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Although a little slim at 45 minutes, Verve's compilation of 11 romantic titles recorded by Dinah Washington includes some of her finest material. Concentrating on the mid- to late '50s, Dinah Washington for Lovers surveys the years when she finally bloomed as a popular purveyor of adult vocal jazz. Surprisingly, it doesn't include the most popular ballad of her career, "What a Diff'rence a Day Made," but Washington had a certain way with standards that never fails to delight; no other vocal interpreter can make listeners contemplate lyrics anew even after they've heard it enough times to memorize. While most of the selections here feature the rosy strings and orchestra that Washington preferred late in her career, a pair of mellow ballads ("Darn That Dream" and "Crazy He Calls Me") come from a very different type of recording, her 1954 jam session landmark, Dinah Jams.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Quincy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Kaye, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - William "Billy" Reid, Composer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Newell Chase, ComposerLyricist - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Richard A. Whiting, Composer - Hal Mooney, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer - George Auld, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Russell, Composer - Carl Sigman, Author - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Geller, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer - Maynard Ferguson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Land, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Brown All Stars, MainArtist - Richie Powell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Morrow, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Reg Connelly, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TED SHAPIRO, ComposerLyricist - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - Harold Mooney, Conductor - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer - Harold Mooney And His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1954 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Belford Hendricks, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jule Styne, Composer - CLYDE OTIS, Producer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Belford Hendricks, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CLYDE OTIS, Producer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CLYDE OTIS, Producer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Clifford Brown, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Delange, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Max Roach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer - Leonard Feather, Producer - Maynard Ferguson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Land, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Brown All Stars, MainArtist - Richie Powell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Morrow, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Wilkins, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Shad, Producer - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Although a little slim at 45 minutes, Verve's compilation of 11 romantic titles recorded by Dinah Washington includes some of her finest material. Concentrating on the mid- to late '50s, Dinah Washington for Lovers surveys the years when she finally bloomed as a popular purveyor of adult vocal jazz. Surprisingly, it doesn't include the most popular ballad of her career, "What a Diff'rence a Day Made," but Washington had a certain way with standards that never fails to delight; no other vocal interpreter can make listeners contemplate lyrics anew even after they've heard it enough times to memorize. While most of the selections here feature the rosy strings and orchestra that Washington preferred late in her career, a pair of mellow ballads ("Darn That Dream" and "Crazy He Calls Me") come from a very different type of recording, her 1954 jam session landmark, Dinah Jams.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:20
- Main artists: Dinah Washington
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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