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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 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
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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