Freddie Washington was an American jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 pianist.

Washington moved to California

California

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 around the year 1918, where he joined Kid Ory

Kid Ory

Edward "Kid" Ory was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Woodland Plantation near LaPlace, Louisiana.-Biography:...

's band in 1921. He recorded with Ory's band, and it is for his role in these sessions that he is primarily known. He led his own band in the 1920s and 1930s, in addition to playing with Ed Garland

Ed Garland

Edward Bertram Garland was a New Orleans jazz string bass player. He was commonly known as "Ed Garland", and sometimes "Montudie Garland" ....

 and Paul Howard

Paul Howard (musician)

Paul Leroy "Ox Blood" Howard was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist....

. He recorded on Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 in 1944 with Zutty Singleton, and continued playing into the 1960s.