Dinah Washington|
Ultimate Dinah Washington
Label:
Verve 314539053
Year Released:
1997
Total Playing Time:
Tracks:
1. What A Difference A Day Made
2. Back Water Blues
3. Cry Me A River
4. I Wanna Be Loved
5. There Is No Greater Love
6. Since I Fell For You
7. Cold, Cold Heart
8. I'm A Fool To Want You
9. I Could Write A Book
10. Blue Gardenia
11. Harbor Lights
12. Mixed Emotions
13. You Don't Know What Love Is
14. I Won't Cry Anymore
15. Unforgettable
16. Bitter Earth, The
Personnel
| Personnel includes:
Dinah Washington (vocals); Harold Land, Paul Quinchette (tenor saxophone);
Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry (trumpet); Junior Mance, Wynton
Kelly (piano); Keter Betts (bass); Max Roach (drums). Producers include: Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones, Clyde Otis, Bob Shad. Recorded between 1947 & 1959. Includes liner notes by Abbey Lincoln. This is part of The Ultimate Verve Series. Perhaps the greatest of all jazz blues singers, Dinah Washington sang with a tough, rarely sentimental, and gritty approach, yet her voice was always warm, yearning, and even vulnerable. Compiled by Abby Lincoln (herself a noted jazz singer), on ULTIMATE DINAH WASHINGTON Washington performs tunes from both small group and orchestral sessions dating back to the '40s and '50s. On "I Could Write
a Book," Washington is teamed up with a nonet featuring Clark Terry
(trumpet) and Paul Quinichette (sax), but on tunes such as "Unforgettable"
and "What a Difference a Day Makes" we hear her singing over
a lush string ensemble. On all of these tracks, Washington sings with
a sharp emotional sting, always avoiding sappiness or schmaltziness. Undoubtedly
the definitive Dinah Washington greatest hits record, ULTIMATE DINAH WASHINGTON
represents the singer in her prime, before she ventured off into straight
R&B and middle-of-the-road pop. |
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