimmy Rushing
ALBUMFive Feet of SoulJimmy Rushing
ALBUMRushing LullabiesJimmy Rushing
Artist Biography
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
Genre
Jazz