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Diane Witherspoon: LA After Dark
by C. Michael Bailey
Minneapolis native Diane Witherspoon has impeccable jazz-blues bona fides. She is the cousin to the late Jimmy Witherspoon and sister to former Ellington vocalist Shirley Witherspoon. She is a child of the church, honing her early vocal skills in the choir of her local house of worship. Ms. Witherspoon studied voice at Saint Olaf's College in Minnesota, piano and fundamental music at Laney College in Oakland, California. Her most recent musical output includes the Koch release You May Never Know ...
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