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During 1944-1958, Dinah Washington recorded jazz, blues, R&B, pop, and even gospel, excelling in each area. In 1959 after she had a major pop hit in "What a Difference a Day Makes," the quality of her recordings declined as she was mostly backed by large anonymous studio orchestras in an attempt to duplicate that song's commercial success. The arrangements were often more suitable for a country singer than for Washington, and her own singing seemed exaggerated and overly mannered. In 1962 she switched labels, from Mercury to Roulette, and during the next 19 months recorded nine LPs of material, all of which are reissued on this limited-edition five-CD Mosaic box set. Again Washington's backing is by orchestras (the complete personnel listings no longer exist) but she was given a wider range of material, ranging from a full album of blues to her renditions of current pop hits, standards, and novelty material. The arrangements (mostly by Fred Norman and Don Costa) are mostly better than on her later Mercury material, and her own interpretations seem more relaxed, use space dramatically, and contain plenty of wit. Included are a few previously unreleased performances which are mostly alternate takes with one exception. An eight-song medley, recorded at the end of one of the earlier Roulette dates, has Washington joined by just pianist Jack Wilson and flutist Frank Wess, showing that she could still sing jazz at a high level. Dinah Washington passed away two months after her final Roulette date from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills when she was just 39. This box features her final recordings, which have been long underrated and overlooked. Recommended.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Johnny Mercer, Composer - Tauber, Composer - DON COSTA, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doug Smith, Engineer - Henry Glover, Producer - Ron McMaster, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Fred Norman, Conductor - Louis Jordan, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Billy Austin, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Fred Norman, Conductor - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - ROY ALFRED, Arranger - MARVIN FISHER, Composer - E Diesen, Arranger
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doug Smith, Engineer - Austin, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Fred Norman, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Fred Norman, Arranger - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Harold Adamson, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - McWain, Composer - Tableporter Mitchell, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doug Smith, Engineer, Recorder - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Dinah Washington, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gus Kahn, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Johnny Green, Composer - Carmen Lombardo, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Larry Stock, Composer - RUSS MORGAN, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - James Cavanagh , Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jimmy Kennedy, Composer - Fred Norman, Conductor, Arranger - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Wilhelm Grosz, Composer - Hugh Williams, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
J. Lawrence, Composer - Lawrence, Composer - Shapiro, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Fred Norman, Conductor, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - T. Shapiro, Composer - Fred Costa, Arranger
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Henry Tobias, Composer - C. Tobias, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - CHARLES TOBIAS, Composer - Fred Norman, Conductor - DON COSTA, Arranger - Harry Tobias, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Harry Tabias, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doug Smith, Engineer, Recorder - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Nicholas Brodszky, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Fred Norman, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Harry Burke, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doug Smith, Engineer - Henry Glover, Producer - Ron McMaster, Remastering Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Fred Norman, Conductor - Larry Stock, Composer - RUSS MORGAN, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - James Cavanagh , Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Mercer, Composer - Tauber, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doug Smith, Engineer - Henry Glover, Producer - Fred Norman, Arranger - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Harold Adamson, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Douglas Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Russell Lee, Composer - Cole Porter, Writer - Jerome Kern, Composer, Writer - Harold Arlen, Composer - Ted Koehler, Composer - Russel, Composer, Writer - Carl Sigman, Composer - James Van Heusen, Composer - Gordon Jenkins, Composer - Otto Harbach, Composer - Fred Coots, Composer - DON COSTA, Arranger - Samuel Lewis, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - D Fields, Composer - B Russell, Composer - L Lee, Composer - A Schwartz, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
ALEC WILDER, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Fred Coots, Composer - DON COSTA, Arranger - Samuel Lewis, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Klenner, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Sam Lewis, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Joe McCarthy, Composer - CY COLEMAN, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Paul Davis, Composer - DON COSTA, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Jeff Davis, Composer - James Sherman, Composer - Roger Ramirez, Composer - J. Sherman, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Irving Berlin, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sammy Fain, Composer - Bob Norberg, Engineer, Remixer - DON COSTA, Conductor - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Lewis Brown, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Joe Bailey, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
KLENNER, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Wendlin, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ira Gershwin, Composer - Harold Arlen, Composer - DON COSTA, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Henry Glover, Producer - Clarence Williams, Composer - DON COSTA, Conductor, Arranger - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Charles Warfield , Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gary Geld, Writer - Peter Udell, Writer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Morgan, Composer - Howard, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - DON COSTA, Conductor, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Vocals, MainArtist - Ellsworth, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
CURTIS LEWIS, Composer - Lionel Hampton, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Curley Hamner, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Duke Ellington, Composer - Bob Russell, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
H Zaret, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - I Weiser, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Harold Adamson, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Billy Reid, Composer - Buddy Kaye, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 3
Duke Ellington, Composer - Bob Russell, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roc Hillman, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - DON COSTA, Conductor - Dinah Washington, MainArtist - Johnny Napton, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
S Chaplin, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Bob Norberg, Engineer, Remixer - DON COSTA, Conductor - Dinah Washington, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Emmerich, Composer - Larry Clinton, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Buddy Bernier, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Leroy Kirkland, Composer - Pearl Woods, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Remixer - Michael Cuscuna, Re-Producer, ReissueProducer - Fred Norman, Arranger - Dinah Washington, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Neal, Composer - Woode, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Ashby, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bart Howard, Writer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Rose Marie McCoy, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Henry Glover, Producer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Remixer - Michael Cuscuna, Re-Producer, ReissueProducer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - KENNY JACOBSON, Composer - RHODA ROBERTS, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
GEORGE DAVID WEISS, Composer - Hugo Peretti, Composer - Luigi Creatore, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Saxon, Composer - Gallop, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Parish, Composer - Markush, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist - Rotter, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Haggart, Composer - Henry Glover, Producer - Johnny Burke, Composer - DON COSTA, Conductor, Arranger - Dinah Washington, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ray Noble, Composer - Dinah Washington, Performance, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
During 1944-1958, Dinah Washington recorded jazz, blues, R&B, pop, and even gospel, excelling in each area. In 1959 after she had a major pop hit in "What a Difference a Day Makes," the quality of her recordings declined as she was mostly backed by large anonymous studio orchestras in an attempt to duplicate that song's commercial success. The arrangements were often more suitable for a country singer than for Washington, and her own singing seemed exaggerated and overly mannered. In 1962 she switched labels, from Mercury to Roulette, and during the next 19 months recorded nine LPs of material, all of which are reissued on this limited-edition five-CD Mosaic box set. Again Washington's backing is by orchestras (the complete personnel listings no longer exist) but she was given a wider range of material, ranging from a full album of blues to her renditions of current pop hits, standards, and novelty material. The arrangements (mostly by Fred Norman and Don Costa) are mostly better than on her later Mercury material, and her own interpretations seem more relaxed, use space dramatically, and contain plenty of wit. Included are a few previously unreleased performances which are mostly alternate takes with one exception. An eight-song medley, recorded at the end of one of the earlier Roulette dates, has Washington joined by just pianist Jack Wilson and flutist Frank Wess, showing that she could still sing jazz at a high level. Dinah Washington passed away two months after her final Roulette date from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills when she was just 39. This box features her final recordings, which have been long underrated and overlooked. Recommended.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 5 disc(s) - 94 track(s)
- Total length: 04:57:27
- Main artists: Dinah Washington
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2011 Compilation (P) (C) 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028.
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