Dinah Washington - For Those In Love (1955) (eac-log-cover)

Dinah Washington - For Those In Love (1955)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 255MB

EmArcy

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Dinah Washington cut a lot of sides in two decades of recording. However, her straight jazz sessions were few and far between because of the mass popular and commercial appeal that she had as a pop singer. Still, the versatile Dinah thrived in just about any setting and the one provided here in 1955 by the gifted Chicago producer Bob Shad showcases her intimate side to perfection.
Since Dinah Washington just about invented gospel-based soulful singing, it's thrilling to hear her at the peak of her powers backed by a small group that includes trumpeter Clark Terry and pianist Wynton Kelly. The session is also graced by Quincy Jones' tidy arrangements. With such expert support, the singer's powerful phrasing, precise diction, and pitch-perfect intonation draw as much emotion and meaning possible out of her chosen material, including Billie-associated tunes like "Easy Living" and "My Old Flame." Dinah Washington was first and foremost a musician--not a showboat. And part of her genius was that she could make her formidable presence actually underscore her own vulnerability, as in the lilting "Blue Gardenia" and blues-tinged "You Don't Know What Love Is."
This CD contains two bonus tracks.

Tracks
-01. "I Get A Kick Out Of You" - 6:17
-02. "Blue Gardenia" - 5:18
-03. "Easy Living" - 5:00
-04. "You Don't Know What Love Is" - 4:02
-05. "This Can't Be Love" - 6:50
-06. "My Old Flame" - 3:05
-07. "I Could Write a Book" - 4:23
-08. "Make the Man Love Me" - 5:23
-09. "Ask a Woman Who Knows" - 3:14
-10. "If I Had You" - 4:45
*Digitally remastered by Kiyoshi Tokiwa and Suha Gur.
*Recorded in New York, New York on March 15-17, 1955. Originally released as Emarcy (MG 36011)

Personnel
* Dinah Washington - vocals
* Clark Terry - Trumpet
* Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
* Paul Quinichette - Tenor Saxophone
* Cecil Payne - Bass
* Wynton Kelly - Piano
* Barry Galbraith - Guitar
* Keter Betts - Bass
* Jimmy Cobb - Drums

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Dinah Washington - I Wanna Be Loved (1961)

Dinah Washington - I Wanna Be Loved (1961)
jazz | 1CD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover
Mercury | RAR +5% recovery | 230MB

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For this excellent 1961 outing, jazz vocalist Dinah Washington is backed by an orchestra on all but one track. Washington's expressive singing is complemented by the rich, full sound here, and this is due, at least in part, to the intuitive conducting of Quincy Jones, who also arranges many of the tunes. On string-laden renditions of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain" and "God Bless the Child," Washington evokes the spirit of Lady Day, but places her own stamp on the songs with her delicate phrasing. Clark Terry lends his soulful trumpet playing to a handful of tracks, including the gently swaying "Everybody's Somebody's Fool," but, overall, Jones's orchestra provides the atmosphere here, quietly simmering behind Washington's voice until just the right dramatic moment. Previously available only on vinyl, I WANNA BE LOVED has been carefully remastered for this Mercury/Verve CD reissue, which is a welcome addition to any jazz-vocal collection.

All tracks have been digitally mastered using 24-bit technology.

Arrangers: Quincy Jones; Ernie Wilkins.

Personnel: Dinah Washington (vocals); George Barnes (guitar); Al Cohn (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman (trumpet); Kai Winding, Billy Byers (trombone); Jack Wilson, Patti Brown (piano); Gary Chester (drums).

1. I Wanna Be Loved
2. Don't Explain
3. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
4. Invitation
5. You're Crying
6. Let's Fall in Love
7. When Your Lover Has Gone
8. Stranger in Town, A
9. God Bless the Child
10. Blue Gardenia
11. I Can't Face the Music (Without Singin' the Blues)
12. Sometimes I'm Happy

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Dinah Washington - Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes

Dinah Washington - Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes
jazz | 4CD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover
Jazz Factory | RAR +5% recovery | 1444MB

A third-generation blues singer who matched the interpretive brilliance of Billie Holiday and the vocal sweetness of Ella Fitzgerald very early in her career, Dinah Washington needed precious little time to hone her art. While still a teenager, she recorded her first hit, "Evil Gal Blues," with Lionel Hampton's band, and was recording as a solo act by 1946. During the next five years she steadily broadened her interests past classic female blues to embrace swing, traditional pop, jive -- no jazz-based genre lay beyond her grasp. For vocal fans unwilling to expend the effort or cash required for Mercury's massive seriesThe Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury (over 20 discs of issued sides and alternates), this four-disc set by The Jazz Factory will come as quite a relief. Covering 1946 through 1951, her first five years at Mercury (plus an early Keynote session from 1943 that grabs "Evil Gal Blues"), Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes covers some of the best material of her career, a period resulting in music that varied from Cootie Williams to Mitch Miller.

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