Dinah! (album)

Dinah!
Studio album by Dinah Washington
Released	1956
Recorded	January 11, November 11, 1956
Genre	Vocal Jazz, blues, pop standards
Length	53:25
Label	Emarcy
Producer	Bob Shad
Dinah Washington chronology
For Those in Love (1955) Dinah! (1956) In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Dinah! is a 1956 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. Allmusic details the album in its review as saying: "Dinah! includes a very enjoyable mix of medium-tempo and after-hours vocal numbers. On a handful of cuts, Washington gets into the kind of smoldering and declamatory blues mode she excelled at.".^[2] The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the Billboard US R&B chart in 1958.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Look to the Rainbow" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:48
2. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:39
3. "A Cottage for Sale" (Willard Robison, Larry Conley) – 3:18
4. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:45
5. "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) – 3:52
6. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (William Blackstone, Benton Overstreet) – 3:02
7. "Goodbye" (Cowell, Gibson, Jacob, Jenkins, Sager, Walden) – 3:21
8. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:28
9. "Make Me a Present of You" (Joe Greene) – 3:46
10. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:24
11. "I Could Have Told You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Carl Sigman) – 3:14
12. "Accent on Youth" (Vee Lawnhurst, Tot Seymour) – 3:20
13. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 6:45
14. "The Show Must Go On" (Al Frisch, Roy Alfred) - 2:27
15. "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown) - 3:56

Personnel

• Dinah Washington – Lead Vocals
• Maynard Ferguson - Trumpet
• Tom Ferguson - Trumpet
• Conrad Gozzo - Trumpet
• Manny Klein - Trumpet
• Ray Linn - Trumpet
• Skeets Herfurt - Alto Saxophone
• Herb Geller – Alto Saxophone
• Georgie Auld - Tenor Saxophone
• Babe Russin - Tenor Saxophone
• Tom Pederson - Trombone
• Frank Rosolino - Trombone
• Si Zentner - Trombone
• Wynton Kelly – Piano
• Al Hendrickson - Guitar
• Keter Betts - Bass
• Jimmy Cobb - Drums
• Hal Mooney Orchestra
• Hal Mooney – arranger, conductor
• Kiyoshi Tokiwa – remastering
• Bob Shad – producer

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Stephen. "Dinah!". Allmusic.
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r149773/charts-awards