“. . . it was indeed a pleasure to hear the romantic and dramatic voice of Steve Washington. He is a jazz singer in the great tradition of Billy Eckstine, Johnny Hartman and Joe Williams.”
Steve Washington
Steve Washington has been performing for more than 40 years with earnest beginnings in Princeton University's singing and theater groups. After Princeton, Steve performed in numerous professional theatrical productions on land and sea. In the ‘90s, Steve fronted several of DC’s top bands sharing stages with the Marvelettes, the Drifters, the Supremes, the Village People, Peter Noon, and others. 1n 1999, Steve enjoyed a theatrical highlight working under the direction of world-renowned Broadway and West End producer Cameron Macintosh in a production of "Hey, Mr. Producer," which was the first genuine Broadway-at-sea collaboration in cruise ship entertainment industry. Shifting focus to music, Steve began cultivating a jazz-infused body of work including standards, big band, blues, R&B, funk, Latin & Brazilian, and has been presenting at the area's most popular venues including Blues Alley, the Atlas Theater, the Carlyle Club, Mr. Henry's, the Katzen Arts Center, the Woman's National Democratic Club, the Arts Club of Washington, the Lyceum, and other notable establishments including the area’s most exclusive private social clubs. Along the way, Steve enjoyed more than a decade headlining on the world's finest cruise ships with his one-man shows: "Nat & Sammy Remembered" and "Rhythm, Blues & Broadway." In the last 10 years or so, Steve has sharpened his focus on jazz with the 2015 release of “Right to Love” featuring the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra. A full-house CD Release concert at the famed Metropolitan Room in NYC resulted in an invitation to present quarterly at the Metropolitan Room the following year. In 2018, appearances beyond the DMV, included month-long tours in Russia resulting in "Skylark," a 2018 CD recorded in Moscow. In 2020, Steve performed three live-stream concerts, courtesy of Blue House Studio's, "Covid Sessions" series. A CD featuring highlights from those live concerts is pending. In 2023, Steve enjoyed another highlight as the opening artist at the North Carolina Jazz Festival. Steve is also a featured vocalist with Newmyer Flyer productions and has thusly appeared at the Barns at Wolf Trap, the Birchmere, Hamilton Live, and the Bethesda Theater. Steve continues to share his music whenever and wherever possible in the DMV and beyond and looks forward to more discovery and adventure in music and entertainment.