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Dinah Washington was accompanied by an orchestra organized and conducted by Quincy Jones on this 1957 album, and she was singing to arrangements mostly written by the young bandleader, swing charts of pop standards by the likes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Duke Ellington. The result had much in common with the swing albums of Frank Sinatra in the same period, especially because Jones' arrangements were heavily influenced by Billy May and Nelson Riddle. Sinatra's records were regarded as "pop, " of course, and Washington's, at least when released on the EmArcy subsidiary of Mercury Records, as "jazz, " but her precise articulation and attention to lyrical meaning left little room for improvisation, and while Jones allowed for brief solos from a band that included Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, and Milt Hinton, the jazz categorization was actually arbitrary. Whatever musical genre you assign it to, however, this is an excellent Washington album. [For the 1998 reissue, Verve added seven bonus tracks recorded around the same time and with much the same personnel, though they were intended as singles and thus are inferior contemporary tunes. Often, however, Washington sounds more comfortable and enthusiastic on these pop and R&B songs than she does on the standards.]
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Jerome Kern, Composer - Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Herbert Reynolds, Author - Universal PolyGram International Publishing Inc., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Composer, Author, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Lenard G. Feather, Composer, Author - WB Music Corp., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Donaldson, Composer, Author - Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Gus Kahn, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Tobago Music Co., MusicPublisher - Songwriters Guild Of America, MusicPublisher - Donaldson Publishing Co., MusicPublisher - Larry Spier Inc., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, Composer, Author - Ernie Wilkins, Recording Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Chappell & Co., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ernie Wilkins, Recording Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - WB Music Corp., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Irving Mills, Author - Juan Tizol, Composer - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - EMI Mills Music Inc., MusicPublisher - Famous Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Juan Tizol, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Music Sales Corporation, MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Golson, Recording Arranger - Jerry Livingston, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - RAYMOND B. EVANS, Composer, Author - Famous Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Louis Jordan, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Billy Austin, Composer, Author - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Universal Music Corp., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Buddy Kaye, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - William "Billy" Reid, Composer - Colgems-EMI Music Inc., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer, Author - Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger - Buddy DeSylva, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - BALLARD MACDONALD, Composer, Author - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - New World Music Corp., N.Y., MusicPublisher - Anne-Rachel Music Corp., MusicPublisher
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Henry B. Glover, Composer, Author - Fort Knox Music Inc., MusicPublisher - Trio Music Co., Inc., MusicPublisher
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jessie Mae Robinson, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Shapiro Bernstein Co. Inc., MusicPublisher
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra - William Roy, Composer, Author - Universal-Duchess Music Corp., MusicPublisher
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Frisch, Composer, Author - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger - Sid Wayne, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberts, Composer, Author - Summit Music Corp., MusicPublisher
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mann Curtis, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harold Solomon, Composer, Author - Leeds Music Corp., MusicPublisher
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James, Composer, Author - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Felt, Composer, Author - Hallowell, Composer, Author - Tee Pee Music Co. Inc., MusicPublisher
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Dinah Washington was accompanied by an orchestra organized and conducted by Quincy Jones on this 1957 album, and she was singing to arrangements mostly written by the young bandleader, swing charts of pop standards by the likes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Duke Ellington. The result had much in common with the swing albums of Frank Sinatra in the same period, especially because Jones' arrangements were heavily influenced by Billy May and Nelson Riddle. Sinatra's records were regarded as "pop, " of course, and Washington's, at least when released on the EmArcy subsidiary of Mercury Records, as "jazz, " but her precise articulation and attention to lyrical meaning left little room for improvisation, and while Jones allowed for brief solos from a band that included Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, and Milt Hinton, the jazz categorization was actually arbitrary. Whatever musical genre you assign it to, however, this is an excellent Washington album. [For the 1998 reissue, Verve added seven bonus tracks recorded around the same time and with much the same personnel, though they were intended as singles and thus are inferior contemporary tunes. Often, however, Washington sounds more comfortable and enthusiastic on these pop and R&B songs than she does on the standards.]
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:00
- Main artists: Dinah Washington
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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