Dinah! | ||||
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | January 11 and November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles and New York City, United States | |||
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Length | 53:25 | |||
Label | EmArcy [1] | |||
Producer | Bob Shad | |||
Dinah Washington chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Dinah! is a fourth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. The album includes a mix of jazz, popular and blues standards of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.
Allmusic details the album in its review as saying:
Dinah! includes a very enjoyable mix of medium-tempo and after-hours vocal numbers. On a handful of cuts, Washington gets into the kind of smoldering and declamatory blues mode she excelled at.
The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958. [4] [1]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Look to the Rainbow" | Yip Harburg | Burton Lane | 2:48 |
2. | "Ill Wind [d] " | Ted Koehler | Harold Arlen | 3:39 |
3. | "A Cottage for Sale [a] " | Larry Conley | Willard Robison | 3:18 |
4. | "All of Me [d] " | Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons | Marks, Simons | 3:45 |
5. | "More Than You Know [c] " | Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu | Vincent Youmans | 3:52 |
6. | "There'll Be Some Changes Made [c] " | Billy Higgins | Benton Overstreet | 3:02 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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7. | "Goodbye [b] " | Gordon Jenkins | Jenkins | 3:21 |
8. | "Willow Weep for Me [d] " | Ann Ronell | Ronell | 3:28 |
9. | "Make Me a Present of You [c] " | Joe Greene | Greene | 3:46 |
10. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [b] " | Otto Harbach | Jerome Kern | 3:24 |
11. | "I Could Have Told You [c] " | Carl Sigman | Jimmy Van Heusen | 3:14 |
12. | "Accent on Youth [d] " | Tot Seymour | Vee Lawnhurst | 3:20 |
Additional tracks on later releases
Notes
Re-issues
Dinah!
Compilations
The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury [5]
Adapted from AllMusic. [6]
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For Those in Love is a studio album by American jazz vocalist Dinah Washington with musical arrangements by Quincy Jones. It was originally released by EmArcy Records in June 1955, and was reissued by EmArcy Records in 1991.
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller is a seventh studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the Emarcy label, and reissued by Verve Records in 1990 as The Fats Waller Songbook. In the album Washington covers 12 songs that have been penned or performed by jazz pianist, organist, singer and songwriter Fats Waller. Allmusic details the album in its review as saying: "Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller appropriately brings together Waller's vivacious songs and Washington's demonstrative vocal talents. The jazz diva effortlessly handles Waller classics while turning in particularly emotive renditions. Adding nice variety to the already strong set, Washington's husband at the time, saxophonist Eddie Chamblee, joins the singer for playful duets on "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Everybody Loves My Baby".
Dinah Sings Bessie Smith is the ninth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the Emarcy label, and reissued by Verve Records in 1999 as The Bessie Smith Songbook. The album arrangements are headed by Robare Edmondson and Ernie Wilkins, and the songs are associated with American blues singer Bessie Smith. AllMusic details the album in its review as saying: "It was only natural that the "Queen of the Blues" should record songs associated with the "Empress of the Blues." The performances by the septet/octet do not sound like the 1920s and the purposely ricky-tick drumming is insulting, but Dinah Washington sounds quite at home on this music".
Newport '58 is a first live album by vocalist Dinah Washington. It was recorded on July 6, 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, and arranged by Melba Liston.
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Quincy's Home Again is an album by Quincy Jones with performances by Harry Arnold's Orchestra. The album was recorded in Sweden in 1958 and released by Metronome label. The album was also released in the U.S. as Harry Arnold + Big Band + Quincy Jones = Jazz! by EmArcy.
Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson is an album led by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1955 and 1956 and released on the EmArcy label.
This is the discography for American jazz musician Dinah Washington.