Sonntag, 8. Dezember 2019

Dinah Washington - Sings The Blues

Born Ruth Lee Jones in 1924, Dinah Washington was a band singer with Lionel Hampton from 1943 to '46. After this she went solo, signing with Mercury records in 1948, remaining with that label until her death in 1963. It's been said that Dinah's hard-edged approach to love songs was due to seven failed marriages.

True or not, it's a certainty that Miss Washington had a unique highly-pitched, clipped delivery and handled blues, jazz, R&B and pop songs with equal skill.

Dinah Washington is one of the all-time great jazz singers, and she staked that claim with a whole lot of blues in her delivery.

This roundup of blues-heavy sides from her Mercury heyday, then, is a welcome addition to an already impressive catalog. Cut during the '50s and early '60s, the 16 tracks include such usual suspects as "Trouble in Mind," "You Don't' Know What Love Is," and Bessie Smith's classic "Backwater Blues." Nicely augmenting these fine renditions, Washington transforms pop numbers like "Since I Fell for You" and "Soft Winds" with some juke-joint heat. And with plenty more gems to be had and fine support from arranger Quincy Jones, tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, drummer Max Roach, and many others, one can't lose gettin' real lowdown with the swingin' (and bluesy) "Miss D."


Dinah Washington - Sings The Blues
(320 kbps, cover art included)

8 Kommentare:

Issa hat gesagt…

Any chance to re-up the dead link, please? Thanks a lot

zero hat gesagt…

Now there´s a fresh link. Best wishes!

Tony Angel hat gesagt…

hello,
just found your blog....and found 2 albums, though with dead links.
could you please post new links for the following.....

http://zerosounds.blogspot.com/2012/07/woody-guthrie-woody-guthrie-sings-folk.html

http://zerosounds.blogspot.com/2010/10/woody-guthrie-archive-of-folk-music.html

thank you
tony angel

Issa hat gesagt…

Many thanks for your very quick reaction. You are making a so great work for all music lovers around the world. Best wishes and have a nice week

Tony Angel hat gesagt…

who ever is responsible for re-uploading dead link requests, could you please fill my requests for woody guthrie.

zero hat gesagt…

Thanks for your feedback, Issa. All the best!

zero hat gesagt…

Tony Angel, will re-up the Woody Guthrie records tomorrow.

Tony Angel hat gesagt…

ok thank you i will check back

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