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He is best known for his songwriting contribution to "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen, which heavily features his bass work and was later sampled by Will Smith for "Men in Black". During the 1990s, Washington and Rushen were part of a popular rhythm section known as "The Meeting".
«Ready» Freddie Washington es un bajista de sesión estadounidense que ha tocado con artistas como Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Aaron Neville, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, B. B. King, Elton John, Stevie Wonder y Whitney Houston, Donald Fagen, The Crusaders, George Benson, Deniece Williams, Johnny Mathis, Burt ...
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Fredi Washington was born in 1903 in Savannah, Georgia, to Robert T. Washington, a postal worker, and Harriet "Hattie" Walker Ward, a dancer. Both were of African American and European ancestry. Washington was the second of their five children. Her mother died when Fredi was 11 years old.As the oldest girl in her family, she helped raise her younge...
Early entertainment career
Washington's entertainment career began in 1921 as a chorus girl in the Broadway musical Shuffle Along. She was hired by dancer Josephine Baker as a member of the "Happy Honeysuckles," a cabaret group. Baker became a friend and mentor to her. Washington's collaboration with Baker led to her being discovered by producer Lee Shubert. In 1926, she was recommended for a co-starring role on the Broadway stage with Paul Robeson in the play Black Boy.She quickly became a popular, featured dancer, an...
Washington's experiences in the film industry and theater led her to become a civil rights activist. In an effort to help other Black actors and actresses find more opportunities, in 1937 Washington co-founded the Negro Actors Guild of America (NAG), with Noble Sissle, W. C. Handy, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Waters. The organization's mission included...
Washington played opposite Bill Robinson in Fox's One Mile from Heaven (1937), in which she played a light-skinned woman claiming to be the mother of a "white" baby. Claire Trevor plays a reporter who discovers the story and helps both Washington and the white biological mother who had given up the baby, played by Sally Blane. According to the Muse...
In 1933, Washington married Lawrence Brown, the trombonist in Duke Ellington's jazz orchestra. That marriage ended in divorce. In 1952, Washington married a Stamford dentist, Hugh Anthony Bell, and moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. She was a devout Catholic.
Fredi Washington Bell died, aged 90, on June 28, 1994. She died from pneumonia following a series of strokesat St. Joseph Medical Center in Stamford, Connecticut.
In 1975, Washington was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.In 1979, Washington received the CIRCA Award for lifetime achievement in the performing arts.In 1981, Washington received an award from the Audience Development Company (AUDELCO), a New York-based nonprofit group devoted to preserving and promoting African-American theater.Fredi Washington at IMDbFredi Washington at the Internet Broadway DatabaseThe People's Voice Research and Editorial Files (1865-1963) are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Erin Blakemore, "The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to 'Pass' in 1930s Hollywood", History, January 26, 2021.19 de jul. de 2012 · The legendary bassist Freddie Washington has played on sessions or on tour with a “dazzling" (AllMusic) list of notables, including Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Leonard Cohen, and is now touring worldwide with Steely Dan.
21 de jul. de 2023 · They all recorded with legendary bassist "Ready" Freddie Washington! To pay tribute to Freddie's amazing career, I've compiled a list of his top 10 most iconic bass lines ever recorded in...
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Ready Freddie Washington demonstrates his classic bassline on Patrice Rushen's 1982 hit. Played on the original '73 Fender P-Bass used on the recording.
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