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The Swingin' Miss "D"

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Released
  
1957

Length
  
31:38 (Original)

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
EmArcy Records

Recorded
  
December 4–6, 1956

Artist
  
Dinah Washington

Producer
  
Bob Shad

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

The Swingin' Miss

The Swingin' Miss D (1957)
  
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (1957)

Similar
  
Dinah Washington albums, Jazz albums

The Swingin' Miss D is a 1957 studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Quincy Jones.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 2:44
  2. "You're Crying" (Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones) – 3:29
  3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:26
  4. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 2:27
  5. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:25
  6. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:37
  7. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol) – 3:23
  8. "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:42
  9. "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" (Billy Austin, Louis Jordan) – 2:56
  10. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:57
  11. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:32
Additional tracks on 1998 CD reissue
  • 15-18 recorded June 25, 1956
  • 12, 13 recorded November 21, 1956
  • 6,7,9,11 recorded December 4, 1956
  • 1,2,4,5 recorded December 5, 1956
  • 3,8,10,14 recorded December 6, 1956

    • Performance

  • Dinah Washington - vocals
    • Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
  • Quincy Jones - conductor, arranger (except tracks 4, 5 and 8)
  • Ernie Wilkins - arranger (4 and 5)
  • Benny Golson - arranger (8)
  • Don Elliott - trumpet, mellophonium, vibraphone, bongos; xylophone (3)
  • Jimmy Maxwell - trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen - trumpet
  • Charlie Shavers - trumpet
  • Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Bernie Glow - trumpet (1–5, 8, 10, 14)
  • Nick Travis - trumpet (1–5, 8, 10, 14)
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet (6, 7, 9, 11–13)
  • Joe Wilder - trumpet (6, 7, 9, 11–13)
  • Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
  • Urbie Green - trombone
  • Quentin Jackson - trombone
  • Tommy Mitchell - bass trombone
  • Hal McKusick - flute, alto saxophone
  • Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Danny Bank - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson - piano, celeste
  • Barry Galbraith - guitar
  • Milt Hinton - double bass
  • Osie Johnson - drums (1–5, 8, 10, 14)
  • Jimmy Crawford - drums (6, 7, 9, 11–13)

    • Production

  • Bob Shad - orig. producer
  • John S. Wilson - orig. liner notes
  • Murray Garrett and Gene Howard - photography
    • Reissue
  • Ben Young - producer and supervisor, research, restoration
  • Carlos Kase - assistant producer
  • Peter Pullman - editing
  • Suha Gur - digital mastering
  • Tom Greenwood and Bryan Koniarz - production coordination
  • Richard Seidel - executive producer
  • Brian Priestley - liner notes
  • Patricia Lie and Hat Nguyen - art direction
  • Sheryl Lutz-Brown - design
  • Chuck Stewart - photography

    • Songs

    1They Didn't Believe MeQuincy Jones and his Orchestra2:48
    2You're CryingQuincy Jones and his Orchestra3:32
    3Makin' WhoopeeQuincy Jones and his Orchestra2:29

    References

    The Swingin' Miss "D" Wikipedia
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