Dinah Washington: Queen of the Blues - A Centenary Tribute

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Label: Retrospective

Cat No: RTS4420

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 6th September 2024

Artists

Dinah Washington
Terry Gibbs
Paul Gonsalves
Lionel Hampton
Milt Jackson
Quincy Jones
Rudy Martin
Charles Mingus
Russell Procope
Paul Quinchette
Max Roach
Charlie Shavers
Clark Terry
Lucky Thompson
Ben Webster
Ernie Wilkins

Artists

About

The Queen of the Blues was Alabama-born Ruth Lee Jones (1924-1963), who became, as “Dinah Washington”, “the most influential female singer of the last 40 years” (Jazz, The Rough Guide). With her utterly individual style she was hugely successful in the R& B field and, usually with a relaxed jazz backing, also gave countless memorable interpretations of popular standards. Queen of the Blues also provides the title for Retrospective’s centenary tribute programme that contains no fewer than 52 of her very best recordings, spanning the entirety of her fabulous career (only curtailed by her premature death aged 39).

Dinah was a natural jazz vocalist and many of the great jazz talents of the era shone in sessions led by such as Quincy Jones: Clark Terry, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, Paul Quinichette, Paul Gonsalves… This centenary year is the time to get reacquainted with one of the great singers of the last century.

Contents:

CD 1
1. What a Diff’rence a Day Made
2. Evil Gal Blues
3. Salty Papa Blues
4. Blowtop Blues
5. Chewin’ Mama Blues
6. My Lovin’ Papa
7. Embraceable You
8. I Can’t Get Started
9. Stairway to the Stars
10. West Side Baby
11. Ain’t Misbehavin’
12. Am I Asking Too Much?
13. Long John Blues
14. It’s Too Soon to Know
15. Good Daddy Blues
16. Baby, Get Lost
17. I Only Know
18. It isn’t Fair
19. If I Loved You
20. Big Deal
21. I’ll Never Be Free
22. I Wanna Be Loved
23. Harbour Lights
24. Time Out for Tears
25. I Won’t Cry Anymore
26. Just One More Chance
27. Cold, Cold Heart

CD 2
1. September in the Rain
2. Baby, Did You Hear Me?
3. The Wheel of Fortune
4. Trouble in Mind
5. Stormy Weather
6. I Cried for You
7. Fat Daddy
8. Our Love is Here to Stay
9. I Don’t Hurt Anymore
10. Teach Me Tonight
11. Blue Gardenia
12. Easy Living
13. I Get a Kick Out of You
14. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
15. Somebody Loves Me
16. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
17. All of Me
18. Cry Me a River
19. Unforgettable
20. Baby, You’ve Got What it Takes
21. This Bitter Earth
22. Love Walked In
23. A Rockin’ Good Way
24. Where Are You?
25. Mad About the Boy

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