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In her early days out of Seattle , she sang vocals for Johnny Otis and Lionel Hampton . In 1958 , her first solo album, ''Hot Cargo'' on Mercury Records , got her named "Best New Vocal Star" in Down Beat magazine in 1959 . She recorded more than 20 albums for Mercury and Concord Records . In the early 1980s , she received two Grammy nominations. In the early 1990s she joined Qwest Records , the label of fellow Garfield High School grad Quincy Jones . Her most recent album, ''Love Makes the Changes'', came out in 2003 .


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