Compact Jazz: Dinah Washington Sings The Blues - Dinah Washington

Advantages: Includes the most famous songs recorded by her
Disadvantages: Only for classic jazz/blues fans.

...and fifties was female artists. It is here, that we pick up with probably the greatest, and most loved of them all, Dinah Washington. This 2 CD album takes us through the very pinnacle of her outstanding career. Dubbed 'The Queen Of The Blues,' she touched on the hearts of many listeners in her day with her sweet, soulful vocals and catchy melodies. Singing for songwriters such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, she came from, like most of her contemporaries, from Gospel music inherited from by parents. Starting out as a jazz singer, she left her piano and choir days behind and reached out to 'the devil's' music' at the age of nineteen. This album takes us through her recording life right up to the year before she died from heart failure, induced by a drugs overdose in 1963 and the tender age of only 39. A singer, who... Read review

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Advantages: Class Acts
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...This is a compilation double CD, of classic jazz/blues tracks all by women singers from the past 5 decades. Issued originally in 2002 - remember when Norah Jones was all over the radio? Well, she is track number 1, on Side 1, with her hit song 'Don't Know Why'. Apart from this, most of the artisits I recognise from their own work, or hearing them over the years and you certainly get a lot of music for your money. ~~~ Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why 2. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy 3. Aretha Franklin - All Night Long 4. Peggy Lee - The Man I Love 5. Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free 6. Sarah Vaughan - Lover Man 7. Ella Fitzgerald - Its Only A Paper Moon 8. Julie London - Go Slow 9. Nancy Wilson - The Nearness Of You 10. Billie Holiday - Georgia on My Mind 11. Dinah... Read review

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Advantages: Some cracking tracks by big names.
Disadvantages: Couple of tracks that do not belong.

...Love Supreme) - John Coltrane Disc: 2 1. Mad About the Boy - Dinah Washington 2. Good Life - Tony Bennett 3. Someone to Watch Over Me - Frank Sinatra 4. Misty - Sarah Vaughan (with Quincy Jones Orchestra) 5. Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday 6. Summertime - Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald 7. Tell Me All About It - Natalie Cole 8. The Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto 9. Love and Affection - Courtney Pine (feat Kele Le Roc) 10. In the Mood - Glenn Miller 11. 'Round Midnight - Miles Davis 12. Just the Way You Are - Cleo Laine 13. Giblet Gravy - George Benson 14. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra 15. April in Paris - Count Basie & his Orchestra 16. Desafinado - Stan Getz 17. Just Friends - Charlie Parker 18. Everything Happens to Me - Chet Baker Also posted on Dooyoo by me... Read review

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