Dinah Washington Swinin Miss D (with The Quincy Jones Ochestra) ( 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 06-01-2018(Originally released in 1956)

2018 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP -  One certainly couldn't say that Ruth Jones had a velvety, smoochy voice. But in jazz history that's never been of prime importance.

Dinah Washington, the name she used at her debut in 1942, became the Queen of rhythm 'n blues but was also an excellent big-band singer under bandleaders Lionel Hampton and Quincy Jones. She asked the latter (as well as Benny Golson and Ernie Wilkins) to write arrangements for her in December 1956 and borrowed his band for 11 classic numbers.

In the ensemble were such top-notch soloists as Clark Terry, Quentin Jackson, Anthony Ortega and Lucky Thompson – and the band swings along right from the very first to last note. This EmArcy LP is one of the Queen's best, and even 50 years after its first release the quality is still totally satisfying.

Tracks:
A1     They Didn't Believe Me
A2     You're Crying
A3     Makin' Whoopee
A4     Every Time We Say Goodbye
A5     But Not For Me
A6     Caravan
A7 I'll Drown In My Tears(bonus track)

B1     Perdido
B2     Never Let Me Go
B3     Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
B4     I'll Close My Eyes
B5     Somebody Loves Me
B6 You Let My Love Grow Cold(bonus track)
B7 Bargain Day(bonus track)

Personnel:
Dinah Washington voc
Quincy Jones arr cond
Hal McKusick as
Jerome Richardson ts
Danny Bank bs
Jimmy Maxwell Ernie Royal Clark Terry tr
Urbie Green Quentin Jackson tb
Don Elliott tp vib perc
Sleepy Anderson p
Barry Galbraith g
Milton Hinton b
Osie Johnson dr ao

Recorded December 1956 in New York City