Dinah! (album)

Dinah! is a fourth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. The album includes a mix of jazz, popular and blues standards of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.

Reception

Allmusic details the album in its review as saying:

The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958.

Track listing

Additional tracks on later releases

1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

:*Cole Porter (lyrics and music) – 6:45

1. "The Show Must Go On"

:*Albert Frisch (music); Roy Alfred (words) – 2:27

1. "The Birth of the Blues"

:*Ray Henderson (music); Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (lyrics) – 3:56

Notes

•  – Recorded January 12, 1955 in New York.
•  – November 10, 1955 in Los Angeles.
•  – November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles.
•  – November 12, 1955 in Los Angeles.

Selected re-issues and compilations

Re-issues

Dinah!

• PolyGram (CD) (©1991)
• New program notes by James Isaacs (of WBUR-FM)

Compilations

The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury

• CD 2 of 3
• Vol. 4 of 7
• Tokyo: Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co.
• Remaster of Mercury 834683-2
• Kiyoshi Tokiwa (born 1936), digital remastering

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

• Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
• Keter Betts – bass
• Jimmy Cobb – drums
• Maynard Ferguson – trumpet
• Tom Ferguson – trumpet
• Herb Geller – alto saxophone
• Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
• Al Hendrickson – guitar
• Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt – alto saxophone
• James Isaacs – liner notes
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Tokiwa Kinoshita – digital remastering, remastering
• Manny Klein – trumpet
• Ray Linn – trumpet
• Hal Mooney – arranger, conductor
• Hal Mooney Orchestra – musician
• Ben Mundy – preparation for release
• Tom Pederson – trombone
• Cliff Preiss – preparation for release
• Frank Rosolino – trombone
• Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
• Bob Shad – producer
• Dinah Washington – vocals
• Si Zentner – trombone

Notes

References